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Isildur1 has lost the lion’s share of his last few months’ winnings in just one action packed weekend playing NLH and PLO with the Fulltilt pros. His recent battles cost him $2,424,663.40 and $2,225,832.50 to Patrik Antonious and Phil Ivey respectively, consoled only by a $1,360,095 win against Durrrr, but none the less leaving Isildur1 stuck for a total of $3,310,504.

Last weekend’s action dwarfed any previously online as the stacks got deeper and for the first time, pots started to exceed the $1m mark. A new record was set when Patrik Antonious flopped a wheel-straight against Isildur1’s straight draw, and it all went in on the flop. Patrik’s straight held up to bag him a $1,356,947 pot , smashing his previous record and setting the bar even higher for ‘biggest pot in poker history’.

Patrik Antonius has definitely caused Isildur1 the most trouble recently but Isildur1 did manage to win some epic pots back from him. There was a great hand for Isildur1 when he flopped the nut trip aces against Patrik’s top pair with an open-ended straight draw. Naturally it all went in on the flop and Isildur1’s trips held up to win a $682,760 pot . Isildur1’s biggest win against Patrik happened when a lucky turn for Isildur1 gave him a two-pair against Patrik’s over-pair and nut-flush draw. Patrik had already committed $207k to the pot before getting the ‘bad news’ all in from Isildur1. Patrik called and Isildur1’s two-pair held up to win a much needed $815,975 pot .

The railer’s patience was rewarded as Isildur1 and Phil Ivey tangled at the tables again, logging another 4970 hands along with some gigantic pots. Isildur1 got all his money in on the flop as a 3/2 favourite when he flopped trips against Ivey’s top pair with the flush draw. Unfortunately, Isildur1’s luck ran thin as Ivey rivered his flush and took down a huge $832,940.50 pot. However, Isildur1 had his revenge when Ivey turned the nut-straight and flush draw against his straight draw. All the money went in with Isildur1 needing a lot of help, and he got it, as a sick 5-outer gave Isildur1 a higher nut-straight and an $827,960.50 pot.

As Isildur1 starts to lose grip on his bankroll, it’s becoming pretty clear what devastation a few thousand hands with Fulltilt’s elite pros can do. Here are the stats for Isildur1 versus his recent nemeses:

But what is remarkable is that Isildur1 is usually battling these pros simultaneously! Phil Iveyand Patrik Antonious are well known for probably being the no.1 and no.2 of the poker world. Taking them on at all is a bad idea, but taking them both on at the same time is surely bankroll suicide!

Isildur1 reached for that bar again early Monday morning when he flopped a full-house against Phil Ivey and decided on playing it slow. Phil Ivey took the bait, calling the check-raised turn and a huge river bet whilst Isildur1 took down the 2nd biggest pot in poker history, raking back a $1,126,955.50 pot from Phil Ivey.

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