$800000 heads up cash game on the net
anybody read about this? If these guys have that much money on their internet accounts, how much money do you think they have in total? Internet/bank/mattress? How much money do you need to win to stop playing poker? If you won $20000000, would you still play on a regular basis or go on a long extended vacation?
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Maybe I can still get in on it....
that means I am joking Monteroy.
The only reference I could find is a rant by Phil Gordon why he won't play WPT anymore. Not about a cash game, though....
http://www.expertinsight.com/Articles/64.html
No joking.
Jun 16, 2006
$200 - 400 NL Internet Cash Games Reaches $800,000
Freddie Deeb and Johnny Lodden battled it out last night at the Prima Network with over $800,000 sitting on the table between the two of them.
After over 8 hours of play on the $200/400 No Limit Heads Up table at the Prima Network Freddie Deebs (Fast_Freddie) accumulated over $700,000 on his side while Lodden had around $80,000. Johnny Lodden (bad_ip) was the big loser for the night.
This high stakes game started out with $80,000 on the table and reached epic proportion with multiple rebuys. It took just over 20 rebuys at the $40,000 price during the 8+ hour extravaganza of high stakes thrill rides to reach just short of $1 million on the table. During a small intermission of the game when bad_ip left the table a player by the name of durrrrr played Freddie and lost $40,000 in about 5 minutes.
In the earlier hours of the cash game Johnny Lodden was taking charge as he had Fast Freddie down a couple hundred thousand. Towards the end of the night the largest hand in the history of online poker was recorded. The pot reached an astounding $465,461 when Freddie spiked 3 aces on the flop. Fast_Freddie and bad_ip were raising and reraising throughout the hand suggesting that bad_ip had flopped 3 aces as well. When the hand was over bad_ip mucked his cards and Fast_Freddie won with Trip Aces and a King and Jack for kickers.
It is still speculation as to the true identity of Fast_Freddie. During the play a bystander asked, “Who is Fast_Freddie,†and in reply Fast_Freddie said he was indeed Freddie Deebs. Unfortunately at the time of the action another bystander reported at twoplustwo.com that Freddie Deebs was being interviewed by the WPT in Paris at the same time of this high stakes internet poker game.
Over 600 people were watching this high stakes cash game simultaneously. “The chat box was blowing up with chatter. The posts were being entered so quickly you could hardly even read it,†said one user. Players at Full Tilt even began talking about the cash game while watching John Dagostino play the high stakes tables over there. The regular rail birds who were watching Dagostino at Full Tilt desserted the table to watch this record breaking game.
Until now the biggest hand in online history was that between bad_ip and I_Grind_on_u which reached $357,256. The hand played by Fast_Freddie and bad_ip was more than $108,205 larger.
After the long night it is unsure how much both Fast_Freddie and bad_ip were in for. Freddie did leave with the brunt of the money but nobody is really sure how much he truly ended up winning after all the rebuys. Here is the hand history and screenshot of the largest hand in online poker history (for now). The last screenshot is a picture of the winding down of the game.
Dealing Cards to Players
bad_ip raises to $1,200
Fast_Freddie raises to $4,000
bad_ip calls for $3,000
Dealing the Flop(7cAhAc)
Fast_Freddie bets $8,000
bad_ip raises for $16,000
Fast_Freddie raises for $32,000
bad_ip calls for $24,000
The Turn is Dealt (5s)
Fast_Freddie bet for $74,000
bad_ip goes all in for $188,326
Fast_Freddie calls $114,326
Dealing the river(Kc)
Fast_Freddie shows Trip Aces
(AAAKJ)
bad_ip mucks hand
Fast_Freddie wins $465,451 with Trip Aces
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