The Online Railbird Report: Dwan Dominates
The seven-figure swings just don't stop. Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies were back at it the past few days in the high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt, and this time, it was "durrrr" getting the best of the Fin. Dwan bested Sahamies en route to making back the $1.5 Million he had lost the previous few days by winning some monster hands.
The two were playing $500/$1,000 pot-limit Omaha and Samamies raised to $3,000 on the button. This was raised to $9,000 by Dwan in the big blind and Sahamies made the call leading to a 4♠J♥5♥ flop. Dwan checked and Sahamies bet $13,000, quickly getting called by Dwan. The 6♠ turn card brought more of the same with Dwan check-callling a pot-sized bet of $44,000. The river delivered the 8♦ and Dwan checked for a third time. Sahamies bet the $132,000 pot and Dwan put in just a little bit more to go all-in for $145,000. Sahamies called and mucked his hand when Dwan tabled 9♠7♣6♥10♠ for the nut straight, winning the $423,000 pot.
They were involved in several other big pots, deciding to run several of them twice. In one of them, Dwan raised to $3,000 on the button and Sahamies popped it to $9,000 in the big blind. Dwan four-bet to $27,000 and Sahamies made the call. The flop fell 7♦6♦A♠ and a raising war ensued. In the end, they got it in for a total of $454,000. Dwan tabled A♣A♦5♦5♣ for top set and the nut-flush draw, while Sahamies showed 10♦4♦5♠4♠ for a straight draw and an inferior flush draw. After deciding to run it twice, the 9♠ turn and 6♣ river sent one half to Dwan, while the K♠ turn and 7♥ river on the other half filled Dwan up again, sending the entire pot his way.
Dwan also took both ends of a $446,000 pot that they ran twice. This time, they got it all-in after a 9♦3♣J♥ flop. Although he only held one pair, Dwan's A♥K♥Q♥J♣ was a favorite against Samamies' 10♥9♥7♥5♥. The first board completed with running queens making a full house for Dwan while the second brought a 3♦ turn and 5♦ river, giving Dwan jacks and threes to once again scoop the entire pot.
Who's up? Who's down?
This week's biggest winners (3/30-4/1): Tom "durrrr" Dwan (+$1.97 million), Patrik Antonius (+$300,000), EasyPeazy (+$293,000)
In the red: Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies (-$1.18 million), Gus Hansen (-$607,000), Brian Townsend (-$476,000)
Top earners, 2010 to date: Tom “durrrr” Dwan (+$3.97 million), Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies (+$2.06 million) Alexander “PostflopAction” Kostritsyn (+$2.01 million)
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