Sauce1234 Takes Isildur1 for Nearly $1.4 Million in PLO
We’re just a few weeks away from the start of the 2013 World Series of Poker, but there is plenty of high-stakes action going on right now. Take Full Tilt Poker, for example, where Ben Sauce1234Sulsky and Viktor Isildur1Blom (pictured) have been battling it out in Pot Limit Omaha. In fact, according to HighStakesDB, in a session that stretched from late Wednesday night to the pre-dawn hours of Thursday morning, Sulsky took Blom for nearly $1.4 million.
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The action took place on $300/$600 and $400/$800 PLO tables on Full Tilt over the course of 3,100 hands. Sulsky was up $1.1 million after about 1,600 hands, but in an amazing turn of events, Blom fought back to even. However, Blom eventually fell behind once again, this time to the tune of $600,000.
According to HighStakesDB, “Blom found it hard to deal with a sudden, big upswing from Sauce, and consequently played even looser and more aggressively. Playing at these stakes against this sort of opposition, any sort of tilting will not go unpunished, and Sauce duly took advantage, and over the final stretch of the match, he ran up a $1.37 million profit.” There were 130 pots that reached $100,000 during the 12-hour marathon.
In one of the largest pots of the session, Sulsky raised to $2,400 before the flop and Blom called behind to bring the first three cards of Kh-10d-3s. Blom put in a check-raise to $12,800 after Sulsky led out and the latter pushed back for $32,000. Blom raised to $77,600 and Sulsky moved all-in for nearly $200,000. Blom called and showed 3h-3c-8c-10h for a set, while Sulsky flashed 9h-Qc-Kc-Ks for a set of his own.
The rest of the board was run twice. On the first go-around, the turn was the 4d and the river was another 10, giving half of the pot to Sulsky with a full house, kings fill of tens. On the second board, a running 4-A once again gave the pot to Sulsky, helping him gain a massive foothold on the match via a $400,000 cooler.
In one of the other largest pots during the session, after a raising war pre-flop, the board showed 3s-Ah-10h. After a check from Blom, Sulsky(pictured) bet $24,000, and Blom responded by firing out $117,900 in chips. Sulsky moved all-in for about $40,000 more and Blom called, showing 2c-10s-Ad-Jd for two pair. Sulsky flipped up As-5h-5d-Ac for top set and, once again, the turn and river were dealt twice.
The first board filled out 8d-Jh, shipping half of the pot to Sulsky. The same fate befell Blom on the second board, which came Ks-2h, and he dropped a pot of $357,000. On Thursday, Sulsky was the biggest winner online, according to HighStakesDB, at $680,000 in a little over 400 hands.
According to HighStakesDB, despite the setback against Sulsky, Blom is up $2.9 million this year after being up just $413,000 in 2012.
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