Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, and Brian Townsend had each taken big portions of the mysterious Isildur1‘s bankroll over the past month and a half. On Tuesday, it was Brian Hastings‘ turn. The 21-year-old Full Tilt Pro and CardRunners instructor brawled with Isildur1 at the $500/1,000 Pot Limit Omaha tables on Full Tilt and, five hours later, walked away with more than $3 million of the Swede’s money, resulting in one of the biggest winning sessions in online poker history.
Isildur1 had a profitable weekend before colliding with the Hastings buzz saw on Tuesday. He played more than 11,500 hands with the likes of Townsend, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, and Tom “durrrr” Dwan, adding close to $3 million to his account and climbing out of the red as a winner on the site, according to PokerTableRatings.com.
As we’ve seen many times in the short span the Swede has graced Full Tilt’s nosebleed games, Isildur1 lost most of it back. Hastings decided to take a shot against him on Tuesday and the action picked up right off the bat. In one of the very first hands of the match, Hastings raised his button to $3,000 and Isildur1 re-raised to $9,000. Hastings put in another raise to $27,000 and Isildur1 called. The flop came 10c-6h-2s. Isildur1 checked, Hastings led out for $40,000, and the Swede check-raised to $174,000, putting Hastings all-in. Brian called off his remaining $89,000 and showed Qh-Js-Th-8c for a pair of tens, but trailed Isildur1’s Kc-Ks-Jh-10d, a pair of kings. The Kd fell on the turn, giving Isildur1 top set and Hastings several outs to hit a straight. Hastings would get there on the river, as an ace gave him Broadway and a pot of $311,000.
That hand seemed to presage the rest of the match between the two players. Isildur1 was the victim of a several of unlucky river cards during the session and when Hastings sat out with the intention of quitting ahead, the Swede let his emotions get the best of him in the chat box, saying, “just f off. u know how lucky u are? i can promise this is the worst luck anyone had.”
Hastings agreed to play 30 more minutes, but things didn’t change much. The biggest hand of the match came with Isildur1 sitting behind a stack of $252,463 and Hastings having more than $471,000. Again, Hastings raised the button to $3,000, Isildur1 re-raised to $9,000, Hastings 4bet to $27,000, and Isildur1 called. On the 10h-3s-3c flop, Isildur1 checked, Hastings fired $18,000, and the Swede called. The 6h came on the turn and again Isildur1 check-called, this time a bet of $72,000. He checked for a third time when the river brought the 4c and Hastings moved all-in. Isildur1 called and mucked his hand when Hastings revealed 8h-7d-5h-4d for a straight. The Full Tilt Pro pulled in a pot worth more than $500,000.
The amount Hastings won from Isildur1 Tuesday ranges between $3.2 million and $4.2 million, depending on which high-stakes database site you look at. Regardless, it was the biggest day of his poker career and he reflected on the massive win in his blog on CardRunners, saying, “Wow. I just had the biggest winning day in online poker history. Did this really happen? For it to happen, one needs a combination of very large amounts of both skill and luck. And 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.”
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