ZIIGMUND ZAPPED - TWICE!
20 November 2009
Finnish poker pro has had better weeks
The formidable Finnish high stakes online poker pro,
Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies has probably had better weeks
following two drubbings at the hands of other expert
players of the game.
Raring to have a go at
mystery online poker phenom Isildur1, who has been
attracting attention all over the Internet with his big
online wins - and occasionally big losses - Sahamies
finally managed to organise a heads up on the nosebleed
tables at Full Tilt Poker.com.
The two faced off
in an epic $500/$1 000 NLHE match which perhaps
predictably generated a series of huge pots, the most
valuable twenty five of which totalled a stunning $10
million.
MarketPulse reports that after some 2
217 hands, Sahamies called it a night after going down
just over a million dollars
Sahamies's scary
loss followed his midweek live clash as the second
challenger in the Dwan Million Dollar Challenge in
London (see previous InfoPowa reports).
With
blinds starting at $500/$1 000, which later increased to
$2 000/$4 000, the Pot Limit Omaha clash was as exciting
as anticipated. In addition to the $250 000 buy-in, each
player rebought once, bringing the grand total of
dollars on the table to one million when the contest
finished in compliance with the 500 hands or 12 hours
rules.
Dwan was in fine form after suffering a
marginal defeat against Italian player 'LuckExpress'
Marigliano earlier in the week, and took up Sahamies's
challenge with gusto in a roller-coaster of a game which
saw both pros giving it their all over the 12 hour
contest at the Le Ambassadeurs Club.
Playing at a
rate of 50 hands an hour for much of the match, the duo
engaged in some fast, talented and definitely daring
exchanges before Dwan took the lead late in the
competition and managed to hold onto it to emerge the
winner by $68 000. Bearing in mind the $250 000 buy-in
each player invested in the clash, and the subsequent
re-buys, the victory margin was a slim one.
As
InfoPowa went to press Dwan had engaged with his third
challenger, UK businessman Sammy 'Any Two' George.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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