The Online Railbird: Ashton Griffin Top Dog with $111,723 During Midweek Action
The action at the high-stakes tables over at Full Tilt Poker was quite subdued during midweek. The ��durrrr Challenge�� between Daniel ��jungleman12�� Cates and Tom ��durrrr�� Dwan saw a couple of sessions take place with Dwan narrowing Cates�� lead to $500,783.50. Besides that, things were all quiet on the virtual front. Ashton ��theASHMAN103�� Griffin emerged as the midweek��s biggest winner with $111,723 over six sessions and 795 hands. Phil Ivey was also in action, playing three sessions and 236 hands for a modest profit of $73,456. On the other end of the spectrum, David Benefield dropped just over $100k to become the biggest loser between Tuesday and Thursday.
Griffin Downs Jedlicka��s Kings
In one hand over at the heads-up $50/$100 pot-limit Omaha tables, Ashton ��theASHMAN103�� Griffin ($43,091.50) was on the button and raised to $330. Niki Jedlicka ($24,599.50) then made it $1,020 from the big blind, Griffin reraised to $3,090, Jedlicka called, and the flop came down 8?J?9?. Surprisingly, both players checked as the 3? appeared on the turn.
At this point, Jedlicka check-called a bet of $5,050 from Griffin and the 2? hit the river. Instead of checking, Jedlicka led out for $13,400 and Griffin called. Jedlicka flipped K?K?7?5? for a pair of kings but discovered he was beaten when Griffin revealed 7?J?A?8? for the winning flush in a pot worth $43,110
Ivey Rivers Flush to Win $60k
On Wednesday, Phil Ivey ($179,989) was facing off against ��IHateJuice�� ($125,999.50) at the $1,500/$3,000 fixed limit hold��em tables. In one of the more influential hands, Ivey was on the button and raised to $6,000. IHateJuice called and the dynamic duo watched the flop run out 7?9?4h}. IHateJuice checked, Ivey bet $3,000, IHateJuice made it $6,000, Ivey called, and the 2? was put out on the turn.
Ivey called IHateJuice��s $6,000 bet as the river fell the 2?. IHateJuice bet $6,000 only to have Ivey raise to $12,000. IHateJuice called but mucked after Ivey showed 10?6? for a rivered flush, good enough to take down the $60,000 pot.
D��j�� Vu for Ivey
Another big hand occurred between Phil Ivey and ��IHateJuice�� ($125,999.50) in the same $1,500/$3,000 fixed-limit hold��em match. In this particular hand, Ivey ($245,985.50) raised to $6,000 from the button and IHateJuice ($145,999) made the call. It went check, bet, raise, and call on the 7?J?2?, which was followed by the Q? on the turn.
This time it went bet, raise, and call before the 3? fell on the river. After a check, bet, call, Ivey revealed J?10? for a pair of jacks, which was good enough as IHateJuice simply mucked. Although Ivey took down yet another $60,000 pot, he would only finish the midweek $73,456 in the black.
Who��s up? Who��s down?
This week��s biggest winners (12/14-12/16): Ashton ��theASHMAN103�� Griffin (+$111,723), ��IReadYrSoul�� (+$75,304), ��rumprammer�� (+$74,330), Phil Ivey (+$73,456)
In the red: David Benefield (-$100,915), ��DIN_FRU�� (-$100,000), ��IHateJuice�� (-$99,054), Niki Jedlicka (-$86,403), Rui Cao (-$78,310)
Year to Date Winners: Daniel "jungleman12" Cates (+$5.07 million), Andreas ��skjervoy�� Torbergsen (+$3.77 million), Tom "durrrr" Dwan (+$3.59 million), Phil Ivey (+$2.91 million)
Year to Date Losers: Brian Townsend (-$2.53 million), Ilari ��Ziigmund�� Sahamies (-$1.9 million), ��cadillac1944�� (-$1.83 million), ��Matatuk�� (-1.53 million)
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