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Has Brian Townsend finally gone busto""" Well, not quite yet, but according to Brian's Townsend's blog he is currently on the largest downswing of his life."" Brian says his total downswing has reached a total of $3 Million dollars."" It all started after he lost $1.8 Million to Bobby Baldwin."" He tried to recoup his loses by playing online at Full Tilt Poker, but went a further $1.2 Million dollars further into his downswing."" Brian posted in his blog, "I have been getting destroyed by pretty much everyone I play." He further went on to say, "I have almost completely busted my FTP account and may have to wire more money which would be very depressing."

Does this potentially mean the end of sbrugby"?" I wouldn't worry just yet."" Brian plans to take some time off to assess his game."" "Often when I am in a downswing I need to rework my game but I think I have been playing well. I know things will turn around as this has happened to me a million times before just not on the same scale", he posted.

On a side note, Brian says he has been doing very well in the omaha 8 games. "When I first began playing them I thought I wouldn't have alot of sucess but I have really hit the ground running. I hope that I am not just running hot and that this sucess continues", said Brian.

Who is MrTaan on Full Tilt Poker? This newcomer to the highstakes games has been doing quite well on the $300/$600 tables. Check out this $170K pot with Brian "sbrugy" Townsend.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3002841853: Table Rosebank (heads up) - $300/$600 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:54:10 ET - 2007/07/20
Seat 1: sbrugby ($84,698)
Seat 2: MrTaan ($230,772.25)
sbrugby posts the small blind of $300
MrTaan posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
sbrugby raises to $1,800
MrTaan raises to $5,400
sbrugby calls $3,600
*** FLOP *** [Tc 2s 7c]
MrTaan has 15 seconds left to act
MrTaan bets $9,500
sbrugby raises to $24,000
MrTaan has 15 seconds left to act
MrTaan raises to $225,372.25, and is all in
sbrugby calls $55,298, and is all in
MrTaan shows [Ac Ah]
sbrugby shows [Kd Kh]
Uncalled bet of $146,074.25 returned to MrTaan
*** TURN *** [Tc 2s 7c] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 2s 7c Qd] [9h]
MrTaan shows a pair of Aces
sbrugby shows a pair of Kings
MrTaan wins the pot ($169,395.50) with a pair of Aces
sbrugby is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $169,396 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Tc 2s 7c Qd 9h]
Seat 1: sbrugby (small blind) showed [Kd Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: MrTaan (big blind) showed [Ac Ah] and won ($169,395.50) with a pair of Aces

Ziigmund was on quite a roll while playing Gus Hansen the other day at Full Tilt Poker."" After working his stack up to around $250K due to consecutive reloads from Gus, Ziigmund tried to get under his skin further in the chat box:

Ziigmund: gus
Ziigmund: yo man
Gus Hansen: yes
Ziigmund: lets make deal
Gus Hansen: "??"
Ziigmund: always have to raise and reraise before flop
Ziigmund: then continue normally
Gus Hansen: no thx
Ziigmund: lol
Ziigmund: no thx
Ziigmund: LOL
Ziigmund: gus is fish
Ziigmund: so f bad
Ziigmund: and looks like chec republic man
Gus Hansen: you might lose a coin flip one day Ziggy

Gus was exactly right with what he said, and fortunately Gus didn't go on tilt."" He"" managed to keep at it, waiting for just the right hand to make his money.

First, Gus took went all-in to take down a massive $215K pot."" Less than a few hands later, Hansen put Ziigmund all-in for an even bigger $274K pot to put him back around $360K."" Ziigmund left after this, but here is the big hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3003317404: Table Phys (heads up) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 9:25:28 ET - 2007/07/20
Seat 1: Gus Hansen ($223,935)
Seat 2: Ziigmund ($136,924)
Gus Hansen posts the small blind of $200
Ziigmund posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Gus Hansen: y
Gus Hansen raises to $1,200
Ziigmund: i have to leave but lets coinflip
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund: 1time
Ziigmund raises to $3,600
Gus Hansen: no thx
Gus Hansen calls $2,400
*** FLOP *** [6h 9d Th]
Ziigmund bets $7,200
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen calls $7,200
*** TURN *** [6h 9d Th] [5d]
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund bets $21,600
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen raises to $86,400
Ziigmund raises to $126,124, and is all in
Gus Hansen calls $39,724
Ziigmund shows [9s 9c 2c 4s]
Gus Hansen shows [6s 7d 8c 4d]
*** RIVER *** [6h 9d Th 5d] [Ks]
Ziigmund shows three of a kind, Nines
Gus Hansen shows a straight, Ten high
Gus Hansen wins the pot ($273,847.50) with a straight, Ten high
Ziigmund is sitting out
Ziigmund stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $273,848 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6h 9d Th 5d Ks]
Seat 1: Gus Hansen (small blind) showed [6s 7d 8c 4d] and won ($273,847.50) with a straight, Ten high
Seat 2: Ziigmund (big blind) showed [9s 9c 2c 4s] and lost with three of a kind, Nines

To watch this action live, check out Full Tilt Poker."" (Use Bonus Code BANKROLLPLUS for a special $600 Bonus!)

It took about""16 hours, but at the end of the day""a virtually unknown in the poker world, Jerry Yang (not to be confused with""Yahoo founder Jerry Yang)""went on to win""the biggest tournament in poker - The 2007 WSOP (World Series of Poker).

Yang made many questionable calls to eliminate 8/9 of the players at the final table of this year's WSOP, but he had luck on his side."" Everyone thought he was playing like a maniac, but his play held out.

In the final hand, Jerry Yang and Tuan Lam pushed all their chips in preflop. Yang showed pocket eights and Lam showed Ad-Qd. After a flop of Q-5-9, Lam took the lead and pumped his fist, assuming he was en route to doubling up. The turn was a 7, giving Yang a gutshot straight draw, in addition to a possible set with one of the two remaining eights in the deck. Yang had six outs, and one of them, the 6 of hearts fell on the river to knock out Lam and give Yang the victory.Lam earned $4,840,981 for his second-place finish. Yang has earned instant celebrity status, the most coveted bracelet of the year and $8.25 million.

Who is Jerry Yang?

Yang is a 39-year-old psychologist and social worker from
southern California. He holds a Masters Degree in health psychology.

Yang was born in Laos. He is married with six children. Yang
started playing poker only two years ago. He won a seat into the main event through a $225""live satellite at the Pechanga Resort and Casino.

Here are the final results/winnings""of the final table at the 2007 WSOP:

Congrats Jerry!

Today 9 players will be battling it out for their chance to win $8.25 Million dollars at the final table in the final event""of this year's World Series of Poker."" Here are the players, the chip counts and what is on the line:

Seat 1 - Jon Kalmar - 20.32 million
Seat 2 - Lee Childs - 13.24 million
Seat 3 - Philip Hilm - 22.07 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 8.45 million
Seat 5 - Raymond Rahme - 16.32 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 21.315 million
Seat 7 - Alex Kravchenko - 6.57 million
Seat 8 - Lee Watkinson - 9.925 million
Seat 9 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 9.205 million

And the prizepool they're playing for:

1st - $8,250,000
2nd - $4,840,981
3rd - $3,048,025
4th - $1,852,721
5th - $1,255,069
6th - $956,243
7th - $705,229
8th - $585,934
9th - $525,934

Worse case someone is leaving with over half a million dollars, which isn't""bad for a few days work.

Eyes are on Lee Watkinson, who qualiified through a Full Tilt Poker qualifier."" If Lee wins the event, Full Tilt Poker will pay him an additional $10 Million Dollars!!!

I found this posted on 2+2."" Basically a player that uses the username _NormanChad was playing another player using the name lskall at the $50/$100 NL table on the Ongame network.

According to the poster at 2+2 Iskall was only in for about $20K in this game.""?"The player"?worked""their way up to $95K when _NormanChad decided to call it quits."" But after about 15 minutes he was back, and went on an all-in spree:

Texas Hold'em $100-$100 NL (Real Money), #597,892,243
Table _NormanChad's HE, 16 Jul 2007 8:24 PM ET
Seat 3: _NormanChad ($8,947 in chips)
Seat 9: lskall ($109,902.50 in chips)ANTES/BLINDS
_NormanChad posts blind ($50), lskall posts blind ($100).

At the end of the session Iskall had worked his way up to approximately $151,000!"" Norman Chad simply said "gg" and left.The Ongame Network is home to several major poker sites, including Johnny Chan's new poker site ChanPoker.net.

Brian Townsend posted in his blog the other day that he got caught bluffing by Bobby Baldwin in a $1.8 Million pot."" He said he was going to post more details, but has still yet to do so."" Here is what he posted:

"Just got caught bluffing in a pot over 1.8 million dollars against Bobby Baldwin. I actaully had to get up and leave the table I was so tilted. I have to give Bobby credit he out played me. I will describe the hand tomorrow when I am feeling better. I don't even know how much I ended down since I just had the poker room manager rack up for me, but I would guess between 700 and 800K. I may go home tomorrow as well. I have been in Vegas for 2 weeks now and am very homesick. I thought I wouldn't leave Vegas until this game was done but I really dont' want to be here right now."

It looks like Brian may be having a tough time getting over this loss."" I recommend checking out Brian Townsend's Blog for the update on this pot.

I came accross this hand where Ziigmund tried to bluff whitelime, but got caught."" He played this hand pretty awful, and unfortunately ran into a pair held by his opponent:

Full Tilt Poker Game #2961442825: Table Canfield (6 max) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:42:41 ET - 2007/07/16
Seat 1: MUCKEMSAYUHH ($40,600)
Seat 2: NMDynasty ($10,000)
Seat 3: mjorgenson13 ($40,000)
Seat 4: Ziigmund ($55,989)
Seat 5: whitelime ($75,592.50)
Seat 6: Jigga100 ($35,786)
whitelime posts the small blind of $200
Jigga100 posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
MUCKEMSAYUHH folds
NMDynasty folds
mjorgenson13 folds
Ziigmund raises to $1,400
whitelime raises to $4,600
Jigga100 folds
Ziigmund calls $3,200
*** FLOP *** [5h 7s 2c]
MUCKEMSAYUHH has been disconnected
whitelime checks
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund checks
*** TURN *** [5h 7s 2c] [7h]
whitelime checks
Ziigmund bets $9,600
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
MUCKEMSAYUHH has reconnected
whitelime raises to $22,000
Ziigmund calls $12,400
*** RIVER *** [5h 7s 2c 7h] [Jd]
whitelime checks
Ziigmund bets $29,389, and is all in
whitelime calls $29,389
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ziigmund shows [4s 8s] a pair of Sevens
whitelime shows [Ad 5d] two pair, Sevens and Fives
whitelime wins the pot ($112,375) with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Ziigmund is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $112,378 | Rake $3
Board: [5h 7s 2c 7h Jd]
Seat 1: MUCKEMSAYUHH didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: NMDynasty didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: mjorgenson13 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Ziigmund (button) showed [4s 8s] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 5: whitelime (small blind) showed [Ad 5d] and won ($112,375) with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 6: Jigga100 (big blind) folded before the Flop

I guess when you have too much money you start to act a little crazy.

Watch these guys duke it out over at Full Tilt Poker.

As you may be aware, Brad Booth has lost a lot of money recently and there is much speculation whether he has gone busto."" Booth apparently asked David Sklansky (owner of 2+2 poker) to set the record straight.

In a post on 2+2, David posted:

"He asked me to tell everyone here that his big losses were in huge internet games, mainly PLO, rather than live games. He is a giant winner in live games. And that my speculation that his large overbets, relative to pot size, might have caught up with him, was not at all the case."

Has Brian Townsend finally gone busto""" Well, not quite yet, but according to Brian's Townsend's blog he is currently on the largest downswing of his life."" Brian says his total downswing has reached a total of $3 Million dollars."" It all started after he lost $1.8 Million to Bobby Baldwin."" He tried to recoup his loses by playing online at Full Tilt Poker, but went a further $1.2 Million dollars further into his downswing."" Brian posted in his blog, "I have been getting destroyed by pretty much everyone I play." He further went on to say, "I have almost completely busted my FTP account and may have to wire more money which would be very depressing."

Does this potentially mean the end of sbrugby"?" I wouldn't worry just yet."" Brian plans to take some time off to assess his game."" "Often when I am in a downswing I need to rework my game but I think I have been playing well. I know things will turn around as this has happened to me a million times before just not on the same scale", he posted.

On a side note, Brian says he has been doing very well in the omaha 8 games. "When I first began playing them I thought I wouldn't have alot of sucess but I have really hit the ground running. I hope that I am not just running hot and that this sucess continues", said Brian.

Who is MrTaan on Full Tilt Poker? This newcomer to the highstakes games has been doing quite well on the $300/$600 tables. Check out this $170K pot with Brian "sbrugy" Townsend.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3002841853: Table Rosebank (heads up) - $300/$600 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:54:10 ET - 2007/07/20
Seat 1: sbrugby ($84,698)
Seat 2: MrTaan ($230,772.25)
sbrugby posts the small blind of $300
MrTaan posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
sbrugby raises to $1,800
MrTaan raises to $5,400
sbrugby calls $3,600
*** FLOP *** [Tc 2s 7c]
MrTaan has 15 seconds left to act
MrTaan bets $9,500
sbrugby raises to $24,000
MrTaan has 15 seconds left to act
MrTaan raises to $225,372.25, and is all in
sbrugby calls $55,298, and is all in
MrTaan shows [Ac Ah]
sbrugby shows [Kd Kh]
Uncalled bet of $146,074.25 returned to MrTaan
*** TURN *** [Tc 2s 7c] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 2s 7c Qd] [9h]
MrTaan shows a pair of Aces
sbrugby shows a pair of Kings
MrTaan wins the pot ($169,395.50) with a pair of Aces
sbrugby is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $169,396 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Tc 2s 7c Qd 9h]
Seat 1: sbrugby (small blind) showed [Kd Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: MrTaan (big blind) showed [Ac Ah] and won ($169,395.50) with a pair of Aces

Ziigmund was on quite a roll while playing Gus Hansen the other day at Full Tilt Poker."" After working his stack up to around $250K due to consecutive reloads from Gus, Ziigmund tried to get under his skin further in the chat box:

Ziigmund: gus
Ziigmund: yo man
Gus Hansen: yes
Ziigmund: lets make deal
Gus Hansen: "??"
Ziigmund: always have to raise and reraise before flop
Ziigmund: then continue normally
Gus Hansen: no thx
Ziigmund: lol
Ziigmund: no thx
Ziigmund: LOL
Ziigmund: gus is fish
Ziigmund: so f bad
Ziigmund: and looks like chec republic man
Gus Hansen: you might lose a coin flip one day Ziggy

Gus was exactly right with what he said, and fortunately Gus didn't go on tilt."" He"" managed to keep at it, waiting for just the right hand to make his money.

First, Gus took went all-in to take down a massive $215K pot."" Less than a few hands later, Hansen put Ziigmund all-in for an even bigger $274K pot to put him back around $360K."" Ziigmund left after this, but here is the big hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3003317404: Table Phys (heads up) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 9:25:28 ET - 2007/07/20
Seat 1: Gus Hansen ($223,935)
Seat 2: Ziigmund ($136,924)
Gus Hansen posts the small blind of $200
Ziigmund posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Gus Hansen: y
Gus Hansen raises to $1,200
Ziigmund: i have to leave but lets coinflip
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund: 1time
Ziigmund raises to $3,600
Gus Hansen: no thx
Gus Hansen calls $2,400
*** FLOP *** [6h 9d Th]
Ziigmund bets $7,200
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen calls $7,200
*** TURN *** [6h 9d Th] [5d]
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund bets $21,600
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen raises to $86,400
Ziigmund raises to $126,124, and is all in
Gus Hansen calls $39,724
Ziigmund shows [9s 9c 2c 4s]
Gus Hansen shows [6s 7d 8c 4d]
*** RIVER *** [6h 9d Th 5d] [Ks]
Ziigmund shows three of a kind, Nines
Gus Hansen shows a straight, Ten high
Gus Hansen wins the pot ($273,847.50) with a straight, Ten high
Ziigmund is sitting out
Ziigmund stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $273,848 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6h 9d Th 5d Ks]
Seat 1: Gus Hansen (small blind) showed [6s 7d 8c 4d] and won ($273,847.50) with a straight, Ten high
Seat 2: Ziigmund (big blind) showed [9s 9c 2c 4s] and lost with three of a kind, Nines

To watch this action live, check out Full Tilt Poker."" (Use Bonus Code BANKROLLPLUS for a special $600 Bonus!)

It took about""16 hours, but at the end of the day""a virtually unknown in the poker world, Jerry Yang (not to be confused with""Yahoo founder Jerry Yang)""went on to win""the biggest tournament in poker - The 2007 WSOP (World Series of Poker).

Yang made many questionable calls to eliminate 8/9 of the players at the final table of this year's WSOP, but he had luck on his side."" Everyone thought he was playing like a maniac, but his play held out.

In the final hand, Jerry Yang and Tuan Lam pushed all their chips in preflop. Yang showed pocket eights and Lam showed Ad-Qd. After a flop of Q-5-9, Lam took the lead and pumped his fist, assuming he was en route to doubling up. The turn was a 7, giving Yang a gutshot straight draw, in addition to a possible set with one of the two remaining eights in the deck. Yang had six outs, and one of them, the 6 of hearts fell on the river to knock out Lam and give Yang the victory.Lam earned $4,840,981 for his second-place finish. Yang has earned instant celebrity status, the most coveted bracelet of the year and $8.25 million.

Who is Jerry Yang?

Yang is a 39-year-old psychologist and social worker from
southern California. He holds a Masters Degree in health psychology.

Yang was born in Laos. He is married with six children. Yang
started playing poker only two years ago. He won a seat into the main event through a $225""live satellite at the Pechanga Resort and Casino.

Here are the final results/winnings""of the final table at the 2007 WSOP:

Congrats Jerry!

Today 9 players will be battling it out for their chance to win $8.25 Million dollars at the final table in the final event""of this year's World Series of Poker."" Here are the players, the chip counts and what is on the line:

Seat 1 - Jon Kalmar - 20.32 million
Seat 2 - Lee Childs - 13.24 million
Seat 3 - Philip Hilm - 22.07 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 8.45 million
Seat 5 - Raymond Rahme - 16.32 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 21.315 million
Seat 7 - Alex Kravchenko - 6.57 million
Seat 8 - Lee Watkinson - 9.925 million
Seat 9 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 9.205 million

And the prizepool they're playing for:

1st - $8,250,000
2nd - $4,840,981
3rd - $3,048,025
4th - $1,852,721
5th - $1,255,069
6th - $956,243
7th - $705,229
8th - $585,934
9th - $525,934

Worse case someone is leaving with over half a million dollars, which isn't""bad for a few days work.

Eyes are on Lee Watkinson, who qualiified through a Full Tilt Poker qualifier."" If Lee wins the event, Full Tilt Poker will pay him an additional $10 Million Dollars!!!

I found this posted on 2+2."" Basically a player that uses the username _NormanChad was playing another player using the name lskall at the $50/$100 NL table on the Ongame network.

According to the poster at 2+2 Iskall was only in for about $20K in this game.""?"The player"?worked""their way up to $95K when _NormanChad decided to call it quits."" But after about 15 minutes he was back, and went on an all-in spree:

Texas Hold'em $100-$100 NL (Real Money), #597,892,243
Table _NormanChad's HE, 16 Jul 2007 8:24 PM ET
Seat 3: _NormanChad ($8,947 in chips)
Seat 9: lskall ($109,902.50 in chips)ANTES/BLINDS
_NormanChad posts blind ($50), lskall posts blind ($100).

At the end of the session Iskall had worked his way up to approximately $151,000!"" Norman Chad simply said "gg" and left.The Ongame Network is home to several major poker sites, including Johnny Chan's new poker site ChanPoker.net.

Brian Townsend posted in his blog the other day that he got caught bluffing by Bobby Baldwin in a $1.8 Million pot."" He said he was going to post more details, but has still yet to do so."" Here is what he posted:

"Just got caught bluffing in a pot over 1.8 million dollars against Bobby Baldwin. I actaully had to get up and leave the table I was so tilted. I have to give Bobby credit he out played me. I will describe the hand tomorrow when I am feeling better. I don't even know how much I ended down since I just had the poker room manager rack up for me, but I would guess between 700 and 800K. I may go home tomorrow as well. I have been in Vegas for 2 weeks now and am very homesick. I thought I wouldn't leave Vegas until this game was done but I really dont' want to be here right now."

It looks like Brian may be having a tough time getting over this loss."" I recommend checking out Brian Townsend's Blog for the update on this pot.

I came accross this hand where Ziigmund tried to bluff whitelime, but got caught."" He played this hand pretty awful, and unfortunately ran into a pair held by his opponent:

Full Tilt Poker Game #2961442825: Table Canfield (6 max) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:42:41 ET - 2007/07/16
Seat 1: MUCKEMSAYUHH ($40,600)
Seat 2: NMDynasty ($10,000)
Seat 3: mjorgenson13 ($40,000)
Seat 4: Ziigmund ($55,989)
Seat 5: whitelime ($75,592.50)
Seat 6: Jigga100 ($35,786)
whitelime posts the small blind of $200
Jigga100 posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
MUCKEMSAYUHH folds
NMDynasty folds
mjorgenson13 folds
Ziigmund raises to $1,400
whitelime raises to $4,600
Jigga100 folds
Ziigmund calls $3,200
*** FLOP *** [5h 7s 2c]
MUCKEMSAYUHH has been disconnected
whitelime checks
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund checks
*** TURN *** [5h 7s 2c] [7h]
whitelime checks
Ziigmund bets $9,600
whitelime has 15 seconds left to act
MUCKEMSAYUHH has reconnected
whitelime raises to $22,000
Ziigmund calls $12,400
*** RIVER *** [5h 7s 2c 7h] [Jd]
whitelime checks
Ziigmund bets $29,389, and is all in
whitelime calls $29,389
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ziigmund shows [4s 8s] a pair of Sevens
whitelime shows [Ad 5d] two pair, Sevens and Fives
whitelime wins the pot ($112,375) with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Ziigmund is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $112,378 | Rake $3
Board: [5h 7s 2c 7h Jd]
Seat 1: MUCKEMSAYUHH didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: NMDynasty didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: mjorgenson13 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Ziigmund (button) showed [4s 8s] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 5: whitelime (small blind) showed [Ad 5d] and won ($112,375) with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 6: Jigga100 (big blind) folded before the Flop

I guess when you have too much money you start to act a little crazy.

Watch these guys duke it out over at Full Tilt Poker.

As you may be aware, Brad Booth has lost a lot of money recently and there is much speculation whether he has gone busto."" Booth apparently asked David Sklansky (owner of 2+2 poker) to set the record straight.

In a post on 2+2, David posted:

"He asked me to tell everyone here that his big losses were in huge internet games, mainly PLO, rather than live games. He is a giant winner in live games. And that my speculation that his large overbets, relative to pot size, might have caught up with him, was not at all the case."

Lars Luzak (LarsLuzak) and Phil Galfond (OMGClayAiken) were playing some high stakes poker today on Full Tilt Poker."" The two had a nice session, but in the end Lars was the winner finishing up around $210K after beating Phil in a $160K pot (shown below).

Full Tilt Poker Game #2925264628: Table Halbert (heads up) - $300/$600 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:49:51 ET - 2007/07/12
Seat 1: LarsLuzak ($132,008)
Seat 2: OMGClayAiken ($80,575)
LarsLuzak posts the small blind of $300
OMGClayAiken posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
LarsLuzak raises to $2,000
OMGClayAiken raises to $6,600
LarsLuzak calls $4,600
*** FLOP *** [4s 7d 3d]
OMGClayAiken bets $8,800
LarsLuzak calls $8,800
*** TURN *** [4s 7d 3d] [3s]
OMGClayAiken has 15 seconds left to act
OMGClayAiken bets $22,200
LarsLuzak raises to $116,608, and is all in
OMGClayAiken calls $42,975, and is all in
LarsLuzak shows [6d 5c]
OMGClayAiken shows [Jh Jd]
Uncalled bet of $51,433 returned to LarsLuzak
*** RIVER *** [4s 7d 3d 3s] [Tc]
LarsLuzak shows a straight, Seven high
OMGClayAiken shows two pair, Jacks and Threes
LarsLuzak wins the pot ($161,149.50) with a straight, Seven high
OMGClayAiken is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $161,150 | Rake $0.50
Board: [4s 7d 3d 3s Tc]
Seat 1: LarsLuzak (small blind) showed [6d 5c] and won ($161,149.50) with a straight, Seven high
Seat 2: OMGClayAiken (big blind) showed [Jh Jd] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Threes

To watch this action live, visit Full Tilt Poker (Bonus Code: BANKROLLPLUS gets you a $600 deposit bonus).

When I fisrt saw poker online I thought 'yea thats great I can waste any of them' thinking I was a pro because I have played poker for years for money and that it was a game of luck.
But I have been saddly mistaken, hence the reason why i have started this thread. To warn all the old skool players (My Loving Partner) that it's not the same you need to update your skills. I not saying to discard what you know but to update and add.
The best way I have found to achieve this is to join these forums, soak up all the information you can and put it in to practise, and practise. Using the play money options at the poker sites you play on are good for practise or even setting up games with players from your forum or community you are involved are even better because they have their own strategies which you can pick up on.
I hope this helps those out thier who are still stuck on the old ways.

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Origination of PokerThe origination of poker playing is widely disputed There are various possible birthsites as there are different types of the game Although, the most popular belief is that poker was an invention by the Chinese at around 900 A D Poker w…

The game of poker has been around for about 200 years now It is being widely played in different countries, in different continents There are traditional poker rooms where experts and poker addicts can play this one kind of a game of chance Traditional pok…

If you like playing poker, but also love to stay at home and resume your lifestyle being a homebuddy, then you should try the free online poker sites If you prefer top of the line casinos then casino on net, a free online poker site that also offers other …

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With hundreds of online poker rooms out there, it can be a daunting task to choose which has the most to give to its users What does it take to be called the best online poker room Perhaps to be the best online poker room, one has to be flexible, secure an…

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Has Brian Townsend finally gone busto""" Well, not quite yet, but according to Brian's Townsend's blog he is currently on the largest downswing of his life."" Brian says his total downswing has reached a total of $3 Million dollars."" It all started after he lost $1.8 Million to Bobby Baldwin."" He tried to recoup his loses by playing online at Full Tilt Poker, but went a further $1.2 Million dollars further into his downswing."" Brian posted in his blog, "I have been getting destroyed by pretty much everyone I play." He further went on to say, "I have almost completely busted my FTP account and may have to wire more money which would be very depressing."

Does this potentially mean the end of sbrugby"?" I wouldn't worry just yet."" Brian plans to take some time off to assess his game."" "Often when I am in a downswing I need to rework my game but I think I have been playing well. I know things will turn around as this has happened to me a million times before just not on the same scale", he posted.

On a side note, Brian says he has been doing very well in the omaha 8 games. "When I first began playing them I thought I wouldn't have alot of sucess but I have really hit the ground running. I hope that I am not just running hot and that this sucess continues", said Brian.

Who is MrTaan on Full Tilt Poker? This newcomer to the highstakes games has been doing quite well on the $300/$600 tables. Check out this $170K pot with Brian "sbrugy" Townsend.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3002841853: Table Rosebank (heads up) - $300/$600 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:54:10 ET - 2007/07/20
Seat 1: sbrugby ($84,698)
Seat 2: MrTaan ($230,772.25)
sbrugby posts the small blind of $300
MrTaan posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
sbrugby raises to $1,800
MrTaan raises to $5,400
sbrugby calls $3,600
*** FLOP *** [Tc 2s 7c]
MrTaan has 15 seconds left to act
MrTaan bets $9,500
sbrugby raises to $24,000
MrTaan has 15 seconds left to act
MrTaan raises to $225,372.25, and is all in
sbrugby calls $55,298, and is all in
MrTaan shows [Ac Ah]
sbrugby shows [Kd Kh]
Uncalled bet of $146,074.25 returned to MrTaan
*** TURN *** [Tc 2s 7c] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 2s 7c Qd] [9h]
MrTaan shows a pair of Aces
sbrugby shows a pair of Kings
MrTaan wins the pot ($169,395.50) with a pair of Aces
sbrugby is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $169,396 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Tc 2s 7c Qd 9h]
Seat 1: sbrugby (small blind) showed [Kd Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: MrTaan (big blind) showed [Ac Ah] and won ($169,395.50) with a pair of Aces

Ziigmund was on quite a roll while playing Gus Hansen the other day at Full Tilt Poker."" After working his stack up to around $250K due to consecutive reloads from Gus, Ziigmund tried to get under his skin further in the chat box:

Ziigmund: gus
Ziigmund: yo man
Gus Hansen: yes
Ziigmund: lets make deal
Gus Hansen: "??"
Ziigmund: always have to raise and reraise before flop
Ziigmund: then continue normally
Gus Hansen: no thx
Ziigmund: lol
Ziigmund: no thx
Ziigmund: LOL
Ziigmund: gus is fish
Ziigmund: so f bad
Ziigmund: and looks like chec republic man
Gus Hansen: you might lose a coin flip one day Ziggy

Gus was exactly right with what he said, and fortunately Gus didn't go on tilt."" He"" managed to keep at it, waiting for just the right hand to make his money.

First, Gus took went all-in to take down a massive $215K pot."" Less than a few hands later, Hansen put Ziigmund all-in for an even bigger $274K pot to put him back around $360K."" Ziigmund left after this, but here is the big hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3003317404: Table Phys (heads up) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 9:25:28 ET - 2007/07/20
Seat 1: Gus Hansen ($223,935)
Seat 2: Ziigmund ($136,924)
Gus Hansen posts the small blind of $200
Ziigmund posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Gus Hansen: y
Gus Hansen raises to $1,200
Ziigmund: i have to leave but lets coinflip
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund: 1time
Ziigmund raises to $3,600
Gus Hansen: no thx
Gus Hansen calls $2,400
*** FLOP *** [6h 9d Th]
Ziigmund bets $7,200
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen calls $7,200
*** TURN *** [6h 9d Th] [5d]
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund bets $21,600
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen raises to $86,400
Ziigmund raises to $126,124, and is all in
Gus Hansen calls $39,724
Ziigmund shows [9s 9c 2c 4s]
Gus Hansen shows [6s 7d 8c 4d]
*** RIVER *** [6h 9d Th 5d] [Ks]
Ziigmund shows three of a kind, Nines
Gus Hansen shows a straight, Ten high
Gus Hansen wins the pot ($273,847.50) with a straight, Ten high
Ziigmund is sitting out
Ziigmund stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $273,848 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6h 9d Th 5d Ks]
Seat 1: Gus Hansen (small blind) showed [6s 7d 8c 4d] and won ($273,847.50) with a straight, Ten high
Seat 2: Ziigmund (big blind) showed [9s 9c 2c 4s] and lost with three of a kind, Nines

To watch this action live, check out Full Tilt Poker."" (Use Bonus Code BANKROLLPLUS for a special $600 Bonus!)

It took about""16 hours, but at the end of the day""a virtually unknown in the poker world, Jerry Yang (not to be confused with""Yahoo founder Jerry Yang)""went on to win""the biggest tournament in poker - The 2007 WSOP (World Series of Poker).

Yang made many questionable calls to eliminate 8/9 of the players at the final table of this year's WSOP, but he had luck on his side."" Everyone thought he was playing like a maniac, but his play held out.

In the final hand, Jerry Yang and Tuan Lam pushed all their chips in preflop. Yang showed pocket eights and Lam showed Ad-Qd. After a flop of Q-5-9, Lam took the lead and pumped his fist, assuming he was en route to doubling up. The turn was a 7, giving Yang a gutshot straight draw, in addition to a possible set with one of the two remaining eights in the deck. Yang had six outs, and one of them, the 6 of hearts fell on the river to knock out Lam and give Yang the victory.Lam earned $4,840,981 for his second-place finish. Yang has earned instant celebrity status, the most coveted bracelet of the year and $8.25 million.

Who is Jerry Yang?

Yang is a 39-year-old psychologist and social worker from
southern California. He holds a Masters Degree in health psychology.

Yang was born in Laos. He is married with six children. Yang
started playing poker only two years ago. He won a seat into the main event through a $225""live satellite at the Pechanga Resort and Casino.

Here are the final results/winnings""of the final table at the 2007 WSOP:

Congrats Jerry!

Today 9 players will be battling it out for their chance to win $8.25 Million dollars at the final table in the final event""of this year's World Series of Poker."" Here are the players, the chip counts and what is on the line:

Seat 1 - Jon Kalmar - 20.32 million
Seat 2 - Lee Childs - 13.24 million
Seat 3 - Philip Hilm - 22.07 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 8.45 million
Seat 5 - Raymond Rahme - 16.32 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 21.315 million
Seat 7 - Alex Kravchenko - 6.57 million
Seat 8 - Lee Watkinson - 9.925 million
Seat 9 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 9.205 million

And the prizepool they're playing for:

1st - $8,250,000
2nd - $4,840,981
3rd - $3,048,025
4th - $1,852,721
5th - $1,255,069
6th - $956,243
7th - $705,229
8th - $585,934
9th - $525,934

Worse case someone is leaving with over half a million dollars, which isn't""bad for a few days work.

Eyes are on Lee Watkinson, who qualiified through a Full Tilt Poker qualifier."" If Lee wins the event, Full Tilt Poker will pay him an additional $10 Million Dollars!!!

I found this posted on 2+2."" Basically a player that uses the username _NormanChad was playing another player using the name lskall at the $50/$100 NL table on the Ongame network.

According to the poster at 2+2 Iskall was only in for about $20K in this game.""?"The player"?worked""their way up to $95K when _NormanChad decided to call it quits."" But after about 15 minutes he was back, and went on an all-in spree:

Texas Hold'em $100-$100 NL (Real Money), #597,892,243
Table _NormanChad's HE, 16 Jul 2007 8:24 PM ET
Seat 3: _NormanChad ($8,947 in chips)
Seat 9: lskall ($109,902.50 in chips)ANTES/BLINDS
_NormanChad posts blind ($50), lskall posts blind ($100).

At the end of the session Iskall had worked his way up to approximately $151,000!"" Norman Chad simply said "gg" and left.The Ongame Network is home to several major poker sites, including Johnny Chan's new poker site ChanPoker.net.

Has Brian Townsend finally gone busto""" Well, not quite yet, but according to Brian's Townsend's blog he is currently on the largest downswing of his life."" Brian says his total downswing has reached a total of $3 Million dollars."" It all started after he lost $1.8 Million to Bobby Baldwin."" He tried to recoup his loses by playing online at Full Tilt Poker, but went a further $1.2 Million dollars further into his downswing."" Brian posted in his blog, "I have been getting destroyed by pretty much everyone I play." He further went on to say, "I have almost completely busted my FTP account and may have to wire more money which would be very depressing."

Does this potentially mean the end of sbrugby"?" I wouldn't worry just yet."" Brian plans to take some time off to assess his game."" "Often when I am in a downswing I need to rework my game but I think I have been playing well. I know things will turn around as this has happened to me a million times before just not on the same scale", he posted.

On a side note, Brian says he has been doing very well in the omaha 8 games. "When I first began playing them I thought I wouldn't have alot of sucess but I have really hit the ground running. I hope that I am not just running hot and that this sucess continues", said Brian.

Who is MrTaan on Full Tilt Poker? This newcomer to the highstakes games has been doing quite well on the $300/$600 tables. Check out this $170K pot with Brian "sbrugy" Townsend.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3002841853: Table Rosebank (heads up) - $300/$600 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:54:10 ET - 2007/07/20
Seat 1: sbrugby ($84,698)
Seat 2: MrTaan ($230,772.25)
sbrugby posts the small blind of $300
MrTaan posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
sbrugby raises to $1,800
MrTaan raises to $5,400
sbrugby calls $3,600
*** FLOP *** [Tc 2s 7c]
MrTaan has 15 seconds left to act
MrTaan bets $9,500
sbrugby raises to $24,000
MrTaan has 15 seconds left to act
MrTaan raises to $225,372.25, and is all in
sbrugby calls $55,298, and is all in
MrTaan shows [Ac Ah]
sbrugby shows [Kd Kh]
Uncalled bet of $146,074.25 returned to MrTaan
*** TURN *** [Tc 2s 7c] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 2s 7c Qd] [9h]
MrTaan shows a pair of Aces
sbrugby shows a pair of Kings
MrTaan wins the pot ($169,395.50) with a pair of Aces
sbrugby is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $169,396 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Tc 2s 7c Qd 9h]
Seat 1: sbrugby (small blind) showed [Kd Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: MrTaan (big blind) showed [Ac Ah] and won ($169,395.50) with a pair of Aces

Ziigmund was on quite a roll while playing Gus Hansen the other day at Full Tilt Poker."" After working his stack up to around $250K due to consecutive reloads from Gus, Ziigmund tried to get under his skin further in the chat box:

Ziigmund: gus
Ziigmund: yo man
Gus Hansen: yes
Ziigmund: lets make deal
Gus Hansen: "??"
Ziigmund: always have to raise and reraise before flop
Ziigmund: then continue normally
Gus Hansen: no thx
Ziigmund: lol
Ziigmund: no thx
Ziigmund: LOL
Ziigmund: gus is fish
Ziigmund: so f bad
Ziigmund: and looks like chec republic man
Gus Hansen: you might lose a coin flip one day Ziggy

Gus was exactly right with what he said, and fortunately Gus didn't go on tilt."" He"" managed to keep at it, waiting for just the right hand to make his money.

First, Gus took went all-in to take down a massive $215K pot."" Less than a few hands later, Hansen put Ziigmund all-in for an even bigger $274K pot to put him back around $360K."" Ziigmund left after this, but here is the big hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3003317404: Table Phys (heads up) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 9:25:28 ET - 2007/07/20
Seat 1: Gus Hansen ($223,935)
Seat 2: Ziigmund ($136,924)
Gus Hansen posts the small blind of $200
Ziigmund posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Gus Hansen: y
Gus Hansen raises to $1,200
Ziigmund: i have to leave but lets coinflip
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund: 1time
Ziigmund raises to $3,600
Gus Hansen: no thx
Gus Hansen calls $2,400
*** FLOP *** [6h 9d Th]
Ziigmund bets $7,200
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen calls $7,200
*** TURN *** [6h 9d Th] [5d]
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund bets $21,600
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen raises to $86,400
Ziigmund raises to $126,124, and is all in
Gus Hansen calls $39,724
Ziigmund shows [9s 9c 2c 4s]
Gus Hansen shows [6s 7d 8c 4d]
*** RIVER *** [6h 9d Th 5d] [Ks]
Ziigmund shows three of a kind, Nines
Gus Hansen shows a straight, Ten high
Gus Hansen wins the pot ($273,847.50) with a straight, Ten high
Ziigmund is sitting out
Ziigmund stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $273,848 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6h 9d Th 5d Ks]
Seat 1: Gus Hansen (small blind) showed [6s 7d 8c 4d] and won ($273,847.50) with a straight, Ten high
Seat 2: Ziigmund (big blind) showed [9s 9c 2c 4s] and lost with three of a kind, Nines

To watch this action live, check out Full Tilt Poker."" (Use Bonus Code BANKROLLPLUS for a special $600 Bonus!)

It took about""16 hours, but at the end of the day""a virtually unknown in the poker world, Jerry Yang (not to be confused with""Yahoo founder Jerry Yang)""went on to win""the biggest tournament in poker - The 2007 WSOP (World Series of Poker).

Yang made many questionable calls to eliminate 8/9 of the players at the final table of this year's WSOP, but he had luck on his side."" Everyone thought he was playing like a maniac, but his play held out.

In the final hand, Jerry Yang and Tuan Lam pushed all their chips in preflop. Yang showed pocket eights and Lam showed Ad-Qd. After a flop of Q-5-9, Lam took the lead and pumped his fist, assuming he was en route to doubling up. The turn was a 7, giving Yang a gutshot straight draw, in addition to a possible set with one of the two remaining eights in the deck. Yang had six outs, and one of them, the 6 of hearts fell on the river to knock out Lam and give Yang the victory.Lam earned $4,840,981 for his second-place finish. Yang has earned instant celebrity status, the most coveted bracelet of the year and $8.25 million.

Who is Jerry Yang?

Yang is a 39-year-old psychologist and social worker from
southern California. He holds a Masters Degree in health psychology.

Yang was born in Laos. He is married with six children. Yang
started playing poker only two years ago. He won a seat into the main event through a $225""live satellite at the Pechanga Resort and Casino.

Here are the final results/winnings""of the final table at the 2007 WSOP:

Congrats Jerry!

Today 9 players will be battling it out for their chance to win $8.25 Million dollars at the final table in the final event""of this year's World Series of Poker."" Here are the players, the chip counts and what is on the line:

Seat 1 - Jon Kalmar - 20.32 million
Seat 2 - Lee Childs - 13.24 million
Seat 3 - Philip Hilm - 22.07 million
Seat 4 - Jerry Yang - 8.45 million
Seat 5 - Raymond Rahme - 16.32 million
Seat 6 - Tuan Lam - 21.315 million
Seat 7 - Alex Kravchenko - 6.57 million
Seat 8 - Lee Watkinson - 9.925 million
Seat 9 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan - 9.205 million

And the prizepool they're playing for:

1st - $8,250,000
2nd - $4,840,981
3rd - $3,048,025
4th - $1,852,721
5th - $1,255,069
6th - $956,243
7th - $705,229
8th - $585,934
9th - $525,934

Worse case someone is leaving with over half a million dollars, which isn't""bad for a few days work.

Eyes are on Lee Watkinson, who qualiified through a Full Tilt Poker qualifier."" If Lee wins the event, Full Tilt Poker will pay him an additional $10 Million Dollars!!!

I found this posted on 2+2."" Basically a player that uses the username _NormanChad was playing another player using the name lskall at the $50/$100 NL table on the Ongame network.

According to the poster at 2+2 Iskall was only in for about $20K in this game.""?"The player"?worked""their way up to $95K when _NormanChad decided to call it quits."" But after about 15 minutes he was back, and went on an all-in spree:

Texas Hold'em $100-$100 NL (Real Money), #597,892,243
Table _NormanChad's HE, 16 Jul 2007 8:24 PM ET
Seat 3: _NormanChad ($8,947 in chips)
Seat 9: lskall ($109,902.50 in chips)ANTES/BLINDS
_NormanChad posts blind ($50), lskall posts blind ($100).

At the end of the session Iskall had worked his way up to approximately $151,000!"" Norman Chad simply said "gg" and left.The Ongame Network is home to several major poker sites, including Johnny Chan's new poker site ChanPoker.net.

Brian Townsend posted in his blog the other day that he got caught bluffing by Bobby Baldwin in a $1.8 Million pot."" He said he was going to post more details, but has still yet to do so."" Here is what he posted:

"Just got caught bluffing in a pot over 1.8 million dollars against Bobby Baldwin. I actaully had to get up and leave the table I was so tilted. I have to give Bobby credit he out played me. I will describe the hand tomorrow when I am feeling better. I don't even know how much I ended down since I just had the poker room manager rack up for me, but I would guess between 700 and 800K. I may go home tomorrow as well. I have been in Vegas for 2 weeks now and am very homesick. I thought I wouldn't leave Vegas until this game was done but I really dont' want to be here right now."

It looks like Brian may be having a tough time getting over this loss."" I recommend checking out Brian Townsend's Blog for the update on this pot.