High Stakes: Tough Battles On RailHeaven

Published on 01 Oct 08 12:20 by Drakhor

Full Tilt's RailHeaven experienced some of the most ferocious No-Limit Hold'em battles in the history of online poker in September. High Stakes fish patatino of all people won the biggest pot of all times.

Many people already predicted a slow death for the No-Limit Hold'em High Stakes. The continuing Hold'em boom in the micro limits kept company in the highest limits with an inflation of Pot-Limit Omaha games. However, in September, the Hold'em High Stakes experienced a downright rebirth.

On RailHeaven – $500/$1,000 NLH – a few skirmishes of almost epic dimensions took place. In the middle of the month, the accounted for High Stakes fish 'patatino' of all people won the biggest pot in the history of online poker – with nothing more than a pair of deuces. But not enough with this: Only a few hours later, David Benyamine won the second-biggest pot of all times on a heated table, when he dealt out a nice (re) suckout on the turn to Patrik Antonius.

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• 8041034010 TABLE : RailHeaven (six-max) $500/$1,000 - No-Limit Hold'em - Fri Sep 12 2008

Table Setup
Seat 1: trex313 ($297,766)
Seat 2: OMGClayAiken ($226,897)
Seat 4: durrrr ($404,525)
Seat 5: patatino ($307,080)
Seat 6: regista8 ($275,811)
trex313 is in the small blind
OMGClayAiken is in the big blind
Seat 6 has the button

Pre-flop:
durrrr folds, patatino calls $1,000, regista8 folds, trex313 calls $500, OMGClayAiken raises to $5,000, patatino calls $4,000, trex313 calls $4,000

Flop:
trex313 checks, OMGClayAiken bets $9,200, patatino raises to $35,000, trex313 raises to $88,000, OMGClayAiken folds, patatino raises to $302,080 all-in, trex313 calls $204,766 all-in

Turn:

River:

patatino shows
trex313 shows

patatino wins the pot ($609,730) with a pair of deuces.

• 8048817158 TABLE : RailHeaven (six-max) $500/$1,000 - No-Limit Hold'em - Fri Sep 12 2008

Table Setup
Seat 1: PrtectYaNeck ($117,693)
Seat 2: David Benyamine ($557,483)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($301,874)
PrtectYaNeck is in the small blind
David Benyamine is in the big blind
Seat 3 has the button

Pre-flop:
Patrik Antonius raises to $3,500, PrtectYaNeck folds, David Benyamine raises to $16,000, Patrik Antonius calls $12,500

Flop:
David Benyamine bets $28,000, Patrik Antonius calls $28,000

Turn:
David Benyamine checks, Patrik Antonius bets $54,000, David Benyamine raises to $312,000, Patrik Antonius calls $203,874 all-in

River:

David Benyamine shows
Patrik Antonius shows

David Benyamine wins the pot ($604,247) with a set of aces.