Monday, March 10, 2008

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Ziigmund turns a quick $200k

Ziigmund: Yawns his way to a quick $200k.

By Christopher Hunt

Finnish poker icon Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies may take a backseat to countryman Patrik Antonius when it comes to fanboy fanaticism and international notoriety.

But to those in the know, he may be the most entertaining - and most feared - high-stakes player online.

He's got all the ingredients - a seemingly bottomless bankroll, a relentlessly aggressive playing style and a recklessness at the tables that produces wild swings, from down $500k one minute to up a cool $1 million the next.

And is if that weren't enough, he also has an acid tongue to go along with it, often belittling the game's best players in the chat box in the process of dismantling their bankrolls.

So when Sahamies sits, it's always a bit of a spectacle for the railbirds.

It wasn't much, but they got a small taste this morning as he sat for a couple of quick heads-up sessions of $200/$400 No-Limit Hold'em at Full Tilt Poker.

And much like Antonius, Sahamies also doesn't shy away from the toughest opponents he can find, choosing to tangle with both Full Tilt Pro (and Cardrunners instructor) Brian Hastings (aka $tinger88/LucLongley) and equally renowned online specialist Cole South (aka cts).

The result: roughly $200k in the black for Sahamies, including the biggest hold'em pot online today for $91,196 after getting all-in pre-flop with A K against Hastings' A Q and having it hold up.

How the action played out:

Full Tilt Poker Game #5578636741: Table Pimento (heads up) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 9:25:24 PST - 2008/03/10
Seat 1: Brian Hastings ($45,598)
Seat 2: Ziigmund ($77,195)
Ziigmund posts the small blind of $200
Brian Hastings posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #2

HOLE CARDS

Ziigmund raises to $1,200
Brian Hastings raises to $4,200
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund raises to $12,400
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings raises to $45,598, and is all in
Ziigmund calls $33,198

Brian Hastings shows A K

Ziigmund shows A Q

To see how the board came down, more big pots from both sessions and more of the biggest Hold'em pots won online over the last day, week and month, jump over to the PokerListings.com MarketPulse section.

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