*** December 2024 High Stakes Thread ***
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We generally post ~200bb+ pots, but if there's an interesting hand/showdown, or if there's not much action feel free to post smaller ones.
Posting hands
Click on hand #number in replayer.
Copy text and remove ante part of first row in hh:
[code]Poker Hand #72306164: Omaha Pot Limit (200/400 ante 80) 2023/04/12 15:51:58 GMT[/code]
Add - after parenthesis. Line should read:
[code]Poker Hand #72306164: Omaha Pot Limit (200/400) - 2023/04/12 15:51:58 GMT[/code]
This works until someone has a 7 figure stack, then you need to edit any number over one mega.
paste hh https://pokeit.co/convert/
The converted hand will say it's from GG, you may edit this too.
For the OCD inclined, search and replace § with $.
Post your nice hand here!
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If you want to post 2-7 TD hands: http://www.feralcowpoker.com.
Set it to "Two Plus Two - textonly" output, and show results and player names.
Known High Stakes players
No Limit Hold'em
- Alan Zheng = az96 (WPN), Alan Zheng (GG)
- Alex Trevallion = HornyOldMan (WPN), Alex Trevallion (GG)
- Alexey Borovkov = Alexey Borovkov (GG), Zas911 (WPN), avr0ra (PS), Youtube Channel Guest Host
- Andrey Zgirouski = Andrey Zgirouski (GG), diogen13 (PS)
- Anvar Muratov = ch0p-ch0p (WPN), Anvar Muratov (GG)
- Armin = AbsoluteTopUp (Global), RealMenRathole (WPN), @Twitter
- Artem Shaganov = oSpiel888 (PS), jrSuited18 (WPN)
- Barak Wisbrod = Barak Wisbrod (GG), iWasOnly17 (WPN), Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Ben Raven = BenaBadBeat (PS), Benjamin Raven (GG), BenaBadBeat (WPN) Mechnaics of Poker Podcast
- Boris Martin = Boris Martin (GG), MrBaguette (WPN)
- Cole Swannack = alanwatts15 (WPN), Cole Swannack (GG), Topkat5757 (PS)
- Daniel Soltys = Meek Bill (WPN), Daniel Soltys (GG)
- Darrell Goh = Darrell Goh (GG), JohnMcShen (WPN), FourSixFour (PS)
- David Hanlon = David Hanlon (GG), uhhhyesandno (WPN)
- David Yan = David Yan (GG), MissOracle (PS) @Twitter
- Dmitry Grinenko = FlyingStyle (WPN), Dmitry Grinenko (GG)
- EnfantProdige (PS) = BeppeBergomi (WPN)
- George Froggatt = George Froggatt (GG), Real Enough (WPN), You-Mad-Br0 (PS), Mechanics of Poker Podcast @Twitter
- Hector Rodriguez = TUTI88 (PS)
- Henri Puustinen = Henri Puustinen (GG), buttonclickr (PS)
- Ignacio Moron = TIKITAKA11 (WPN), Nacho124441 (PS), Ignacio Moron (GG)
- Ivan Galinec = vesnapisarovic (WPN), ja.sam.gale (PS), Ivan Galinec (GG)
- Jared Alderman = Jaldermann (WPN), @Twitter
- Jeremiah Williams = JeremiahW (Global), freestyler (WSOP.com), @Twitch.tv
- Jose Jiminez = Jose Jiminez (GG), JMBigJoe (PS), Poker Life Podcast
- Josef Schusteritsch = Sunni_92 (PS), J Schusteritsch (GG), Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Juan Pardo = Juan Pardo (GG) = Malakastyle (PS)
- Julian Schultheis = JVL_Starrr69 (PS), J Schultheis (GG), Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Kayhan Mokri = Kayhan Mokri (GG), kayhanmok (PS)
- Linus Loeliger = borntotilt (WPN), LLinusLLove (PS), Linus Loeliger (GG) Trion Poker Interview
- Luuk Gieles = 6-7BTC (WPN), Luuk Gieles (GG), pokerkluka (PS)
- Manuel Saavedra = Manuel Saavedra (GG), J0hnMcclean (WPN)
- Marius Gierse = Orgi69 (WPN), Marius Gierse (GG), DEX888
- Markus Leikkonen = M Leikkonen (GG), Makeboifin (PS), Mexican222 (WPN) Joey Podcast @Twitter
- Matt Marinelli = ILuvAvrilLavigne91 (WPN), Matt Marinelli (GG), Mechanics of Poker Podcast @Twitter
- Michael Zhang = Michael Zhang (GG), mczhang (PS)
- Misha Inner = Misha Inner (GG) @Twitch.tv
- Naoufel Smires = Bonk30 (PS), Naoufel Smires (GG) Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Owen Messere = PR0DIGY (WPN), Owen Messere (GG), HU vs Doug Polk @ The Lodge
- Patrick Sekinger = psek1 (PS), P Sekinger (GG)
- Pauli Ayras = Pauli Ayras (GG), Fiilismies (PS)
- Priit Parmasto = Priit Parmasto (GG), PathfinderPaco (WPN)
- Roberto Perez = CWestmoreland (WPN), DavyJones922 (PS), LemonHouse (GG), Mento Poker Podcast
- Roman Herold = Roman Herold (GG), Romanhld (PS)
- Samu Aalto = Samu Aalto (GG), pla5te (PS)
- Sergey Nikiforov = Burundos254 (WPN), MunEZ_StaRR (PS), Sergey Nikiforov (GG), Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Siarhei Mashko = Siarhei Mashko (GG), AGL_by (PS)
- Stefan Burakov = Stefan11222 (PS), Ollin22333 (WPN), Stefan Burakov (GG), Stefan Blog
- Steffen Sontheimer = go0se.core (PS), S Sontheimer (GG), Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Taisto Janter = Taisto Janter (GG), SigadiSogadi (WPN), SyrW_Helmets (PS)
- Tobias Duthweiler = dudd1 (PS), moneybyebye (WPN), T Duthweiler (GG) Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Uri Peleg = Miscusee (PS), Uri Peleg (GG), Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Via Negativa (GG) = oneplusone (WPN)
- Vicente Delgado = eldelbar (WPN), vicenfish (PS) Vicente Delgado (GG)
- Viktor Kudinov = Viktor Kudinov (GG), 7SkyAroundMe (WPN), Zas91 (PS) Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Wiktor Malinowski = Iimitless (PS), W Malinowski (GG), Epic Joey Podcast Interview
- Wouter Beumers = DoublelegTD (WPN), W Beumers (GG), MMAsherdog (PS)
Pot Limit Omaha
- Aku Joentausta = Aku Joentausta (GG), Aku1206 (PS)
- Andras Nemeth = Andras Nemeth (GG), probirs (PS)
- Andreas Torbergsen = Andreas Torbergsen (GG), Skjervoy (PS)
- BERRI SWEET (PS) = GOAT
- Dirk Gerritse = Dirk Gerritse (GG) = Venividi1993 (PS) = Bodamos007 (WPN)
- Eelis Pärssinen = Eelis Pärssinen (GG), EEE27 (PS)
- Grazvydas Kontautas = Grazvydas (ACR), grazvis1 (PS)
- Gruffudd Jones = d.apollo777 (PS) Mechanics of Poker Podcast
- Hung Nguyen = Hung Nguyen (GG), Zero1100101 (PS)
- James Park = James Park (GG), JayP-AA (PS)
- Konstantin Osipau = Konstantin Osipau (GG), Katya18 (PS)
- Laszlo Bujtas = Laszlo Bujtas (GG), omaha4rollz (PS)
- Liviu Ignat = Liviu Ignat (GG), 0Human0 (PS)
- Luuk van den Belt = Luuk van den Belt (GG), Cobus83 (PS)
- Maxime Lemay = Maxime Lemay (GG), Amsogood (PS)
- Pedro Zagalo = Pedro Zagalo (GG), Zagalo87 (PS)
- Stanislau Melhui = Stanislau Melhui (GG), borntotilt (PS)
- Vasilev Sergei = Vasilev Sergei (GG), St1ckman (PS)
TwoPlusTwo NVG High Stakes Thread players Hall of Fame
- 0Human0 = Ignat Liviu
- 1Il|1Il|1il| (Barcode) aka trex313 = Hac Dang
- 1-ronnyr3 aka ronnyr37617 = Ronny Kaiser
- 26071985 aka Tight-man1 = Christoph Vogelsang
- aba20 aka sbrugby aka Brian Townsend = Brian Townsend ♠:aba20 @ 2+2, Well summary
- AlexeiMartov = Martin Bradstreet @twitter, website, ♠:alexeimartov @ 2+2 #1, ♠:MagicNinja @ 2+2 #2, ♦:Street poker, Flamingoes, HS thread post 1, HS thread post 2, Pokerstatic, LifeWithFaceCards audio interview part#1 & part#2
- AltiFC aka KidPoker705 = Max Altergott
- Ben86 aka Bttech86 = Ben Tollerene @twitter, ♠:Ben86 @ 2+2, QuadJacks audio interview
- BenyamineX = Nordien de Jong
- bernard-bb = Ilkka Koskinen
- Berndsen12 = Sander Berndsen
- BiatchPeople aka Alex Luneau aka AlexOnMoon = Alexandre Luneau
- broksi aka Gus Hansen = Gustav Hansen blog, Pokercast
- ChaoRen160 aka punting-peddler aka Omlphalotus aka Svantekung on B2B aka Tipex on Prima = Mikael Thuritz
- Crazy Elior aka Crazy Elior on FTP = Elior Sion
- DeanoSupremo = Dean Lyall @twitter
- Deldar182 aka POKERBLUFFS= David Eldar ♠:Deldar182 @ 2+2
- DoeBoyFre$h aka RealMonies = Ryan Fee ♠: fees @ 2+2
- Domce = Dominykas Karmazinas Website, @twitter
- durrrr = Tom Dwan @twitter
- Fake Love888 aka Patrik Antonius aka FinddaGrind = Patrik Antonius
- fish2013 aka HelicopterBen82 = Nikita Bodyakovskiy
- FiSHeYe1984 = Fredrik Keitel
- forhayley aka Rhje = Dmitry Yaskevich ♠: frhly @ 2+2
- GARFIELD25 = Peter Chan
- gavz101 = Gavin Cochrane @twitter, ♠:gavz101 @ 2+2
- Genius28 aka Genius28 on FTP = Chris Lee
- gomir aka Martin Kabrhel = Martin Kabrhel
- gunning4you aka mastrblastr = Scott Seiver @twitter
- GSinishtaj aka GSinishtaj on FTP = Gjergj Sinishtaj @twitter
- GVOZDIKA55 aka NEKOTYAN = Vladimir Schemelev
- good2cu = Andrew Robl @twitter
- Harrington10 aka harrington25 = Jared Bleznick
- H@££INGGOL = Fredrik Halling
- Ike Haxton aka philivey2694 aka luvtheWNBA = Isaac Haxton, ♠:ike @ 2+2
- Ilari FIN aka Ziigmund = Ilari Sahamies Pokerstatic, Blog, ♦:Ziig blow ups and chat
- ISILDRooN = Leo Nordin @twitter, ♠:ISILDRppN @ 2+2 ISILDRooN SNE chase
- Isildur1 aka Isildur1 on FTP = Viktor Blom, ♠: ViktorBlom @ 2+2, @twitter, 2013 Isildur1 Thread , Isildur1 thread, Phil Galfond about Viktor Blom
- Jeans89 aka Ingenious89 = Jens Kyllönen ♠:Jeans @ 2+2
- JesusLebtNOT aka IHateJuice aka Kagome Kagome = Julius Fleischer ♠: hasu @ 2+2
- joiso aka PostFlopAction = Alexander Kostritsyn
- Kanu7 aka IReadYrSoul = Alexander Millar ♠:Kanu @ 2+2, Interview.
- KidPoker = Daniel Negreanu @twitter, @youtube ♠:Daniel Negreanu @ 2+2.
- KPR16 aka KPR16 on FTP = Kyle Ray
- KTPOKP = Tobias Kuder
- lb6121 aka __FullFlush1__ = Luke Schwartz
- lechuckpoker = Igor Kurganov
- LewisFriend aka cottonseed1 = Kyle Hendon
- Lottenice = Jacob Rasmussen ♠:Sasuke @ 2+2
- Lrslzk aka LarsLuzak = Sami Kelopuro
- Luckygump aka NoPasaran = Alexey Makarov
- MalAceSia aka MalAceSia on FTP = Paul Phua
- milkybarkid = Ben Grundy Blog, ♠:Ben Grundy @ 2+2, Well, Looking for a stake thread
- mikki696 = Maxi Lehmanski
- moirhums = Romain Arnaud
- molswi47 = Will Molson ♠:shipdatboi @ 2+2
- mrGR33N13 aka riyyc225 = Daniel Colman ♠:mrgr33n13 @ 2+2
- MrSweets28 aka OMGClayAiken = Phil Galfond [url="http://twitter.com/PhilGalfond]@twitter[/url], Blog, Jman28 @ 2+2, ♦:Well, G-Bucks, Pokerstatic, Pokercast, Pokerroad
- mTw-DaviN aka davin77 = Davin Georgi Gosu profile
- nanonoko = Randy Lew @twitter, ♠:nanonoko @ 2+2, Website/Blog, @youtube, ♦:Jackson Five thread
- nutsinho = Richard Lyndaker ♠:nutsinho @ 2+2, ♦:Assistant thread
- Odd_Oddsen aka no_Ola = Ola Amundsgård ♠: grinder10 @ 2+2
- oogee aka FishosaurusREX = Eugene Yanayt
- PepperoniF aka Rui Cao aka Gohanounet= Rui Cao ♠:RGC @ 2+2
- philbort aka philbort on FTP = Philipp Gruissem
- phisherman36 = Andrei-Robert Pescaru
- phounderAA = Diogo Veiga
- RaiseOnce aka Phil Ivey aka Polarizing = Phil Ivey @twitter
- ragen70 aka ragen70 on FTP= Sven Niklas Heinecker
- RealAndyBeal aka KaiBuxxe aka Niki Jedlicka = Niki Jedlicka
- refaelamit aka rafiboy aka howisitfeellike = Rafi Amit
- SamRostan aka patpatman aka samrostan on FTP aka patpatpanda = Chun Lei Zhou
- Sauce123 aka PrtectYaNeck aka Sauce1234 = Benjamin Sulsky ♠:sauce123 @ 2+2, Blog, Pokerstatic, Pokercast
- Seb86 aka Seb86 on FTP = Sebastien Sabic ♠:Seb86 @ 2+2, Pokerstatic
- Sira Al Aziz = André Santos ♠:Sira Al Aziz @ 2+2,
- socutiesf = Ta-Chih Geeng
- Skjervøy aka Skjervoy = Andreas Torbergsen [url="https://twitter.com/SkjervoyAT]@twitter[/url], @facebook, Blog, ♠:blopp @ 2+2
- $tinger 88 aka LucLongley aka Brian Hastings = Brian Hastings ♠:Stinger88 @ 2+2
- Sussie Smith aka THENUTHUNTER = Alexander Roumeliotis ♠:Ephialtes1 @ 2+2
- takechip = Philippe D'Auteuil
- taktloss47 aka taktloss47 on FTP = Sebastian Ruthenberg ♠:cardcore @ 2+2
- Terken89 = Terje Augdal @twitter
- Tim0thee = Timothy Adams @twitter
- thecortster = Cort Kibler-Melby
- Toweliestar aka psychobenny = Benny Spindler
- tr1cky7 aka S3 TRX = Sam Trickett @twitter
- Trueteller aka Trueteller = Timofey Kuznetsov ♠: Trueteller @ 2+2
- V. Wahlbeck = Ville Wahlbeck
- Vaga_Lion aka Vaga_Lion on FTP = Rob Akery
- verve.oasis aka GGoffi = Gabriel Goffi ♠:ggoffi @ 2+2, ♦:25/50 graph
- w00ki3z. aka jungleman12 = Daniel Cates @twitter, ♠:jungleman @ 2+2, Well, LifeFaceCards audio interview, 2013 July calvinayre interview & cliffs.
- WCG|Rider aka WCGRider = Douglas Polk @twitter, ♠:WCGRider @ 2+2, QuadJacks audio interview
- yurasov1990 aka TyRusT = Dmitry Yurasov blog
- ZeeJustin aka ZeeJustin on FTP = Justin Bonomo @twitter, ♠:ZeeJustin on 2+2, Website
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the dejan/seallama content was excellent, fantastic dynamic between those two. seallama being the free speaking joker and dejan the "sane man in the room". i was laughing alot when seallama was friendly semi-trolling dejan not just for llamas funny stuff but also listening to dejan thoughtfully picking his words how to handle it. the turn reopen size stuff was hilarious. i'd tune in to a podcast with these two any day. i got some barkley/ernie vibes
the dejan/seallama content was excellent, fantastic dynamic between those two. seallama being the free speaking joker and dejan the "sane man in the room". i was laughing alot when seallama was friendly semi-trolling dejan not just for llamas funny stuff but also listening to dejan thoughtfully picking his words how to handle it. the turn reopen size stuff was hilarious. i'd tune in to a podcast with these two any day. i got some barkley/ernie vibes
was watching the replay and Kaki unlisted the video in the midst of the Chris Eubank jr gay story. SAD!
pls reupload kaki
Same thing happened to me too. Plz reup
the dejan/seallama content was excellent, fantastic dynamic between those two. seallama being the free speaking joker and dejan the "sane man in the room". i was laughing alot when seallama was friendly semi-trolling dejan not just for llamas funny stuff but also listening to dejan thoughtfully picking his words how to handle it. the turn reopen size stuff was hilarious. i'd tune in to a podcast with these two any day. i got some barkley/ernie vibes
can you share link to this. tyty
was up only for me till i spoke w seallama, snap lost 8buyins after that. never talking to him again
you guys think the HU endboss is going to play 6max NL everyday for a watch worth less than one buy-in in the games he plays
Agree 50/100 is rather low stakes for world championships.
Even more so with bitcoin price at 100k.
But it does make for better action/more players.
Kaki streams are good and I’m overall a big fan, just the philosophy jargon is a bit much when it’s distracting from the overall interview, and it’s not all that insightful or interesting and seem kind of pompous. I’d say kaki is very smart but some of the intelligence gets diluted as it sort of starts crossing over into paranoia, delusion and other sort of cruxes that the mind might associate with the “I’ve figured it out and the world are sheep” mode of thinking.
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Berri playing 10k would be the same thing as Stefan battling 1k, it's just not fair stakes for such a caliber players.
Do itttt, we can finally shut those NL boys up about us being bums
where do you draw the line then? what's next? razz?
If they setup a PLO version of this would you be in for the title or happily retired?
I guess games might run if CP gave 0 rake for PLO aswell and give ~50k worth bonus.
However, PLO people have already been signed up on CP, only NL guys chose to not play there much, and now CP just grooming up NL people too given the opportunity was there.
one of the alltime sickos in HU just dm'd me today and wondered if coin may run HU as a format for something like this in the future
i think there's a lot of potential for these "players championship" types of events, but the way it will be made great for the site is when viewers show up and are vocal about things. so basically if you wanna see more of X, just say so
personally i'd like to see a PLO equivelant run, probably at 5k if we want a similar number of entrants, but if fans of the game would rather see HUNL or some kinda HU mixed format, whatever suits, then voice that opinion and i think there's a pretty realistic chance of making it happen
Any idea who runs CP btw? Is it SamJazzykins majority owner now?
I know on their site they show these self proclaimed crypto wallets that supposed to hold more funds than player deposits. But we can only check like ETH wallets publicly how much is there actually? Also who is the person to sue in case a site like that would go down? I doubt there's any regulator that actually goes and verifies that players funds are separated from running expenses and being held separate, also who is liable if that site went down?
one of the alltime sickos in HU just dm'd me today and wondered if coin may run HU as a format for something like this in the future
i think there's a lot of potential for these "players championship" types of events, but the way it will be made great for the site is when viewers show up and are vocal about things. so basically if you wanna see more of X, just say so
personally i'd like to see a PLO equivelant run, probably at 5k if we want a similar number of entrants, but if fans of the game wou
Think HU PLO would make the most sense for coinpoker and would be the most fun for viewers imo. I do think the configurations kinda suck normally for HU tourneys/challenges. Watching x play y for a certain amount of hands isn't great. Even worse when they play a sng structure where blinds are raised. I would suggest some type of free for all battle where blood will get spilled. With incentives for volume ofc so you can't just try to farm a single guy that you think is weaker and avoid the rest. Personally i think hu zoom is stupid so it would be a big no. Another argument for HU PLO is that it would likely put up bigger numbers in terms of contenders than i.e 6max plo or nlhu.