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Isildur1 is again struggling to keep his head above water as Ziigmund and Brian Townsend slash his bankroll by $2,697,767.70 in just 9 hours of play. Isildur1 must have been feeling pretty good when he got up this morning having annihilated Ziigmund in their PL Omaha session the night before, but his luck turned, resulting in the worst day he has had at Fulltilt’s tables so far.

When Ziigmundsits at the poker table, there’s a good chance there will be some 7 figure swings, and he certainly hasn’t disappointed the railers this week. He lost $1.7m to Isildur1 in 1060 hands of $500/$1000 PLO on Sunday evening only to rake it back from him today with interest, winning $2.25m in just over 3000 hands.

Ziigmund won the biggest pot of their Sunday session when he slow played the K-high straight to perfection. Isildur1’s aggression backfired when he shoved all in on the river and he could only show a pair of 3’s, winning Ziigmund a $708,987.50 pot.

The 2nd largest pot of Sunday evening was won by Isildur1 when 2 great starting hands hit a flop where neither of them could back down. Ziigmund hit a two-pair but Isildur1 trumped it with his trip 6’s. It all went in on the flop and Isildur1’s trips held up to win him a $559,980 pot.

Ziigmund claimed the biggest pot of today’s action when he flopped middle pair with the nut-flush draw and a gut shot to Isildur1’s two-pair with a gut shot. Again, it all went in on the flop, and although Isildur1 had the best hand when the money went in, he was actually a small underdog to win the hand. Ziigmund hit his flush on the turn and the river brought no significant help for Isildur1 as he lost a $652,972.50 pot.

Another crushing defeat for Isildur1 occurred today when the turn yet again favoured Ziigmund giving him top two-pair and a flush draw against Isildur1’s pocket aces. It all went in on the turn and the river brought Ziigmund a higher two-pair winning him a $515,978.50 pot.

Brian Townsendwas back on form today to take another bite out of Isildur1’s bankroll, this time it was a $565,656.50 bite in 618 hands of $300/$600 PL Omaha.

Brian won his biggest pot this year when he managed to get $170k of his $215k stack in preflop with As Ah 6h 3c to Isildur1’s 9s 8c 6c 5s. Naturally the other $45k went in on the flop which only brought Isildur1 a few straight draw outs, but Brian’s aces held up to bag him a $430,992 pot.

Isildur1 lost an unlucky pot to Brian when he flopped a straight flush draw to Brian’s top pair with a nut flush draw and gut shot. This action flop had all their money in the middle, the turn improved Brian’s hand to trips and the river completed both their flushes, but giving Brian the nut flush and sending a $343,797 pot his way.

This latest action leaves Isildur1 with a profit of nearly $500k over 141,000 hands for his efforts with the pros on the virtual felt. With such a big sample, it’s hard to overlook the fact that he’s up nearly $2m playing NL Holdem, but down $1.5m playing PL Omaha. One can’t help but wonder if the enticement of PL Omaha’s massive swings and guaranteed action will be sending him to the rail soon.

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