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Online Poker -- Tom Dwan Slowed By URnotINdanger2

URnotINdanger2 Wins Majority of Large Pots Versus Dwan in Past Week

by Brian Pempus  |  Published: Aug 18, 2010  |  E-mail Author

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Tom Dwan

Even though Tom “durrrr” Dwan has been having a great year so far and earlier this month increased his lead to more than $2 million in the Durrrr Challenge, he had a lackluster past seven days due to the recent thorn in his side — Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer.

Dwan had trouble in late July with the high-stakes online regular, and it appears to be continuing in the middle of August.

Palmer has been one of the biggest winners over the past week, thanks in part to one of the largest no-limit hold’em pots in that time span.

At stakes of $200-$400 on Full Tilt, Dwan had the button and the small blind. He bet $1,200, and Palmer three-bet to $4,800. Dwan called, and the flop came KHeart Suit 6Heart Suit 6Club Suit. Palmer continued with $6,400, and Dwan called.

The 10Club Suit fell on the turn, and Dwan’s opponent bet $17,400. He called once again. The 7Heart Suit on the river didn’t slow down Palmer, as he bet $48,800. Dwan called and was shown the 9Spade Suit 6Spade Suit for trips. Dwan mucked, and Palmer raked in the $154,939 pot.

Daniel Negreanu

Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu has also been running well as of late. Negreanu was able to win a substantial no-limit hold’em pot this past week thanks to a fortuitous river card.

At stakes of $100-$200 on PokerStars, Negreanu had the small blind and the AClub Suit KClub Suit. Fredrick “FiSHeYe1984” Keitel bet $600 from the button with the 8Diamond Suit 7Diamond Suit. Negreanu three-bet to $2,400, and the player in the big blind folded. Keitel called.

The flop came AHeart Suit 8Club Suit 7Spade Suit. Negreanu led for $3,200, and Keitel raised to $8,600. Negreanu called, and the JClub Suit fell on the turn. Negreanu checked this time. Keitel fired $17,600. Negreanu moved all in for about $40,000, and Keitel called. Negreanu was behind, but caught up with the JHeart Suit on the river for a superior two pair. Negreanu scooped the $101,399 pot.

Phil Galfond

Action has also been intense in pot-limit Omaha over the past seven days. One of the largest hands in the discipline went to Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond. After heavy preflop betting at stakes of $200-$400 on Full Tilt, Galfond, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Patrik Antonius got all the money in on a flop of QClub Suit 10Diamond Suit 7Diamond Suit.

Sahamies had his stack in the middle with the KDiamond Suit JSpade Suit 9Heart Suit 7Heart Suit, and Antonius was all in and temporarily ahead with the QSpade Suit QDiamond Suit 9Diamond Suit 6Spade Suit. Galfond was drawing slimmest with the ASpade Suit AClub Suit 4Spade Suit 2Club Suit. The turn brought the 9Club Suit, giving Sahamies a straight, but providing Galfond with a flush draw. The runner-runner flush came when the KClub Suit fell on the river. Galfond raked in the $180,055 pot.

According to Card Player’s Omaha odds calculator, Galfond wins only about six percent of the time after the flop.

Gus Hansen has been having one of the worst months in the online community. He is down more than $1 million in August, and even though he won some of the largest pots over this past week, he has been unable to put the brakes on his current downswing.

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Tags: Tom Dwan,   Durrrr,   Scott Palmer,   URnotINdanger2,   Durrrr Challenge,   Daniel Negreanu,   Kid Poker,   Fredrick Keitel,   FiSHeYe1984,   Phil Galfond,   OMGClayAiken,   Ilari Sahamies,   Ziigmund,   Patrik Antonius,   Gus Hansen
 
 
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