Monster Pot Recap: Amit Wins ‘Saucy’ $85k Pot

Amit and Sulsky plowed through 1,248 hands of $100/$200 Heads-Up Pot-Limit Omaha on PokerStars last night and there were a number of haymakers thrown throughout the session.  None could top the following hand, however, which took place just after midnight EST. Sauce123 entered the hand with $107,742 to Amit’s $42,898. Amit, who plays on PokerStars as refaelamit, opened for $580, Sauce123 three-bet to $1,920 and Amit four-bet to $4,120

Monster Pot Recap: Galfond Taken for $275k

Berdsen was on the losing side of the day’s biggest pot, a $127,186 monster, but thanks in part to winning the second and third biggest hands he finished up $144,343 on the day. That session brings Berdsen’s 2012 net profit to just over $550,000 on PokerStars, while Galfond’s winnings on his MrSweets28 account so far this year were knocked down to just under $80k. In total three pots made it into six-figure territory yesterday

Poker’s In and Out List: Galfond Checks In, Hellmuth Cells Out

This week on the list we feature Jon Duhamel’s PCA prowess, a Great Dane in China, Phil Galfond’s new blog and Phil Hellmuth’s cellular misadventures in the Bahamas. Buckle up. This is the In and Out List.

Monster Pot Recap: Nice River Nets Sahamies $94k

In the midst of an extended $50/$100 3-handed PLO session against Galfond and mTw-DaviN on PokerStars , Sahamies picked up K ♦ 8 ♦ J ♥ 9 ♥ against mTw-DaviN’s A ♠ A ♣ T ♣ 2 ♥ and Galfond’s A ♥ 4 ♥ Q ♠ J ♠ .

Top 10 Biggest Online Pots of 2011

Since the events of Black Friday, PokerStars has slowly emerged as the new home for high stakes players while games on Euro sites like 888poker, iPoker and PartyPoker continue to grow. Regardless of the many changes to the industry there were still some massive hands that were played and we’ve compiled a list of the biggest hands on PokerStars recorded by our online poker stats section below.

Daily 3-Bet: FTP Blues, Poker as Muse

Any tips or suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to post in the comments.Today in the 3-Bet we hit up a new FTP parody video plus two timeless classics from the poker music video genre to inspire fellow poker parodists out there. 1) The Donks Do the FTP Blues You don’t see a lot of blues and poker mashups, so hats off to The Donks for thinking outside the typical poker/rap frame. And for making a timely, news-driven parody.

LuckyChewy Leads Final Five at Epic Mix Max

Already with a slight chip lead, Lichtenberger cemented his edge and chipped up to 1.7 million in a big pot with Scott Clements on the very last hand of the night.

LuckyChewy Leads Final Five at Epic Mix Max

Already with a slight chip lead, Lichtenberger cemented his edge and chipped up to 1.7 million in a big pot with Scott Clements on the very last hand of the night.

Editor’s Pick: How I Made My First Million from Poker by Tri Nguyen

Dropping on December 15th, the title is How I Made My First Million from Poker and in it Nguyen says that poker players vastly undervalue personal well-being and how it translates to success at the tables.

Dempsey Knocks Out Nguyen for WPT Five Diamond Title

Dempsey, who came into the final table second in chips, takes home $821,612 plus a $25k seat in the WPT Championship in May for the win. It wasn’t easy, as he had to outlast both a deadly final table and then former November Niner Soi Nguyen over 85 heads-up hands – twice as many as it took to knock out the first four players at the table.

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