Patrik Antonius and Isildur1 Play Largest-Ever Online Pot at $1.3 Million

November 22 2009, Nicole Gordon

For the second time in less than five days, Patrik Antonius and "Isildur1" broke the record for the largest pot in online poker history.

At just before 9:30 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday night, Antonius and Isildur1 were in the middle of a three-table, $500/1,000 pot-limit Omaha match on Full Tilt Poker. On the "Royal Guard" table, Antonius had built up his stack to nearly $1.26 million from his initial $200,000 buy-in, while Isildur1 was sitting on $678,000. These two high-stakes rivals had already tangled in an $815,000 pot earlier in the evening (then the second-largest online pot ever), and many railbirds believed it was only a matter of time before they saw seven figures at stake on a single hand.

The pot was five-bet before the flop, Isildur1 opening for $3,000, Antonius three-betting to $9,000, Isildur1 repotting to $27,000, and Antonius coming back over the top for $81,000. Isildur1 called and they saw a flop.

Antonius bet $91,000 into the $162,000 pot. After a little thought, Isildur1 repotted to $435,000, leaving himself only $162,473 behind. Antonius reraised to $773,000 and Isildur1 called off the rest of his stack, creating a $1,356,946 pot.

Antonius turned up , having flopped a wheel, while Isildur1 revealed for a higher straight draw.

Although Antonius was a 55 percent favorite on the flop, the on the turn made him a more than 3-1 favorite over Isildur1. The river was the and Antonius raked in more than $1.35 million.

This hand smashed the record-setting pot that Isildur1 and Antonius played on Nov. 17 by nearly $478,000. That $878,958 pot now stands as the second largest in online poker history.

When Isildur1 finally quit for the night, he had lost over $2.1 million to Antonius and another $1.2 million to Phil Ivey, bringing his total losses for the day to a staggering $3.3 million.

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Comments

DaMatrix
11-23-2009 06:27

Crazy hands, crazy flop, crazy pot!