The Online Railbird Report: Ivey, Galfond, and Hansen All Grace the Loser's List

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

May 09, 2014 5 min read Last updated May 16, 2014

While SCOOP is in full swing over on PokerStars, the high-stakes cash games have been going strong all week long over on Full Tilt Poker. Two big names emerged as the biggest winners of the week in Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau and Dan "jungleman12" Cates, who won $390,067 and $232,614 respectively.

However, the more intriguing story this week was the list of losers. The top five were comprised of some of online poker��s biggest names, including the recently revealed Paul ��MalACEsia�� Phua, who was the biggest loser with $603,392 in losses in 1,310 hands over six sessions. Likewise, Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey, who lost over $113,000 last week, dropped a hefty $589,730 in 5,917 hands across 61 sessions.

Rounding out the top five losers were Gus Hansen (-$358,287 in 36 sessions/3,634 hands), Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond (-$275,918 in 16 sessions/1,446 hands), and Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius (-$221,814 in 53 sessions/2,904 hands).

��Denoking�� and ��Trueteller�� Six-Figure Winners in Saturday Action

On Saturday, May 3, the $400/$800 no-limit hold��em game was going strong on Full Tilt Poker, and it was there that ��Denoking�� and ��Trueteller�� walked away $191,300 and $173,900 winners respectively. The duo played for a bit over three hours against Paul ��MalACEsia�� Phua and ��proudlikeagoat,�� both of who finished as six-figure losers.

At those stakes there were bound to be some big pots. Here��s a look at the two biggest.

Hand #1: Phua ($185,913) opened for $1,600 under the gun only to have ��proudlikeagoat�� ($104,360.85) three-bet to $5,600 from the button. ��Denoking�� ($163,844.10) then four-bet to $13,800 from the big blind, Phua folded, and ��proudlikeagoat�� five-bet to $25,600. ��Denoking�� called and then led out for $11,800 when the flop came down 9?A?3?. ��Proudlikeagoat�� called, the 7? appeared on the turn, and ��Denoking�� fired out $18,400. Once again ��proudlikeagoat�� called, and the K? completed the board on the river.

��Denoking�� moved all in and ��proudlikeagoat�� wasted little time in calling off his remaining $48,560.85. ��Denoking�� tabled the Q?10? for a flush, and it was good enough to win the $210,722 pot as ��proudlikeagoat�� mucked his hand.

The Online Railbird Report: Ivey, Galfond, and Hansen All Grace the Loser's List 101 — Phil "Polarizing" Ivey

Hand #2: Phua ($173,113) raised to $1,600 from the hijack and was met by a three-bet to $4,800 from ��Trueteller�� ($235,891.85) in the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded, Phua called, and the flop fell 8?8?3?, which went check-check. Phua then led out for $7,200 on the 4? turn, ��Trueteller�� called, and the 3? river double paired the board. Phua bet $19,600 and then called when ��Trueteller�� raised to $51,800. ��Trueteller�� tabled the A?A? for a bigger two pair, and it was good as Phua mucked. Ship the $128,800 pot to ��Trueteller.��

Ray Takes Ivey for $173,000 Playing FLO8

On Sunday, May 4, Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray and Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey played two separate sessions of $2,000/$4,000 fixed-limit Omaha hi/lo (FLO8). In the first match, which happened in the early afternoon and lasts 145 minutes, Ivey looked as if he was going to run away with things as he jumped out to a $130,000 lead within the first 30 minutes, but he ended up giving it all back plus an additional $105,800.

A couple of hours later, they were back at it, but Ivey��s luck didn��t change as he dropped an additional $67,000 to Ray in just 30 minutes.

Hansen Goes Wild on Cinco de Mayo

On Monday, May 5, Full Tilt Poker Professional Gus Hansen walked away as the day��s biggest winner with $341,400 in profit off the 2-7 triple draw tables. Most of that, $201,400 to be exact, came from a 100-minute session against players like Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond, Hac ��trex313�� Dang, and Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker, just to name a few.

��SallyWoo�� was another big winner on Monday, banking $221,500 off Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom at the $500/$1,000 CAP pot-limit Omaha tables. Speaking of Blom, he also lost $177,000 to Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon at the FLO8 table, but still managed to finish in the black up $208,700 thanks to winning $334,000 from Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray and an additional $158,000 at the $300/$600 no-limit hold��em tables, which is where the day��s two biggest pots played out. Have a look.

Hand #1: ��Trueteller�� ($131,341) raised to $1,200 from the button and ��Call_911�� ($77,232) popped it to $4,800 from the small blind. ��Trueteller�� proceeded to four-bet to $11,100 and then called when ��Call_911�� shoved all in.

��Trueteller��: 10?10?
��Call_911��: A?K?

The two agreed to run it twice, and ��Trueteller��s�� tens held on the first after the board ran out a dry 8?3?4?4?Q?. It looked like it was going to be a chop pot after the K?6?5? flop on the second run paired ��Call_911,�� but that wasn��t the case. The 2? turn was meaningless, but the 10? river wasn��t. ��Trueteller�� hit trips and scooped the entire $155,062 pot.

Hand #2:

Luneau Wins $201,000 in Wednesday 2-7 Triple Draw Action

The Online Railbird Report: Ivey, Galfond, and Hansen All Grace the Loser's List 102 — Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau

Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau finished as the week��s biggest winner, due in no small part to his $201,000 win at the $2,000/$4,000 triple draw tables on Wednesday. You might think he accumulated that after a long steady grind, but that couldn��t be further from the truth. Instead, he played two tables against the likes of Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey, Gus Hansen, and Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius and won $120,000 and $59,000 respectively in just 20 minutes.

Here are some other highlights from Wednesday��s action:

Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom lost $100,000 to Ivey playing 8-Game, but got it all back and then some when the duo switched games. It was then that Blom won $90,000 playing FLO8 and $84,600 playing 2-7 triple draw.
��thecortster�� won $108,900 at the 2-7 triple draw tables.
Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray won $96,000 off Ivey in just 36 hands of FLO8.

Bonus Hand of the Week

On Tuesday, May 6, ��Call_911�� won $223,700 playing $300/$600 no-limit hold��em, which is where the day��s biggest pot went down. Have a look at the $171,300 monster.

Week's Biggest Winners/Losers (May 1 thru May 8)

Winners	Profit	Losers	Loss
Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau	$390,067	Paul ��MalACEsia�� Phua	$603,392
Dan "jungleman12" Cates	$232,614	Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey	$589,730
��EireAbu��	$159,624	Gus Hansen	$358,287
��ajve_xx��	$126,269	Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond	$275,918
��BedoliFE��	$112,905	Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius	$221,814

Year's Biggest Winners/Losers

Winners	Profit	Losers	Loss
Dan "jungleman12" Cates	$1,344,416	Gus Hansen	$2,943,397
Niki Jedlicka	$1,219,628	Phil "Polarizing" Ivey	$2,484,546
Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius	$1,008,671	Chun Lei "samrostan" Zhou	$2,367,039
Alex "Alexonmoon" Luneau	$894,278	Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion	$855,113
Doug "WCGRider" Polk	$760,028	Paul ��MalACEsia�� Phua	$823,325
Christoph "Tight-Man1" Vogelsang	$673,978	Viktor "Isildur1" Blom	$700,762