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May 04 2012, Chad Holloway

Last week, Andrew “EireAbu” Grimason took over the top spot on PokerStars’ yearly leaderboard with almost $1.3 million in profit. Unfortunately for him, his reign lasted just one week as Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky continued his heater and won $138,172 this week, giving him $1,343,986 in winnings thus far in 2012 and putting him on top.

While all eyes were on Sulsky, a few other players were making waves in the online realm. One was Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies, who won $347,000 in one day. “Phisherman36” and “muha84,” also had great weeks, winning $272,506 and $141,841 respectively to become the two biggest winners of the week.

Benny “toweliestar” Spindler finished as the biggest loser after dropping $169,343 in 914 hands spread across 22 sessions, while “LhhmMaoly” (-$141,907 in 11 sessions/382 hands), Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (-$140,823 in 49 sessions/3,199 hands) and Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies (-$123,164 in 9 sessions/671 hands) rounded out the top four losers.

Sahamies Wins $347,000 in a Day Filled with Big Action

On Thursday, April 26, Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies played two sessions, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, destroying the $100/$200 and $200/$400 pot-limit Omaha games. In fact, he profited $347,000 in just seven hours of play.

He took on most of the high-stakes regulars and took down some juicy pots. In his biggest, Sahamies ($55,541.75) was playing three handed when he opened for $800 on the button. David “Deldar182” Eldar ($15,980.25) made the call from the small blind, but Viktor “Isildur1” Blom ($58,443) opted for a three-bet to $3,320 from the big blind. Sahamies called, but Eldar four-bet to $14,100. Both his opponents made the call, and the flop fell . Eldar led out for his last $1,880.25, Blom moved all in, and Sahamies called off for $41,441.75.

Showdown

Blom hit the flop the best with a pair of kings and a wrap but needed to dodge Sahamies' flush draw. Unfortunately for Blom, the spiked on the turn to complete Sahamies' flush. The meaningless was put out on the river and Sahamies was shipped the $127,059 pot.

In another hand, Sahamies ($54,826) was playing $200/$400 PLO heads up against “RaiseOnce” ($50,012). The former opened the pot on the button with a raise to $1,360, which was met with a three-bet to $4,240 by the latter. Sahamies made the call before raising “RaiseOnce’s” $6,800 bet on the flop up to $29,038. “RaiseOnce” responded by moving all in for $45,772 total and Sahamies called.

Showdown

Sahamies was way out in front with his flopped set of nines and stayed there as the was put out on the turn followed by the on the river, and Sahamies took down the $100,022 pot.

Ben “Ben86” Tollerene joined Sahamies as a big winner on Thursday, banking $270,000, and Daniel “w00ki3z” Cates, won $152,000 upon his return after a long absence from the online felt. “Yiyi01” and “RaiseOnce” were the day’s biggest losers, dropping $216,000 and $204,000 respectively.

Interestingly, the day’s biggest pot didn’t involve any of the aforementioned players, nor did it occur at a PLO table. Instead, it happened at a six-handed $200/$400 no-limit hold’em game when “LhhmMaoly” ($86,488.85) opened for $1,200 under the gun and was immediately met with a three-bet to $3,600 by Niklas “ragen70” Heineckerragen ($114,281.89). The rest of the field got out of the way, “LhhmMaoly” four-bet to $11,200, and a call ensued, bringing about the flop.

“LhhmMaoly” wasted little time in betting $7,200, Heineckerragen called, and the appeared on the turn. Again Heineckerragen called a bet from his opponent, this time $14,200, before the peeled off on the river. “LhhmMaoly” slowed down with a check and opened the door for Heineckerragen to move all in. “LhhmMaoly” called off for $53,888.84, creating a pot worth $173,573, but he could only muck when Heineckerragen rolled over .

After a Slow Weekend, Sulsky Makes a Splash on Monday

The weekend was uncharacteristically slow online, but things picked up on Monday when Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky won $107,000 playing $25/$50 PLO. That was also the day “!P0krparty¡” put in an incredible 7,579 hands, though it didn’t do him any good as he finished as the day’s biggest loser $96,000 in the red.

Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky. (Photo courtesy of pokermag.tv)

In Sulsky’s ($19,689.09) biggest pot of the day, action was three-handed when he opened for $150 on the button, “Phisherman36” folded the small blind, and “!P0krparty¡” ($18,427.11) three-bet to $505 from the big. Sulsky made the call and then watched “!P0krparty¡” fire out $700 on the flop. Sulsky responded with a raise to $2,177.80, “!P0krparty¡”three-bet $6,360.06, Sulsky four-bet $19,564.38 and “!P0krparty¡” called off his remaining $11,562.04.

Showdown

Sulsky flopped top pair with an open-ended straight draw but needed to improve against “!P0krparty¡’s” pocket rockets. The turn allowed him to do just that as it completed his straight draw, leaving “!P0krparty¡” drawing dead headed to the river, which was the . With that, Sulsky claimed a $36,887 pot.

In Sulky’s second-biggest hand, action was six-handed when “Fake Love888” ($16,342) opened for $150 under the gun only to have David “Deldar182” Eldar ($4,821) three-bet to $585. Action folded around to Sulsky ($45,540.84) in the big blind and he called, prompting “Fake Love888” to four-bet $2,050. Eldar decided to get out of the way, Sulsky called, and the flop fell .

Sulsky ended up check-raising “Fake Love888’s” $1,800 bet up to $5,111, and the former chose to move all in for $14,292 total. Sulsky made the call and the cards were turned up:

Showdown

It was a classic ace-versus-kings situation preflop, but “Fake Love888” was in the lead with a flopped trip jacks; however, that changed when the spiked on the turn. Suddenly Sulsky held kings full of jacks and “Fake Love888” needed either an ace or jack on the river to win the $33,331 pot. Unfortunately, the blanked and the pot was sent Sulsky’s way.

“!P0krparty¡” Gets Back on Track

After finishing Monday as the biggest loser, “!P0krparty¡” turned around and became the biggest winner on Wednesday when he booked a $122,000 win, which he accrued over an unbelievable 11,500 hands.

In one of his biggest pots, action was six-handed at a $25/$50 PLO table when “Phisherman36” ($14,937.50) opened for $175 under the gun. “0Human0” ($5,504) and Andrew “EireAbu” Grimason ($18,526.27) were both next to act and called, and after the button and small blind folded, “!P0krparty¡” ($18,057) three-bet to $960. His three opponents called and it was four-way action to the flop.

“!P0krparty¡” led out for $2,150, “Phisherman36” raised to $10,372 and “0Human0” called off for $4,544. “!P0krparty¡” then moved all in himself and “Phisherman36” called off his remaining $3,595.50. The was then run out on the turn, followed by the on the river, and “!P0krparty¡” rolled over , which was good enough to win the $36,391 pot as both his opponents mucked.

Grimason ended up dropping $168,000 on the day, making him the biggest loser. What’s worse, it also dropped him from the top spot on PokerStars’ yearly leaderboard behind Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky. Ironically, Grimason won the day’s biggest pot.

It happened at a six-handed table when “!P0krparty¡” ($31,906.31) opened for $200 from the cutoff. Action folded to Grimason ($24,321.45) in the big blind and he three-bet to $685, which was met by a four-bet from “!P0krparty¡” to $2,340. Grimason opted for a five-bet to $6,505, which led to the flop after “!P0krparty¡” called. At that point, Grimason led out for $13,092, “!P0krparty¡” moved all in and the former called off his remaining $4,724.46.

Showdown

Grimason was ahead with aces and eights but needed to dodge the straight and flush draws of “!P0krparty¡.” He managed to do just that on the turn and river. With that, the $48,705 pot was pushed to Grimason.

Biggest Weekly PokerStars Winners/Losers

Week’s biggest winners (4/27-5/3): “Phisherman36” (+$272,506), “muha84” (+$141,841), Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky (+$138,172)

Week’s biggest losers: Benny “toweliestar” Spindler (-$169,343), “LhhmMaoly” (-$141,907), Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (-$140,823), Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies (-$123,164)

Year-to-date winners: Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky (+$1,343,986), “bernard-bb” (+$1,263,693), Andrew “EireAbu” Grimason (+$1,243,350), Jens “Jeans89” Kyllönen (+$1,154,544), Phil “MrSweets” Galfond (+$1,150,270), Ben “Ben86” Tollerene (+$1,123,469)

Year-to-date losers: “Zypherin” (-$1,796,952), Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (-$773,975), “1Il|1Il|1il|” (-$766,003), “VietRussian” (-$562,061), “long90110” (-$557,059), “julia753” (-$526,609)

Data and hands obtained from HighStakesDB.com

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19 Avril 2012, Mickey Doft

Chaque semaine, Global Poker Index publie une liste des joueurs de poker 300 tournament haut de la page dans le monde à l'aide d'une formule qui tient les résultats du joueur sur six périodes de semestre. Pour voir la liste complète des 300, visitez le site officiel de GPI.

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange au rang de la semaine dernière

Absent du haut 10 (et même le top 20) sont Erik Seidel. 21-Place dans Main Event des WSOPE 2011 a chuté en période 2 tandis que son résultat 12-place dans l'événement mixte sans limite Hold de 10 000 € est ainsi tombé hors de la période 1. Ce dernier, cependant, n'est pas repris par période 2 Seidel a déjà quatre meilleurs résultats GPI comptage. En outre, il n'a aucun résultat de la période 1 à compter de maintenant.

Seidel tombe n° 23 sur le GPI, marquant la première fois depuis la création de la GPI qu'il n'a pas été dans le top 20.

Nouveaux ajouts

Les neuf joueurs qui est tombé de la GPI cette semaine étaient Antony Lellouche, Brent Hanks, Dylan Wilkerson, Jesse Alexis Cohen, Joao Barbosa, Jon Spinks, Liv Boeree, Mark fleurset Tyler Cornell.

Le plus grand lieu de la semaine appartenait à Kevin Vandersmissen pour sa victoire à l' Irish Open Main Event. Jason Wheeler (15), Byron Kaverman (16), Phil Hellmuth (33e), James Dempsey (34), et Mike Watson (37) également tous encaissement dans ce tournoi, qui a contribué à améliorer leur classement de GPI.

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange au rang de la semaine dernière

Sean Getzwiller vu sa chute GPI stock le plus éloigné de cette semaine. Son 1 période est deux notes plus légers après que ses deux encaisse à la WSOPE 2011 âgé.

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange au rang de la semaine dernière

La scène de tournoi est back in business comme l'EPT et WPT revient cette semaine. Alors que l'événement WPT à Hollywood, en Floride, n'envelopper jusqu'à lundi prochain (et ne compte vers le GPI pour deux semaines), EPT Berlin sera. Anton Wigg (116 sur le GPI) et Kevin MacPhee étaient encore dans le domaine du temps de la presse.

À regarder la liste entière des 300, visitez le site officiel de GPI. Pendant que vous y êtes, suivre la GPI sur Twitter et sa page Facebook.

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December 20 2011, Chad Holloway

Everyone in poker started somewhere — that’s the premise of our series, My First. We catch up with various poker pros and personalities to get the story on a significant "poker" first in their lives. In the latest installment of My First, we catch up with the “Poker Brat,” Phil Hellmuth Jr., and talk about the first time he ever cashed in the World Series of Poker.

For those who may not know, Hellmuth holds the record for most “in-the-money” finishes with 85, which is 13 more than runner-up Men “The Master” Nguyen. Obviously, 11 of those cashes were victories, one for each of his gold bracelets, while plenty more were fourth-place finishes or better. All told, Hellmuth has amassed $7,842,189 in WSOP earning, averaging $92,261 per cash.

Hellmuth’s exploits began 23 years ago when he notched his first cash in the 1988 WSOP Event #6 $1,500 Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, taking fifth for $15,40. PokerNews recently caught up with Hellmuth to discuss his first cash, as well as his first Main Event cash, which came later that year.

“I didn’t really know much about the World Series of Poker. I was a young professional player, but the World Series wasn’t on ESPN. It was hyped as the most beloved event, but I didn’t know many people on tour. I kept hearing people talk about this World Series of Poker so I went and played. That might have been the first tournament I ever played at the WSOP, I don’t know, I wish I had better records of that."

“Anyway, it was a seven-card stud event, hi/lo, and I had been playing a lot of split games in Madison, Wisconsin. I do remember well what happened. I had close to the chip lead with around six players left. I got involved in a hand where I started with a nine right away, then I hit a seven and an eight. So my board was and I had in the hole, that’s the story. The last card I looked at was four-across, meaning it was a nine or ten. I was against a guy who looked like he had a low draw. He had hit an ace on sixth street and I fired. He check-raised all-in, we were playing 5,000/10,000, I remember clearly."

“I remember thinking I shouldn’t bet this, but no, you have to bet your two pair. So I bet and he check-raised me my last 6,000 with aces up. I called and I was eliminated. I was really frustrated that I lost that pot, plus a couple right before it, and all of a sudden I finished in fifth place."

“I remember that hand I remember a guy named Lance, I think he want on to win that tournament, or maybe it was Joe Petro who went on to win that tournament.* Petro and I actually made a save, so what happened was he asked me if I wanted to save 10 percent. I said yes and I remember he had to give me like $5,000 or something. I’ve always loved Joe Petro. Lance, I remember just thinking how lucky he was that hand, I was kind of steamed up for a couple of days afterwards. I still remember the hand, he had aces and fives.”

Hellmuth also had another poker first in 1988. It was the first time he cashed in the WSOP Main Event. He placed 33rd in the 1988 Main Event after being eliminated by Johnny Chan, the man who successfully defended his title, only to lose it to Hellmuth the following year.

“None other than Johnny Chan busted me. I wasn’t really familiar with any of the World Series of Poker history, and I didn’t know he was the defending champion. He came to my table with five tables left, about 45 players, and I was jamming it up, I mean I was playing some strong poker. I remember I had about 90,000 in chips, which was a lot of chips, I was in really good shape."

“Chan came to my table and I tried to bluff him. I still remember that hand well. He had and the board read , he couldn’t beat a flush. I had and he called me. He was short on chips but that pot almost doubled him up, and then I remember he had when I had and the flop came . I put the rest of my chips in, so he ended up getting all of my chips in the end. From then on I knew who he was. Of course the next year we played heads-up."

“Interesting thing about that 33rd place finish, when I was eliminated, one of my friends, Big Al, who was one of the best poker players from Wisconsin, got in my face and started screaming at me a little bit. He said it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you’ll never have this chance again, blah, blah, blah, and I looked at him and said, ‘Al, I’ll be there every year.’ I remember that, as well.”

*Editor’s note: Lance Hilt won the event for $123,600 and Petro placed second for $67,980.

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