Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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Golser thrills railbirds; rebuys for $1 million

Full Tilt Pro Markus Golser. He's wealthy.

By Christopher Hunt

Technically, buying in for $1 million at a $1,000/$2,000 Limit table online doesn't really give you an advantage over a shorter-stacked opponent.

But it certainly does get the railbirds all jacked up.

Such was the case yesterday when, after dropping 10 consecutive $20k buy-ins in a session with another of the world's best Limit players, Matt "Hoss_TBF" Hawrilenko, Austrian poker pro Markus Golser soiled some railbird shorts - and possibly Hawrilenko's - with a $1 million re-buy.

A pre-emptive strike on the "Golser is busto" thread? A pure showtime move for the rail? A statement to Hawrilenko about his bottomless bankroll?

We'll never know for sure. What we do know however is that he still ended the session $200k+ in the hole - although it seemed not to be much of a sweat for him, as he was more than a gracious loser in the chat with Hawrilenko after.

His only suggestion? Hawrilenko buy him a few drinks at this year's WSOP in Vegas.

Ironically, the biggest pot of the session as tracked by the PokerListings.com MarketPulse section went to Golser, shortly after his million-dollar buy-in.

The details:

Full Tilt Poker Game #6053776422 TABLE : Mirasol (six-max) $1,000/$2,000 - Limit Hold'em - Wed Apr 16 2008 - 1:45am (ET)

Table Setup

Seat 3: Hoss_TBF ($246,216.50)
Seat 6: Markus Golser ($996,494.50)
Hoss_TBF posts the small blind of $500
Markus Golser posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #3

Pre-flop

Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
Markus Golser calls $1,000

Flop: K 3 Q

Markus Golser bets $1,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
Markus Golser raises to $3,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $4,000
Markus Golser calls $1,000

Turn: K 3 Q K

Markus Golser bets $2,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $4,000
Markus Golser raises to $6,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $8,000
Markus Golser calls $2,000

River: K 3 Q K 8

Markus Golser checks
Hoss_TBF bets $2,000
Markus Golser raises to $4,000
Hoss_TBF calls $2,000

Showdown:

Markus Golser shows K Q for a full house, kings full of queens
Hoss_TBF mucks
Markus Golser wins the pot ($35,999.50) with a full house, kings full of queens

Summary:

Total pot $36,000 | Rake $0.50
Board: K 3 Q K 8
Seat 3: Hoss_TBF (small blind) mucked
Seat 6: Markus Golser (big blind) collected ($35,999.50)

For more big hands from their session, and more of the top 100 biggest pots won online over the last day, week, month and year, jump to the MarketPulse section.

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