Cole South loses big pot to luckexpress10

Dec. 22 in the world of online high-stakes poker produced a nice little back-and-forth heads-up No-Limit Texas Hold'em session between luckexpress10 and Cole South.

We don't know much about luckexpress10 other than the fact that he or she is considered a Redfish on the MarketPulse player report, which means he or she plays too many pots and is too passive post-flop. You'll find out momentarily why Cole South might disagree with our assessment.

Cole South, on the other hand, is hyperaggressive, and is one of the best-known online young guns in poker. He's an instructor at CardRunners along with other renowned young pros such as David "raptor" Benefield and Brian Hastings.

His reported bankroll is over $2 million and he appears on Season 5 of Poker After Dark.

During the short-handed session on Dec. 22 the players swapped wads of cash like they were sixth graders trading hockey cards. Plenty of the pots predictably went to Cole South; however, it was luckexpress10 who came out on top of the biggest.

On this little number luckexpress10 and his queens-up pocketed $190k of South's hard-earned instructional dollars:

Table Setup

Cole South: Seat 1 - Stack size: $95,000. luckexpress10: Seat 6 - Stack size: $105,000. Cole South posts small blind of $500. luckexpress10 posts big blind of $1,000.

Pre-Flop

Cole South raises $2,500. luckexpress10 calls $2,000.

Flop [7♣ 6♥ 2♦]

luckexpress10 checks. Cole South checks.

Turn 7♣ 6♥ 2♦ [Q♠]

luckexpress10 bets $6,000. Cole South raises $21,000. luckexpress10 raises $43,000. Cole South raises $71,000. luckexpress10 calls $43,000. Cole South shows Q♣ A♣. luckexpress10 shows Q♥ 2♥.

River 7♣ 6♥ 2♦ Q♠ [3♣]

Although that whopper - the biggest of the day in online poker play - went against him, South managed to secure the second-largest pot of the day for himself a little less than an hour later.

It took some gutsy play on a dangerous board that eventually showed 8♠ 5♣ A♥ K♥ A♦, but Cole South rode his pocket jacks over luckexpress10's 8♦ 9♥ to the tune of $144k.

Without that win to even things out a bit, it would have been a pretty poor way for Cole South to return from a vacation that he says was to help him unwind and regroup after some turmoil at the tables.

"Poker has been lousy lately," said Cole South, "so I decided to take the end of the year easy and enjoy myself."

That meant some snowboarding and from the looks of the photos posted on his blog, Cole South is equally as reckless on the slopes as he is on the virtual poker felt.

"Right now I'm in Vail on a snowboarding trip with 10 friends," wrote Cole South on Dec. 18. "We've been here all week and the conditions have been incredible!  Our house is pretty sick and we've been pushing it really hard, riding from open to close each day."

Although he lost that $190k pot and two others of $89,499 and $73,200 to luckexpress10, Cole South came out down just $43,210 for the day. Not great, but it could have been much worse.

It will be worth watching for Cole South in MarketPulse to see if this was just a brief return to poker play or if he'll be back in the game hard despite his commitment to taking the rest of the year off.