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Strategy Snapshot: Déjà vu All Over Again
Created By: Daniel Skolovy Posted in: The Poker Reporter Blog, Strategy Snapshots
Same table, same mind-boggling stakes and same old story in this edition of the snapshot - rich whale patatino gets harpooned by an online icon for another $475k pot.
Players:
Seat 1: Isaac "luvtheWNBA" Haxton ($141,279.50)
Seat 2: Hac "trex313" Dang ($200,000)
Seat 4: Andrew "good2cu" Robl ($64,991)
Seat 5: patatino ($237,242)
Seat 6: Tom "durrrr" Dwan ($246,784)
The button is in seat #2
Game: $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, Six-Max, RailHeaven, Full Tilt Poker
The RailHeaven games have been going regularly these last few weeks with plenty of action. We've seen the record broken for biggest pot ever online, then nearly tied the very next night. The games, for the most part, are built around a rich whale going by the online handle patatino.
patatino is down about $1 million so far in Hold'em cash games this year, according to our MarketPulse tracking software, and today's hand brings you another example of where the money's been going - into the bankroll of one Tom "durrrr" Dwan.
The Setup
The hand begins with durrrr raising from under the gun to $3,000. Everyone folds to patatino who calls from in the big blind.
The flop comes down 4♣ K♠ 6♠ and durrrr continuation bets $5,400. patatino check-raises to $22,700 and durrrr tanks before eventually flat-calling.

The turn comes the 5♦ and patatino checks again. durrrr bets $43,600 and patatino elects to just flat-call.
The river is the 2♥ and patatino checks. durrrr bets $177,484 all-in and patatino calls off his last $167,942.
durrrr shows 7♠ 3♠ for the turned straight and patatino mucks.
The Breakdown
The hand starts out with durrrr raising from under the gun to $3,000 with 7♠ 3♠. Definitely not a standard move by any means. I mean a suited four-gap from early position?
Anyway, he is durrrr, and he is not to be questioned. Maybe he figured he would end up heads-up with patatino a high percentage of the time, or maybe he
durrrr bets $43,600. This bet is for pure value - with a straight here, he is miles ahead of patatino's range. He bets an amount that he thinks his opponent will call.
patatino does make the call. Again, he probably has a pair of kings here. Anything more, and he would have check-raised again on the turn.
The river comes 2♥. patatino checks and durrrr shoves all-in for $177,484. patatino tanks and lets his time run almost all the way down before making the call.
When durrrr shows the 7♠ 3♠, patatino mucks. The straight is good for the $474,984 pot and also the title of "sickest hand to bust patatino with."
To see more pots from the RailHeaven sessions, or more of the Top 100 biggest pots online over the last day, week, month and year, jump to the PokerListings.com MarketPulse section.
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1FrozenSun
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