The Online Railbird Report: Antonius Week's Biggest Winner, Ivey Loses Again & More

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Apr 25, 2014 5 min read Last updated Apr 30, 2014

Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius was the second-biggest winner in last week's Online Railbird Report with $614,207 in profit, and this week he did even better by finishing in the top spot with $718,952 in just 891 hands over five sessions. It was a welcome win that put him up on the year, and no doubt helped him absorb the �100,000 buy-in he lost in the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo? Casino EPT Grand Final �100,000 Super High Roller, which is happening now.

Likewise, it was a good week online for perpetual loser Gus Hansen, who managed to win $275,807 in 3,664 hands over 34 sessions. However, like Antonius, he too lost his �100,000 in Monte Carlo. Rounding out the top five online winners for the week are Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond (+$234,151 in 14 sessions/1,191 hands), ��Carlooo13�� (+$185,374 in 15 sessions/891 hands), and Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (+$173,303 in 2 sessions/733 hands).

As for the losers, no one did worse than Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom, who dropped a modest (at least by his standards) $426,441 in 5,495 hands over 56 sessions. Others who did not fare well were ��Trueteller�� (-$344,865 in 17 sessions/2,122 hands), ��MalACEsia�� (-$299,748 in 4 sessions/1,139 hands), Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$243,885 in 16 sessions/868 hands), and the biggest winner from the past two weeks, Niki Jedlicka (-$238,052 in 7 sessions/572 hands).

Galfond Tops the Saturday Leaderboard

Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond took a four-day break from the virtual felt, and when he returned he promptly won $240,800 to top the daily leaderboard on Saturday. Galfond��s win came at the 8-Game tables, which is where he squared off against for Elior ��Crazy Elior�� Scion for three hours.

On a side note, the day��s biggest pots actually took place at the $300/$600 no-limit hold��em tables, though that game didn��t produce any big winners. Nonetheless, we thought we��d share the day��s two biggest pots.

Hand #1: In a six-handed game, ��Call_911�� ($70,571.65) opened for $1,800 from the hijack and received a call from Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar ($89,846.40) in the cutoff. ��MalACEsia�� ($60,000) then three-bet to $6,300 from the button, the blinds both folded, and ��Call_911�� four-bet to $14,400. Millar got out of the way, ��MalACEsia�� shoved all in for $60,000, and ��Call_911�� made a quick call.

��MalACEsia��: A?5?
��Call_911��: A?K?

��MalACEsia�� had some major kicker problems, and it ended up costing him $60K as the board ran out a dry J?3?7?10?K?. Ship the $122,697 pot to ��Call_911.��

Hand #2: Once again action was six handed when ��MalACEsia�� ($148,947.30) opened for $1,200 from the cutoff and was met by a three-bet to $3,600 from ��Trueteller�� ($59,700) on the button. The blinds folded, ��MalACEsia�� four-bet to $8,100, and ��Trueteller�� called, which brought about a flop 4?8?3?.

��MalACEsia�� bet $9,300, ��Trueteller�� called, and the 2? appeared on the turn. This time ��MalACEsia�� shoved all in, and ��Trueteller�� snap-called off for $42,300. ��MalACEsia�� tabled the K?K?, but it was no good as ��Trueteller�� had made a flush with the J?9?. The meaningless 10? was put out on the river, and then ��Trueteller�� was pushed the $120,297 pot.

Antonius Has a Pleasant and Profitable Easter

It��s been a good month for Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius, who is up almost $1.3 million in April. His latest win came on Easter Sunday when he banked $466,500 playing $1,000/$2,000 fixed-limit Omaha Hi/Lo (FLO8) for a little over two hours.

Among the players the Finn squared off against were Full Tilt Poker Professional Viktor "Islidur1" Blom, Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray and Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey. Blom was the game��s biggest loser with a $272,500 loss, while Ray ended up down $173,200.

Here��s a look at one of the more notable hands from that match:

Here are some other Easter notes:

• Niki ��RealAndyBeal�� Jedlicka took a break from Full Tilt Poker to try his luck on PokerStars, and his heater continued there where he won $214,500 playing 2-7 triple draw.
• Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom lost $103,500 to Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker at the $2,000/$4,000 2-7 tables.
• Noah ��Exclusive�� Boeken won $135,500 playing $500/$1,000 mixed games.
• Gus Hansen won $166,200. He was actually up $273,700 against Alex ��PostflopAction�� Kostritsyn at the triple draw tables, but he ended up losing $168,000 of it back. Toss in a $56,500 win against ��Trueteller,�� and it turned out to be a good holiday for the ��Great Dane.��
• ��Tight-Man1�� won $114,400 playing $300/$600 no-limit hold��em, which is where the day��s biggest pot took place.

In the hand, ��Trueteller�� ($199,329) opened for $1,800 under the gun and ��Rhje�� ($60,000) called from the button. ��MalACEsia�� ($65,681.60) came along from the big blind, and three players took a flop of 6?4?Q?. ��MalACEsia�� checked, ��Trueteller�� bet $2,850, and ��Rhje�� folded. ��MalACEsia�� then check-raised to $8,400, ��Trueteller�� called, and it was heads-up action to the J? turn.

��MalACEsia�� proceeded to check-call a bet of $11,250 and then check-called all in for $44,231.60 when the Q? completed the board on the river. ��Trueteller�� tabled the Q?10? for trips, and it was good enough to win the $133,463 pot as ��MalACEsia�� simply mucked his cards.

Millar Makes Money on Monday

On Monday, April 21, Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar topped the daily leaderboard after winning $142,700 playing $300/$600 no-limit hold��em. The game, which ran for nearly seven hours, featured the usual roster of regulars, but it was Millar who walked away the biggest winner. That said, ��Rhje�� wasn��t too far behind with $117,900 in profit, which included winning the day��s second-biggest pot.

In it, ��MalACEsia�� ($81,118) opened for $1,500 from the cutoff only to have ��Trueteller�� ($68,715.80) three-bet to $4,500 from the button. ��Rhje�� ($94,457.90) then four-bet to $10,800 from the small blind, the big folded, and ��MalACEsia�� followed suit. From there, ��Trueteller�� shoved all in and ��Rhje�� called.

��Trueteller��: 3?3?
��Rhje��: 10?10?

The two agreed to run it twice, but neither the K?Q?9?10?9? on the first nor 7?8?2?4?5? on the second helped ��Trueteller,�� and he watched the entire $139,529 pot pushed to his opponent.

��Denoking�� Takes on Sulsky & ��Trueteller�� in Tuesday Action

On Tuesday, April 22, ��Denoking�� finished as the day��s biggest winner with $212,800 in profit after defeating Ben ��Sauce1234�� Sulsky and ��Trueteller�� in respective heads-up no-limit hold��em matches.

In regards to Sulsky, it took ��Denoking�� 90 minutes to win $85,000 over three tables of $50/$100 NLHE. From there, it was on to the $400/$800 stakes to play at two tables against ��Trueteller,�� who he relieved of $127,000 in 47 minutes. Here��s a look at the biggest hand from that match:

Week's Biggest Winners/Losers

Year's Biggest Winners/Losers

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