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Raidern Brasil. Dec 11 2009 20:34. Posts 4248 | | |
Last tuesday was another historical day in online high stakes poker, and another disastrous day for the mysterious Isildur1. Just a few days after our last post aboust high stakes games, Isildur1 showed signs of a triumphal recovery by winning back almost a million from Brian Townsend and a little over two millions from Ziigmund on the following day.
Nevertheless, one day after these brief victories, Isildur1 faced Brian Hastings heads-up on 6 $500/$1000 PLO tables. The result couldn't be more catastrophic for the Swede, as he lost over four million dollars to Hastings. The session lasted close to five hours, and they played 2858 hands during that period, in which Hastings managed to run $3 millions over the expected value line. Which means he hit everything he should and shouldn't on that day.
Here is Isildur1's graph for that day (thank you HighStakesDB):
<img src="http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/Raidern/1isildur2.jpg" style="border:1px solid black;">
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By the end of the session, Isildur1 let out his frustration:
Brian Hastings: getting very tired...
Dealer: Hand #16648979788 has been canceled
Brian Hastings: i feel bad quitting tho
Brian Hastings: would be be cool w/ playing someone else?
Isildur1: just f off
Isildur1: wåfä'qqqqqqqnhjwe4nm
Isildur1: dW
Isildur1: GFE4¨ÅN,K N,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,KN,K3
Isildur1: Q
Isildur1: u know how lucky u are ?
Brian Hastings: yes i know
Isildur1: i can promise this is the worst
Brian Hastings: ill give you 30 more min if you want
Isildur1: luck anyone had
Brian Hastings: but im rly tired
Isildur1: k 30 mins more
Isildur1: take my last $$
Isildur1: i dont want it
Isildur1: ::S:S
They played those 30 minutes, but it didn't make a difference. It should be noted that, even though the difference between the winnings and expected val<A name="cutnews"></A>ue lines was big, even if the lines were tied together, Isildur1 would still have lost at least a million. So, saying Hastings won just because of luck could be seen as an insult to him.
Brian Hastings commented about the day on his CardRunners blog. "Wow. I just had the biggest winning day in online poker history. Did this really happen? I'm still having a tough time believing it did. [...] For it to happen, one needs a combination of very large amounts of both skill and luck. [...]here I am, winning a record $4.18 million in one day (well not exactly - no I didn't have 100% of my own action, and no I am not going into any further detail about this) playing online poker," he said.
After each bad day, people discussed if that was the definite fall of Isildur1. He proved two times the question was premature by having unreal winning days following those losses. With this big loss to Hastings, people have just accepted we will probably not see him in the nosebleed games for a good time, but one will always hope he will regroup and show his aggressiveness on the highest limits once again. Isildur1's stay in the high stakes games may have been brief, but he has marked his name as one of the strongest phenoms ïn the history of online poker.
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''isildur would still have lost at least a million''
i think you underestimate the power of the tilt run bad
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luisro1 Colombia. Dec 11 2009 21:22. Posts 9 | | | |
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so sick... almost 4,2mill in 5h30min WTF!!!!. |
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Twisted  Netherlands. Dec 11 2009 21:58. Posts 10422 | | |
| | On December 11 2009 19:54 HeRoS)eNGagE wrote:
''isildur would still have lost at least a million''
i think you underestimate the power of the tilt run bad
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Not to mention the times he got sucked out on the turn with like a halfpot bet left among other things. |
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barbieman Sweden. Dec 11 2009 21:58. Posts 2132 | | | |
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longple Sweden. Dec 11 2009 22:11. Posts 4472 | | | |
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Helmet Philippines. Dec 11 2009 22:54. Posts 930 | | | |
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Sicks Macks United States. Dec 11 2009 23:23. Posts 3929 | | |
LOL:
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k2o4 United States. Dec 12 2009 00:02. Posts 4803 | | |
rofl sicksmacks!
fucking crazy guy this isildur is, sure created a lot of action |
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Highcard Canada. Dec 12 2009 01:05. Posts 5428 | | |
I think it is pretty shady how he cut his old backing deals the day before he played Isi, then brian and cole played Isi for as long as possible....out of nowhere brian who is good friends with both shows up to play an epic pwnage session. I wonder if certain CR people share info/read/tells and sort of tried to gang bang isi to death |
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Ftrunkz Australia. Dec 12 2009 01:22. Posts 384 | | |
| | On December 12 2009 00:05 Highcard wrote:
I think it is pretty shady how he cut his old backing deals the day before he played Isi, then brian and cole played Isi for as long as possible....out of nowhere brian who is good friends with both shows up to play an epic pwnage session. I wonder if certain CR people share info/read/tells and sort of tried to gang bang isi to death |
... they'd be stupid if they didnt? lol |
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player999 Brasil. Dec 12 2009 01:31. Posts 7978 | | |
| | On December 12 2009 00:05 Highcard wrote:
I think it is pretty shady how he cut his old backing deals the day before he played Isi, then brian and cole played Isi for as long as possible....out of nowhere brian who is good friends with both shows up to play an epic pwnage session. I wonder if certain CR people share info/read/tells and sort of tried to gang bang isi to death |
sure they did
look at stinger's blog, he says he wasnt playing with 100% of his action but wouldnt talk about it further
33% each between him Townsend CTS imo |
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YoMeR United States. Dec 12 2009 01:50. Posts 12438 | | |
and all 3 of em playing behind same computer.
ez boned imo |
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YoMeR United States. Dec 12 2009 01:51. Posts 12438 | | |
that would actually be like the sickest "player" ever. 3 sickos all playing the same hand giving input etc. would be pretty damn hard to play against ;D |
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ShadowDrgn United States. Dec 12 2009 02:22. Posts 1156 | | |
I'm never going to complain about running below all-in EV again. |
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phexac United States. Dec 12 2009 03:01. Posts 2563 | | |
I'm never going to feel bad running above all-in EV again. |
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Helmet Philippines. Dec 12 2009 07:38. Posts 930 | | |
| | On December 12 2009 00:31 player999 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2009 00:05 Highcard wrote:
I think it is pretty shady how he cut his old backing deals the day before he played Isi, then brian and cole played Isi for as long as possible....out of nowhere brian who is good friends with both shows up to play an epic pwnage session. I wonder if certain CR people share info/read/tells and sort of tried to gang bang isi to death |
sure they did
look at stinger's blog, he says he wasnt playing with 100% of his action but wouldnt talk about it further
33% each between him Townsend CTS imo
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not true. hastings didnt have much money online so durrrr offered 60% action and raptor another 20% |
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Helmet Philippines. Dec 12 2009 07:41. Posts 930 | | |
oh... and he also backed townsend to play for 50% action. |
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