Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008

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Ziigmund rips Ivey for $300k at Thunderdome

The legendary Phil Ivey: Finnished.

By Christopher Hunt

He may be the swingy-est, most hyperaggressive high-stakes player in the entire sordid, swingy history of online poker.

But when famous Finnish maniac Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies runs well, he really runs well.

Continuing the torrid run he's been on for the last month, everyone's favorite wild card gave the railbirds a treat this morning by running roughshod over the legendary Phil Ivey in a short session on Ivey's own home court - his personal $500/$1,000 Ivey Thunderdome Pot-Limit Omaha table at Full Tilt.

Granted, he had already lost about the same amount in a couple sessions earlier in the day, but the total profit for Ziigmund in this one: Roughly $300k, with three huge pots at $200k+ the major tipping points.

Check out the hand histories for the smaller two, for $195k and $217k respectively, here and here.

Ziigmund: Gotta go.

The capper? The biggest hand by far today, for $257k, with a rivered jack filling Ziig up and saving his six-high straight from being edged out by Ivey's seven-high straight.

The hand history, as tracked by the PL.com MarketPulse Biggest Pots section:

7549290309 TABLE : Ivey Thunderdome $500/$1,000 - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi - Thu Aug 7 2008 - 2:39pm ET

Table Setup

Seat 1: Phil Ivey ($128,997.50)
Seat 2: Ziigmund ($370,934.50)
Phil Ivey posts the small blind of $500
Ziigmund posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #1

Pre-Flop

Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey raises to $3,000
Ziigmund calls $2,000

Flop: [J63]

Ziigmund checks
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey bets $5,000
Ziigmund calls $5,000

Turn: [J63][4]

Ziigmund checks
Phil Ivey bets $13,000
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund has requested TIME
Ziigmund raises to $55,000
Phil Ivey raises to $120,997.50, and is all-in
Ziigmund calls $65,997.50
Phil Ivey shows [8573]
Ziigmund shows [2445]

River: [J63][4][J]

Phil Ivey shows a straight, seven high
Ziigmund shows a full house, fours full of jacks
Ziigmund wins the pot ($257,994.50) with a full house, fours full of jacks
Phil Ivey is sitting out

Summary

Total pot $257,995 | Rake $0.50
Board [J634J]
Phil Ivey (small blind) showed [8573] and lost with a straight, seven high
Ziigmund (big blind) showed [2445] and won ($257,994.50) with a full house, fours full of jacks

About five or six hands later, Ziigmund punched "gotta go" into the chat box and left, leaving Ivey to stare plaintively off in the distance and poke around in his calfskin couch* for a loose $300k to get back in the action.

* Note: Neither plaintive staring nor calfskin couch confirmed.

To see more huge pots from the session, or more of the 100 biggest pots won online over the past day, week, month and year, jump to the PokerListings.com MarketPulse section.

To rake in some big pots of your own, hit up the action at Full Tilt here.

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