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Last week, the player known as “patpatman” was the biggest winner with nearly $300K in profit, and this week was even better — he won $459K in 5,442 hands. That almost made him the biggest winner for the second consecutive week, but Jens “Jeans89” Kyllönen edged him out for the title by just $247! Kyllönen ended the week with $459,504 in profit in 13,419 hands.
Rounding out the top five winners of the week were Davin “mTw-DaviN” Georgi ($422,608 in 13,010 hands), Rafi “refaelamit” Amit ($314,932 in 5,893 hands), and Ronny “1-ronnyr3” Kaiser ($301,844 in 4,579 hands).
At the other end of the spectrum, Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond followed up last week’s $101,903 win with a disastrous week, dropping $678,442 in 4,112 hands. That loss makes Galfond the year’s biggest loser thus far as he is $553,182 in the red. Sander “Berndsen12” Berndsen also had a tough week, dropping $315,120 in 3,574 hands.
Here’s a look at some of the more notable stories and hands of the week.
Heineckerragen Thursday’s Biggest Winner ... in NLHE!
When it comes to high-stakes cash games, or at least the Online Railbird Report, pot-limit Omaha tends to dominate the headlines. That wasn’t the case last Thursday as the day’s biggest winner, Niklas “ragen70” Heineckerragen, emerged from the no-limit hold’em tables. Heineckerragen took on Sander “Berndsen12” Berndsen in a $100/$200 heads-up match and booked a $200,000 win, bringing his yearly total up to $700K, second only to “patpatman.'
The two played approximately 1,000 hands over three hours, and the young German managed to win the two biggest pots of the match. In the first, Berndsen ($74,826) opened for $500 on the button and Heineckerragen ($41,074) three-bet to $1,639. Berndsen made the call and then watched Heineckerragen lead out for $1,800 on the flop. Berndsen responded with a raise to $4,800, and the two then engaged in a raising war that ended with Heineckerragen calling off his entire stack.
Showdown
Heineckerragen
Berndsen
Berndsen had flopped top two pair and was in control of the hand, but the turn delivered a flush draw to Heineckerragen's hand. Sure enough, the spiked on the river to complete the flush, and the $82,148 pot was snatched from Berndsen.
In the other big hand between the two, Berndsen ($64,926) opened for $500 and Heineckerragen ($33,040) exercised his option in the big blind with a three-bet to $1,639. Berndsen came back with a four-bet to $4,200, Heineckerragen called, and the flop came down . Heineckerragen checked, Berndsen bet $3,600, Heineckerragen check-raised to $8,800, and Berndsen moved all in. Heineckerragen called off his remaining $20,040 and the cards were turned up:
Showdown
Heineckerragen
Berndsen
Berndsen was ahead with his pocket queens but needed to dodge an ace or heart to take the pot. The turn provided no help to his opponent, but the peeled off on the river to give Heineckerragen a pair of aces and the $66,080 pot.
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! Byun vs. D’Auteuil!
The big story on Saturday was a 900-hand heads-up battle between Eujong Byun and Phil “takechip” D’Auteuil at the $100/$200 no-limit hold’em tables. It took about two and a half hours, but Byun, bested his opponent to win $193,000.
In one hand, D’Auteuil ($40,348) opened for $600, Byun ($23,910) three-bet to $2,400, D’Auteuil four-bet $4,800 and Byun called. Both players checked the flop, and the appeared on the turn. Byun led out for $5,000, D’Auteuil called, and the was put out on the river. Byun moved all in for $14,110 and D’Auteuil called, but D’Auteuil's was second best to the of Byun.
In another hand, Byun ($25,836) raised to $400, D’Auteuil ($23,592) raised to $1,500, Byun called, and the appeared on the flop. D’Auteuil led out for $1,600, which prompted Byun to bump it up to $5,000. Not to be outdone, D’Auteuil three-bet to $10,200. Byun then moved all-in for $24,336 and D’Auteuil called off the $11,892 he had behind.
Showdown
D’Auteuil was ahead with his overpair, but had a sweat when the hit the turn to give Byun a flush draw. While that draw didn’t come in, the river was just as good to Byun as it gave him the winning pair and the $47,184 pot.
Byun ended the day as the biggest winner, while D’Auteuil’s total loss of $151,000 made him the day’s biggest loser.
The Isildur1 Saga
Sunday was a good day for Viktor “Isildur1” Blom as he won $251K, most of which came from “VietRussian” at the $50/$100 PLO tables. Blom grinded the day away, logging around 2,500 hands, as he also took on Terje “Terken89” Augdal and Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies.
The Swede’s biggest pot of the day came against Augdal at the $100/$200 PLO tables. Blom ($51,650) raised to $600 on the button and Augdal ($74,560) three-bet to $1,880. Blom four-bet to $5,720, and Augdal called, bringing a flop. Both players checked and the appeared on the turn. Augdal led out for $11,518, Blom moved all-in, and Augdal made the call.
Showdown
Both players had turned flush draws, but Blom’s was better. In addition, the Swede’s pocket aces were in the lead. There was no funny business on the river, and Blom took down a pot worth $103,298.
But Blom didn't hold those winnings long, returning Monday evening and losing all of it back and then some, mainly in six-max games to Jens “Jeans89” Kyllönen and Sahamies, who finished as the day’s biggest winners with $300,000 and $253,000 in profit, respectively. Numerous players took a beating in those games, including “patpatman” (-$285,000), Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond (-$259,000), and Augdal (-$170,000).
Just when you thought Blom had had enough, he returned Tuesday for some wild $100/$200 PLO games, first losing a couple hundred thousand, then hitting a half-million dollar heater and even getting his winnings up to $774K for the 24 hours of play. Unfortunately for him, he kept on playing and gave more than $500,000 back. It was during this time that 'patpatman' won a healthy $400K.
There were also some monster pots that took place on Tuesday. In the biggest hand, which was actually Blom’s biggest ever on PokerStars, four players were seated at a $100/$200 PLO table when 'patpatman' ($72,150) opened for $600 under the gun and Blom ($209,961) three-bet to $2,260 from the button.“1Il|1Il|1il|” ($158,480) made the call from the small blind, and 'patpatman' four-bet to an even $10,000. Blom called, but 1Il|1Il|1il| put in a five-bet to $40,120. Both 'patpatman' and Blom made the call, creating a $120,560 pot before the flop, which came down .
1Il|1Il|1il| immediately led out for $114,235, 'patpatman' folded, and Blom raised. 1Il|1Il|1il| only had $4,125 behind and called.
Showdown 1Il|1Il|1il|: Blom:
1Il|1Il|1il| held a pair of aces, but Blom had flopped the nut-flush draw. Much to 1Il|1Il|1il|’s dismay, the hit on the turn and left him drawing dead. After the was put out on the river, Blom raked in a pot worth $355,195.
Tuesday also marked a catastrophic day for Phil Galfond as he dropped $428,000, which ultimately led to him becoming the week’s biggest loser.
Biggest weekly winners/losers all on PokerStars
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Week’s biggest winners (1/20-1/26): Jens “Jeans89” Kyllönen ($459,504), patpatman (+$459,257), Davin “mTw-DaviN” Georgi ($422,608), Rafi “refaelamit” Amit ($314,932), Ronny “1-ronnyr3” Kaiser ($301,844), Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky ($207,734)
Paul McCaffrey 111,800 Mark Vos 93,000 Cuong Do 86,000 Eric Sonstegard 83,000 Theo Tran 82,950 Al Barbieri 82,000 Allen Cunningham 81,000 Nicholas Montuori 80,000 Jeffrey Lisandro 79,000 Eric Peters 70,000 James Crowshaw 69,000 Pete Falk 68,200 Eric Weiner 67,000 Mike Erstling 67,000 Yervand Boyadjian 65,000 Ayaz Mahmood 64,000 Adam Sweet 63,000 Mike Epstein 62,000 Robert Betts 61,000 Lars Bonding 60,000 David Pham 59,000 Bueno Patrick 57,000 Eric Buchman 56,500 Tom Richter 56,000 Marc Machuga 55,000 Akshay Kumar 55,000 Shirely Williams 52,500 Matthew Maroon 52,500 Aaron Katz 52,500 Mark Weitzman 52,000 Chris Ellison 52,000 Jesse Martin 51,000 Pat Poels 50,000 David Williams 50,000 Hoyt Corkins 50,000 James Coca 49,000 Luke Neely 49,000 Joe Tehan 48,500 Julian Gardner 48,000 An Tran 48,000 Paul White 47,000 Billy Duarte Jr. 47,000 David Chiu 45,000 Layne Flack 45,000 Luan Phan 44,500 Jason Strasser 44,500 Gregg Grivas 44,000 John Hoang 43,475 Ernie Scherer 43,000 Eric Deguzman 43,000 Jordan Richland 43,000 Mike Sexton 42,500 Shane Schleger 41,500 James Calderaro 41,000 Ken Goldin 40,000 Christopher Viox 39,400 Galen Kester 38,700 Randall Skaggs 38,000 Fred Lavassani 37,500 Stan Jablonski 36,500 Al Stonum 36,000 Mickey Appleman 36,000 Mike Sorrentino 35,500 Barry Greenstein 34,500 Joseph Cordi 34,500 Maros Lechman 34,500 Gregg Turk 34,000 Randy Holland 34,000 Frank Henderson 33,900 Eric Firestone 33,500 Men Nguyen 33,200 James Sileo 33,000 Aaron Bartley 33,000 Victor Hammar 33,000 Tony Bloom 32,500 Salvatore Erna 32,000 Ryan Waggoner 32,000 Mike Postle 31,500 Jeff Madsen 31,450 Thomas Tope 31,000 Jeffrey Abramovitz 30,700 Eric Froehlich 30,200 Humberto Brenes 30,000 Prahlad Friedman 30,000 Flaminio Malaguti 30,000 Kido Pham 29,500 Chad Carpenter 29,500 Andrew Bryant 29,000 Hertzel Zalewski 28,000 Stan Goldstein 28,000 Herbert Montalbano 28,000 Noah Boeken 28,000 Steve Wong 27,500 Padraig Parkinson 26,100 Daniel Kreitzman 26,000 Samuel Arzoin 26,000 Annie Duke 26,000 Andrew Leonard 26,000 Andrew Black 26,000 David Sklansky 26,000 Casey Kastle 26,000 Mark Donahey 25,200 Robin Tunney 25,000 Robert Newton 25,000 Michael McNeil 25,000 Gary Lent 25,000 Jonathan Levy 25,000 Steven Chao 25,000 Jason Steinhorn 25,000 Michael Tait 25,000 Chad Layne 25,000 David John 24,700 Roy Thung 24,000 Ted Lawson 24,000 Scotty Nguyen 24,000 Avery Cardoza 24,000 Rosendo Perez 23,500 Thomas Wahlroos 23,500 Wesley Wilburn 23,000 Mike Caro 23,000 Bill Baxter 23,000 Bill Gustafik 23,000 Jon Turner 23,000 Tom Pniak 23,000 Lee Markholt 23,000 Al Krux 22,700 Morgan Machina 22,500 David Ulliott 22,000 David Grey 22,000 James Boyer 22,000 David Slan 22,000 James Bechtel II 22,000 Yarom Limor 22,000 Tony Ma 22,000 Matthew Viox 21,800 Joseph Sceiczina 21,400 Osman Kibar 21,250 Victor Iemolo 21,000 Chris Ferguson 21,000 Michael Hofield 21,000 Jack Ross 21,000 Katja Thater 21,000 Douglas Carli 21,000 Mark Roland 21,000 Eugene Tanaka 20,500 Cary Katz 20,100 Eric Lynch 20,100 Bill Gazes 20,000 Todd Rebello 20,000 Shawn Glines 19,800 Ralph Pecorale 19,500 Allen Kessler 19,000 Jeff Sealey 18,500 Kevin Song 18,500 Gioi Wong 18,500 Matt Greenwood 18,500 Johan Yha 18,000 Ali Sarkeshik 18,000 Ayodeji Jejelowo 17,500 Fredrik Martensson 17,500 Mark Shoichet 17,175 Tom Sartori 17,000 Amit Sander 17,000 Asher Derei 17,000 Jeff Freedman 17,000 Nenad Medic 16,500 Paul Mannoni 16,500 Can Kim Hua 16,200 Thor Hansen 16,000 Phil Ivey 16,000 Rehne Pedersen 16,000 Francis Scheeland 16,000 Danny Masterson 16,000 Wayne Burgess Jr. 16,000 Berry Johnston 16,000 Tex Barch 16,000 Gabriel Thaler 16,000 Amanda Baker 15,500 Terrence Chan 15,500 John Duthie 15,500 Doug Booth 15,000 Jim McCrink 15,000 Alvin Delgado 15,000 Timm Stokke 15,000 Chris Tsiprailidis 14,800 Ben Sarnoff 14,700 Garry Bush 14,300 Mike O’Malley 14,000 Jeromy Pearson 14,000 Sean McCabe 14,000 Ian Kalman 14,000 Richard Tatalovich 14,000 Tony Nasr 14,000 Nick Niergarth 13,500 David Bakey 13,000 Vadim Trincher 13,000 Anthony Newman 13,000 Matthew Glantz 13,000 Mike Wattel 13,000 Ron Faltinsky 13,000 Tony Cousineau 13,000 Joshua Tieman 12,600 Roger Cross 12,500 Jeffrey King 12,500 John Hennigan 12,400 Dave Colclough 12,100 Rafi Amit 12,100 Brian Nadell 12,000 Spyridon Mitrokostas 12,000 Phil Cordano 12,000 John Juanda 11,500 Eugene Todd 11,500 Minh Ly 11,150 Steve Simmons 11,000 Tom Schneider 11,000 Daniel Alaei 11,000 Sean Martin 11,000 Nick Schulman 10,625 Pamela Brunson 10,450 Mike O’Grady 10,100 Brian Haveson 10,000 Bill Newman 10,000 Matthew Zimmerman 10,000 Joao Martins 10,000 Joel Lavigne 10,000 Tom Gillett 10,000 Efrain Lopez 10,000 Weldon Johnson 10,000 Steve Rassi 10,000 Nicholas Stowell 10,000 Ralph Perry 9,850 Dan Alspach 9,800 Kristy Gazes 9,700 Jerrod Ankenman 9,600 Arthur Vandermeeren 9,500 Jan Sjavik 9,200 Mary Jones 9,200 Doug Saab 9,000 Rocky Paradise 9,000 Paul Testud 8,800 Chris McCormack 8,725 Bob Feduniak 8,650 Chau Giang 8,500 Roland De Wolfe 8,200 Billy Ngo 8,150 Carlos Mortensen 8,000 Bruce Parker 8,000 Derek Tomko 7,975 Jerri Thomas 7,500 Emeline Boich 7,175 Craig Kodman 7,000 Michael Berman 7,000 Emad Tahtouh 7,000 Brad Daugherty 7,000 Age Spets 6,625 Raymond Henson 6,500 Hon Le 6,500 Mark Defusco 6,500 William McKinney 6,300 Vegard Nygaard 6,300 Alex Vuong 6,100 Chris Reslock 6,000 Richard Brodie 6,000 Willie Tann 5,950 Jeff Rine 5,800 Wendeen Eolis 5,600 Billy Miller 5,600 Kevin McBride 5,300 Rafe Furst 5,000 Yoshio Nakano 5,000 Tony Chessa 5,000 Rob Hollink 4,700 Scott Epstein 4,600 Steve Williams 4,000 Johan Storakers 3,800 Sherkhan Farnood 3,750 Matt Hawrilenko 3,500 Thomas Aitken 3,500 Norm Ketchum Jr. 3,000 Jay Kwik 900