High Stakes Action: Hastings Wins $4.2 Million against Isildur1
Last night, Brian Hastings recorded a $4.2 million victory over Isildur1. The two battled in a session which stretched over 2,858 hands of PLO $500/$1,000.
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Isildur1 was having a good run at the nosebleed stakes last night, until Brian Hastings joined the table, that is.
According to Highstakedb, Isildur1 won $471K from Jungleman12 and $722K from Brian Townsend before taking on Hastings. Things went downhill for Isildur1 from that point on and he ended the night down by $3 million.
The battle with Hastings
Thus far, Hastings had only watched his friends Townsend and Cole South taking on Isildur1, but last night he decided to go up against this mysterious player himself.
They played a total of 2,858 hands, in which Hastings (pictured right) managed to win a whopping $4.2 million. Isildur1 was running $3 million below EV in this session, but bad luck was not the only reason for his severe loss. In comparison, Townsend was running $2 million below EV, in his match against Isildur1, and ended it down by $772k.
Here are some of the biggest pots from Isildur1's latest sessions:
Townsend (BB): $574,488
Isildur1 (SB): $378,999
Pre-flop ($1,500):
Isildur1 raises to $3,000, Townsend raises to $9,000, Isildur1 raises to $27,000, Townsend raises to $81,000, Isildur1 calls
Flop ($162,000): 
Townsend checks, Isildur1 bets $125,000, Townsend raises to $493,488 all-in, Isildur1 calls with $172,999 all-in
Turn ($757,998): 
River ($757,998): 
Hole cards:
Townsend: 
(a pair of aces)
Isildur1: 
(a pair of sixes)
Townsend wins $757,997.50
Hastings (BB): $584,977
Isildur1 (SB): $340,998
Pre-flop ($1,500):
Isildur1 raises to $3,000, Hastings raises to $9,000, Isildur1 calls
Flop ($18,000): 
Hastings bets $13,000, Isildur1 raises to $48,000, Hastings calls
Turn ($114,000): 
Hastings bets $114,000, Isildur1 raises to$284,498 all-in, Hastings calls
River ($682,995): 
Hole cards:
Hastings: 
(a straight, seven high)
Isildur1: 
(two pair, jacks and tens)
Hastings wins $682,994.50
