Online Poker -- Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies Continues to Dominate September

The month of September in the high-stakes online world has been headlined by Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies.

Sahamies started off this month on a downswing, but has turned everything around drastically over the past two weeks.

This past Thursday, the Finnish pro booked a win of more than $600,000 versus Cole South in $500-$1,000 pot-limit Omaha on Full Tilt Poker, and a profit of nearly $200,000 versus Brian Hastings in a brief session.

Although Sahamies dropped more than $500,000 to South and Hastings out of the gate this month, Sahamies has managed to inflict the brunt of the damage of his recent upswing on the aforementioned foes.

While South and Hastings have been struggling versus Sahamies, Tom “durrrr” Dwan has also lost some massive pots to Sahamies over the past seven days.

At $500-$1,000 pot-limit Omaha on Full Tilt Poker late Tuesday night, Dwan had the button and raised to $3,000. Sahamies was in the big blind, and he three-bet to $9,000. Dwan called. The flop came K 5 3, and Sahamies bet $18,000.

Dwan called, and the turn brought the 7. Sahamies bet $38,500, and Dwan called again. The Q fell on the river. Sahamies bet $124,987 to put himself all in. Dwan made the call and mucked when Sahamies exposed the A 6 Q Q for the nut flush. Sahamies raked in the $380,973.50 pot.

Another pot in the session worth more than $350,000 went to Sahamies, with the hand playing out almost identically to the aforementioned situation.

As the match was reaching the early hours of Wednesday morning, Dwan had the button and raised to $3,000. Sahamies was in the big blind, and he three-bet to $9,000 with the Q J 9 9. Dwan called. The flop came 10 9 2, giving Sahamies middle set. He bet $18,000.

Dwan called, and the 5 landed on the virtual felt. Sahamies bet the pot once again, this time for $54,000. Dwan called. The A fell on the river, and Sahamies fired $126,998 to put his opponent all in. Dwan made the call for just over $100,000 and mucked when Sahamies exposed his set. Sahamies scooped the $363,948 pot.

Dwan was able to avoid another massive loss in the session when he and Sahamies elected to run it twice in a hand with the board reading 8 7 2.

Dwan held the A 9 K 8, while Sahamies had the Q 9 10 6 to contend for the $413,908 pot. According to Card Player’s Omaha odds calculator, Dwan was a slight favorite with his pair and flush draw versus the plethora of straight draws and over cards for Sahamies.

The first run brought the 8 and J, giving Sahamies a straight. The J and 9 fell on the second run, giving Dwan the flush. The $413,908 pot was chopped between the two high-stakes regulars.

Thanks to his lucrative sessions versus South, Hastings, and Dwan, Sahamies has been one of the biggest winners in the online world for the second consecutive week.

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