Here we go with another beatdown for loose cannon Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies, this time at the hands of Internet phenom Brian "tsarrast" Rast.

(Hand history and stats from PL.com MarketPulse Biggest Pots section.)

Players: Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies and Brian "tsarrast" Rast

Game: Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em, Cash, Full Tilt Poker

Situation: $200/$400 blinds

Stacks: Ziigmund (button) $21,992.50; tsarrast (big blind) $56,995.50

The Set-up

The hand begins with Ziigmund making a raise to $1,200 off the button. tsarrast just calls from the big blind. The flop comes down 2♣ 7♦ 6♥; tssarst checks, and Ziigmund checks behind.

The turn is the K♥ and tsarrast once again checks. Ziigmud now bets $2,400 and tsarrast makes the call. The river brings the A♦ and tsarrast checks.

Here Ziigmund shoves for $18,392 and tsarrast makes the call. Ziigmund tables the T♣ 3♣ for ten-high and tsarrast shows 2♠ 2♥ for three-of-a-kind and complete overkill to scoop the $43,985 pot.

Breakdown

Last week, in another hand with Ziigmund, I mentioned that he's capable of practically anything. This hand is a tremendous example of this. Ziigmund plays so aggressively it borders on maniacal a lot of the time.

Although he's one of the most successful and feared Pot-Limit Omaha players in the world, his No-Limit Hold'em game can vary between "My god this guy is tough" to "Holy crap what an ATM."

The original raise with T♣ 3♣ is not awful. As I have said time and time again the button is such a powerful position that heads-up you can practically raise any two cards profitably from it.

Ziigmund takes this to heart and opens with his suited six-gapper. tsarrast elects to just call with his 2♠ 2♥.

The flop of 2♣ 7♦ 6♥ is great news for tsarrast, who flops a set of deuces. tsarrast, who obviously knows Ziigmund is uber-aggressive, elects to slow-play and checks. Ziigmund does not initially bite and checks through.

The turn brings the K♥. tsarrast continues his slow play and checks again. Normally I don't advocate slow-playing. It is difficult to get all the money into the middle if you never bet with full stacks. So I try and avoid the slow play and just bet my hands.

However, in this situation I really like the slow play. For one, Ziigmund is sitting on a half stack. That will make it easier to get all the money into the center because the stacks aren't very deep.

Secondly, Ziigmund is very aggressive and the K♥ represents a prime card for him to try and bluff at. tsarrast, therefore, recognizes it's highly likely Ziigmund will bet this turn, so he checks. Ziigmund co-operates this time by sticking in a pot-sized bet of $2,400. tsarrast once again elects to just call.

The river drops the A♦. tsarrast checks this for the same reason he checks the turn: this is another great bluff card for Ziigmund. So tsarrast checks and Ziigmund shoves his last $18,392 in. tsarrast makes an easy call with his set of deuces to scoop a $43,985 pot.

tsarrast's strategy here was right on target - he obviously knew Ziigmund would feel compelled to bluff at each scare card that fell. Ziigmund unfortunately was a victim of some out-of-the-ordinary bad luck, precisely because each card that fell was another scare card he could represent.

All in all, this was a very well-played hand. There's a time and a place for everything, and this hand is a perfect example of one of those times where slow-playing is the right play.

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