The high-stakes Omaha specialist makes PokerStars history
Ilari ‘Ilari FIN’ Sahamies last night smashed PokerStars
records for being the winner of the biggest ever cash game pot, totalling $421,826.
The high-stakes reg is notorious for enduring large swings,
sometimes winning or losing a million dollars in a day. The monster pot came a
week after Sahamies suffered huge losses to Viktor ‘isildur1’ Blom, a fellow
nosebleed-stakes fiend.
The pot took place at a 6-max $200/$400 PLO table, at which
other pros such as Phil ‘MrSweets28’ Galfond and Andreas ‘Skjervøy’ Torbergsen were also seated.
This is how
the hand unfolded:
– ‘Ilari
FIN’ raises to $1,400 from the cut-off. This is called by ‘Skjervøy’ (button)
and ‘bernard-bb’ (small blind).
– The flop comes Ks-2h-3s, and ‘Ilari FIN’
leads out with a bet of $4,595, which is raised to $18,380 by ‘Skjervøy’. Both
call.
– The turn yields the 9h, prompting ‘Skjervøy’
to move all in for $10,428, and ‘bernard-bb’ to raise to $91,019. ‘Ilari FIN’
calls.
– The river falls 3h. It is at this point that
‘bernard-bb’ shoves for a further $84,810, and ‘Ilari FIN’ gleefully calls only
to reveal Kh-4c-Ah-6h (the nut flush) and rake in the mammoth pot. ‘bernard-bb’
shows Ad-2d-As-7s, while ‘Skjervøy’ mucks his hand.
Click here to watch a graphic representation of the hand.
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