Today's action seems relatively low, but that's only in comparison to some of the half-million plus pots we've had over the last month. The average size of the largest pots at the time of writing this on the nosebleed tables is in the $80,000 range. If you ask me, it's kind of sick to think of an $80,000 pot as small.
Brian Hastings has been a multi-tabling long time Full Tilt pro who seems to be logged in to a couple of tables at all times. This is not the first time these two red name pro's have clashed, and it will not be the last by any means. This hand is a typical all in situation on a short-handed PLO table:
7575466170 TABLE : Eginton (6 max) $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - Sat Aug 9th 2008 - 11:50am ET
Table Setup
Seat 1: David Benyamine ($31,838)
Seat 2: Brian Hastings ($40,296)
Seat 5: Gus Hansen ($57,385)
Seat 6: PrtectYaNeck ($12,982)
David Benyamine posts the small blind of $200
Brian Hastings posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #6
Preflop
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen raises to $1,400
PrtectYaNeck folds
David Benyamine folds
Brian Hastings raises to $4,400
Gus Hansen has 15 seconds left to act
Gus Hansen calls $3,000
Flop [#Jc#8d#5h]
Brian Hastings bets $6,400
Gus Hansen raises to $28,200
Brian Hastings has 15 seconds left to act
Brian Hastings raises to $35,896, and is all in
Gus Hansen calls $7,696
Brian Hastings shows [#Ks#8c#Kh#7s]
Gus Hansen shows [#Jd#Qd#9h#Th]
Turn [#Jc#8d#5h] [#3c]
River [#Jc#8d#5h#3c] [#9s]
Brian Hastings shows a pair of Kings
Gus Hansen shows a straight, Queen high
Gus Hansen wins the pot ($80,790) with a straight, Queen high
Brian Hastings is sitting out
With Gus having both top pair, and 12 outs to the straight, there was almost no way he wouldn't be willing to get it all in. If he wasn't ahead at the time, he had a plethora of outs to get there. Hastings on the other hand had an over-pair, which is still a very strong holding in PLO short-handed and needed to protect against the draw.
Gus has been getting dealt a series of top-ranked hands in this latest session, with them all getting involved in serious pots. Just a few hands after this one Gus is dealt #Ah#Ks#8h#As, bringing down a $116,745 pot, gifted by Phil Galfond (OMGClayAiken).
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