Gus Hansen's career earnings ($5.9 million in tournament cashes; who knows how much in cash game profit) of course say otherwise.
Well, times is good for the haters now, as they'll have ample opportunity to prove just how "bad" Hansen is with the introduction of the new six-max $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em "GusHeaven" table at Full Tilt Poker, with a seat reserved at all times for the Great Dane.
FTP clearly knows a smash hit when it sees one, as its first foray into six-max $500/$1,000 NLHE - the "RailHeaven" table - has been literally off the hook with action over the last couple of months.
Pots have been bigger than ever, railbird chatter has been through the roof, and the game's biggest names - Phil Ivey, David Benyamine, Tom "durrr" Dwan, Patrik Antonius (who now has a reserved seat at RailHeaven also) - have made it an almost daily ritual to drop in and toss a few hundred thousands dollars around.
So two tables it is now, with the best part being there's plenty of room for the two reserved-seaters to share the action.
Such was the case early this morning, as Gus was nowhere to be seen and GusHeaven turned into a virtual heads-up haven for Dwan and Benyamine, with the end result of those two getting together naturally being the biggest pot online so far today.
Watch the big pot in the PL.com Hand Replayer here or see the text version below, as tracked by the PL.com MarketPulse software.
Game: 8509850549 Table: GusHeaven (6 max) $500/$1000 - No-Limit Hold'em Thu Oct 16th 2008 - 1:57am ET
Table SetupSeat 4 durrrr ($100,196)
Seat 5 David Benyamine ($299,754)
David Benyamine posts the small blind of $500
durrrr posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #5
David Benyamine raises to $3,000
durrrr calls $2,000
durrrr checks
David Benyamine bets $3,000
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr raises to $11,200
David Benyamine calls $8,200
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $17,600
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine calls $17,600
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $68,396, and is all in
David Benyamine calls $68,396
durrrr shows [#Qc#9s] two pair, Nines and Sevens
David Benyamine shows [#Jh#Th] a flush, Jack high
David Benyamine wins the pot ($200,391.50) with a flush, Jack high
durrrr adds $50,000
Total pot $200,392 | Rake $0.50
Board: [#7h#Ts#7d#6h#9h]
Seat 4 durrrr (big blind) showed [#Qc#9s] and lost with two pair, nines and sevens
Seat 5 David Benyamine (small blind) showed [#Jh#Th] and won ($200,391.50) with a flush, jack high
He lost this pot, but Durrrr's month of October has been more than a success overall according to PL.com's Top 100 moneymakers list, which shows him at an astounding $1,474,282 in Hold'em profit so far this month.
See the full online Hold'em moneymakers list here, or more of the 100 biggest pots so far this week, month and year here.
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