
Patrik Antonius on the EPT(credit: Poker Stars Blog)
What do high stakes poker players do for fun? They get together and play some high stakes poker, of course. Patrik Antonius and fellow Finnish poker prodigy, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, hung around Pot Limit Omaha table on Monday August 11, 2008. In this hand, more than $228,000 landed in Antonius’ hands, much to Ziigmund’s chagrin.
Read on for the hand history:
7603292338 TABLE: Antonius (deep 6) $200/$400 - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi - Mon Aug 11 2008 - 10:30am ET
Table Setup
Seat 1: howisitfeellike ($40,000), is sitting out
Seat 2: theASHMAN103 ($42,798)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($399,222.50)
Seat 4: Ziigmund ($193,186.50)
Seat 6: David Benyamine ($422,357)
David Benyamine posts the small blind of $200
theASHMAN103 posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #4
Pre-Flop
Patrik Antonius raises to $1,400
Ziigmund raises to $4,800
David Benyamine folds
theASHMAN103 folds
Patrik Antonius calls $3,400
Flop: [6
, 5
, K
]
Patrik Antonius checks
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund bets $7,600
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius raises to $33,000
Ziigmund calls $25,400
Turn: [6
, 5
, K
][A
]
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius bets $76,200
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund calls $76,200
River: [6
, 5
, K
][A
][9
]
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius has requested TIME
Patrik Antonius checks
Ziigmund checks
Showdown
Patrik Antonius shows [3
, A
, 4
, 9
] two pair, aces and nines
Ziigmund mucks
Patrik Antonius wins the pot ($228,598) with two pair, aces and nines
Summary
Total pot $228,600 | Rake $2
Board: River [6
, 5
, K
] [A
][9
]
Seat 1: howisitfeellike is sitting out
Seat 2: theASHMAN103 (big blind) folded before the flop
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius collected ($228,598)
Seat 4: Ziigmund (button) mucked
Seat 6: David Benyamine (small blind) folded before the flop
Check out Patrik Antonius and 2006 WSOP Main Event Champ Jamie Gold play a pot on GSN’s “High Stakes Poker”: