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Patrik Antonius bagged a much needed $655k win at Fulltilt’s PLO tables over the weekend as he continued desperately to try and pull this year’s profit out of the red.

Matatuk and DrPill both logged their ‘Worst day’ records on Friday with $457k and $252k nosedives respectively and the railer’s Swedish action hero, Isildur1, managed to pull off a $19k win despite accepting some dangerous heads-up re-matches.

Patrik Antonius scored his biggest winning session of the weekend on Friday night when he took on fellow Fulltilt pro, Brian Hastings, for 439 hands of $300/$600 PLO, and cleaned up for a $378k profit.

Patrik slow-played his hand to perfection when he flopped trips and deceptively checked behind Brian who had pocket 10’s. Brian added a gut shot straight draw to his hand on the turn and moved all in against Patrik’s reraise. The river drew a blank and Patrik took down a well deserved $152k pot.

Brian hit a great flopwhich gave him top set with a flush draw against Patrik’s top two pair. The turn brought Patrik a bigger two pair and he shipped his stack into the middle, only to get the bad news that he was drawing dead. Brian improved to a full house and landed himself a $284k pot.

Patrik won the biggest pot of the session on the very next hand when he flopped middle set over Brian’s bottom set. Brian just called a reraise from Patrik but a blank turn saw all the chips go into the middle with Brian praying for his 1 out. Patrik’s set held up on the river to win a massive $353k pot.

Isildur1 stepped fearlessly back into the lion’s den on Friday morning to rematch Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond and Brian Hastings over 724 hands of $100/$200 PLO. However, Isildur1’s bravery didn’t pay off this time as Phil and Brian finished with $37k and $82k wins respectively.

Phil won the biggest pot when he flopped top set with the nut flush draw against Isildur1’s bottom pair with a flush draw. Isildur1 check-called the flop and bet out on the turn which had also given him a straight draw. Phil moved all in and his hand improved to the nut flush on the river to scoop the $80k pot.

Brian ran into a cold deck when he flopped top set against Isildur1’s nut flush. Isildur1 just called a reraise on the flop and reraised all in on the turn, leaving Brian praying for the board to pair. The river drew a blank and Isildur1 took down a $44k pot.

Phil hit a fortunate river when he called all in with bottom pair against Isildur1’s top pair. The turn improved Isildur1 to top two pair but Phil spiked a gut shot straight on the river to win the $40k pot.

Larsluzak challenged Drpill to an early morning heads-up game of $100/$200 NLH on Friday when they played 1,400 hands resulting in Larsluzak cleaning up for a $183k win in time for lunch.

DrPill attempted a mega-bluff on the river when he check-raised all in with bottom pair. Unfortunately for DrPill, Larsluzak had top pair and called him down to take the $43k pot.

Larsluzak induced 3 barrels from DrPill who moved all in on the river with ace high. Larsluzak check-called him down all the way and his patience was rewarded with a $34k pot.

DrPill delivered a nasty bad beat when he got involved in a raising war on the flop with 10 high against Larsluzak’s pocket 9’s. A miracle turn paired DrPill’s 10 which survived the river to scoop a $47k pot.

Bad luck found Larsluzak’s stack once again when he moved all in on the turn with top pair top kicker against DrPill’s top pair with a gut shot straight draw. The river filled DrPill’s straight and he took down another lucky pot worth $40k.

Tags: Brian Hastings, Drpill, Gus Hansen, Isildur1, Larsluzakm, Matatuk, OMGClayAiken, Patrik Antonius, PixKim, Urindanger, Ziigmund

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