The Online Railbird Report: Blom Back to Winning Ways, Kostritsyn Week's Biggest Loser
This week at the high-stakes tables of PokerStars, no one did better than Daniel "w00ki3z." Cates, who won $158,326 in 3,948 hands over 32 sessions. Others who did well were Isaac "philivey2694" Haxton (+$109,358 in 7 sessions/386 hands) and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom (+$81,485 in 38 sessions/9,214 hands).
On the flip side, last week's biggest winner, Alexander "joiso" Kostritsyn, was this week's biggest loser after dropping $188,511 in 8,753 hands over 42 sessions. Meanwhile, it was also a bad week for the likes of Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky (-$128,503 in 21 sessions/1,191 hands), Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich (-$127,480 in 18 sessions/2,184 hands), and Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion (-$97,409 in 28 sessions/2,913 hands).
Stern Takes Kuznetsov for $238,700 in Thursday PLO Action
On Thursday, March 17, Dani "supernova9" Stern finished the biggest winner of the day after winning $238,700 at the $100/$200 and $200/$400 pot-limit Omaha tables. According to HighStakesDB, all of his profit came after two heads-up matches against Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov.
Here's a look at the two biggest pots from that match.
Hand #1: Kuznetsov ($71,006.08) raised to $1,360 from the button, Stern ($128,421.92) called, and the flop came down Q♥J♣7♥. Stern checked, Kuznetsov bet $2,158.50, and Stern check-raised to $7,554.75. Not to be outdone, Kuznetsov three-bet to $25,958.50 and then called off his remaining $43,846.08 after Stern had four-bet to $81,832.75.
Kuznetsov: J♦J♠K♦A♥
Stern: K♥10♥9♠5♥
Kuznetsov had flopped middle pair with a gutshot, while Stern held a flush draw with a big wrap. The two agreed to run it twice, and the 9♦8♦ on the first gave Stern half the pot with a winning straight. The 10♣ turn on the second run gave Kuznetsov Broadway, but his lead was short lived as the 8♥ river gave Stern a flush and the entire $149,486.91 pot.
Hand #2: Stern ($94,669.40) opened for $1,360 and then called when Kuznetsov ($64,954.60) three-bet to $4,240. Both players then checked the 8♠6♦9♥ flop, the 2♦ appeared on the turn, and Kuznetsov checked to Stern, who bet $6,478.50.
Kuznetsov check-raised to $23,800, Stern called, and the 2♣ paired the board on the river. Kuznetsov moved all in for $36,914.60 and Stern called. Kuznetsov showed the 7♠10♦8♦9♣ for a flopped straight, but it was no good as Stern rivered a full house with the 6♠6♣A♦Q♥. Ship the $130,229.20 pot to Stern.
"wilhasha" Saturday's Big Winner Thanks to NLHE Action
On Saturday, March 19, "wilhasha" was at the $50/$100 no-limit hold'em tables and managed to win $99,600 after 2,254 hands over 11 hours, which was enough to make him the day's big winner.
In his biggest pot of the day, action was four-handed when "1nvoker" ($28,438.54) opened for $232 under the gun with what turned out to be the 2♦2♣ and "wilhasha" ($42,918.06) three-bet from the small blind with the Q♠6♠. "1nvoker" made the call, the flop came down A♠K♦4♠, and "wilhasha" led out for $719.25.
"1nvoker" made the call and then bet $3,005.07 after "wilhasha" checked his flush on the J♠ turn. When the 2♥ peeled off on the river, "wilhasha" coyly checked and "1nvoker," who had made a set, bet $7,711.66. "wilhasha" the check-raised all in and "1nvoker" called off his remaining $15,652.22 only to see the $57,137.08 pot pushed to "wilhasha."
Blom Takes on Both Haxton and Kostritsyn
On Tuesday, March 22, Blom was busy cleaning up at both the $100/$200 PLO and $1,000/$2,000 8-game tables. According to HighStakesDB, Blom kicked things off by winning $49,000 in just 76 hands of PLO over 40 minutes from Sami "LrSlzk" Kelopuro. Not long after, he took "BERRI SWEET" for $131,000 playing the same game.
Blom then jumped to the 8-game tables where he played for 10 hours against Kostritsyn. In their first session, Blom won $105,600, and then took $67,000 in the second, which is when the second-biggest pot of the day took place.
It happened when, in a round of $250/$500 PLO, Kostritsyn ($87,583.66) opened for $1,500 and then called when Blom ($152,114.34) three-bet to $4,500, which brought about a flop of 10♠A♠9♥. Blom bet $6,000, Kostritsyn called, and the 3♦ appeared on the turn.
Blom bet again, this time $16,500, and again Kostritsyn just called. The 6♣ turn saw Blom bet a hefty $53,998 and Kostritsyn called only to muck when Blom tabled the 8♠7♠6♠4♥ for a rivered nuts, which earned him the $161,996 pot.
The action ended up spilling over into Wednesday morning, and that's when things started to swing Kostritsyn's way. According to HighStakesDB, the Russian managed to win back $208,000 in the action.
Speaking of Wednesday, Blom did play a bit against Haxton at the $100/$200 PLO tables. The duo only played for an hour, during which time Haxton took Blom for $121,700.
In one of the more notable pots, Blom ($86,588.54) raised to $1,360 and then called when Haxton ($53,107.46) three-bet to $4,240, which brought about a flop of 3♦2♣9♦. Haxton led out for $8,638, Blom raised to $34,552, and Haxton moved all in for $48,867.46. Blom made the call and the cards were turned up.
Haxton: K♣10♣10♥Q♥
Blom: K♦10♦7♦2♦
Blom was drawing to a flush, while Haxton held an overpair. It was run twice, but neither the 5♥J♥ on the first run nor 8♠9♠ on the second help Blom and he watched the entire $106,534.92 pot pushed to Haxton.
Biggest Winners/Losers from March 18-24
| Winners | Profit | Losers | Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Daniel "w00ki3z." Cates | $158,326 |
Alexander "joiso" Kostritsyn | $188,511 | |
|
Isaac "philivey2694" Haxton | $109,358 |
Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky | $128,503 | |
|
Viktor "Isildur1" Blom | $81,485 |
Dzmitry "Colisea" Urbanovich | $127,480 | |
|
Mike "gordo16" Gorodinsky | $80,171 |
Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion | $97,409 |
Biggest Winners/Losers of 2016
| Winners | Profit | Losers | Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Andres "Educa-p0ker" Artinano | $629,611 |
Alex "Kanu7" Millar | $567,739 | |
|
Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky | $403,455 |
Daniel "w00ki3z." Cates | $274,051 | |
|
"Cobus83" | $353,146 |
"candela2005" | $263,665 | |
|
Dani "supernova9" Stern | $329,943 |
"40and7" | $175,332 | |
|
Mikael "ChaoRen160" Thuritz | $265,432 |
"Aron0621" | $174,722 |
*Lead photo courtesy of globalpokerindex.com.
Data and hands obtained from HighStakesDB.com
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