Biggest pot in online poker history

Last night it finally happened: a seven figure pot in online poker. As expected, it came in a hand involving the high stakes phenom Isildur1, but the winner of the pot is this year's biggest winner on Full Tilt Poker, Patrik Antonius. And the size of the pot? A staggering 1,356,947 dollars!

At the start of the hand Patrik had approximately $1.25 million while Isildur1 was sitting behind a stack of $678k. There was $162k in the pot already when the rest of the money went in on the flop:

$1.356.947 in the pot

Patrik was about a 55% favorite on flop and his hand was good to the end.

The last 24 hours haven't treated Isildur1 kindly, as in a period from Saturday morning to Sunday morning CET he has lost $3.36 million dollars to his two great rivals, Patrik Antonius (+$2.1 million) and Phil Ivey (+$1.2 million).

Source: Highstakesdb.

Tom Dwan joins Full Tilt team

Dwan began playing online poker with a $50 bankroll focusing initially on $6 sit-and-go's. After finding he could beat these games he turned to cash games where he grinded through the low stakes, building up his bankroll before reaching his current level of play which is often $500/$1000 stakes in which he plays against other notable professional players such as Phil Ivey, David Oppenheim, David Benyamine, Gus Hansen, John Juanda and Patrik Antonius. Dwan has said that since playing online he has never gone broke.

During this WSOP weekend the announcement of Tom “durrrr” Dwan and his recent addition to Team Full Tilt was not observed by everybody. Tom is renowned in the poker world as being one of the best high-stakes cash game players around and for his fearlessness at the tables, willing to take on anyone for any amount.

Dwan has yet to be re-added to the list of hosts for the ongoing series, but there are still three unoccupied spots up for grabs, including the Main Event, which takes place Sunday, November 15.
The last player to be added to the team was Patrik Antonius, in June of 2008. Dwan is currently in the middle of an epic 50,000-hand heads-up battle with Antonius titled the “Durrrr Challenge,” and is up approximately $780,000 through the halfway point of play.
“Team Full Tilt doesn’t take adding a team member lightly,” said Team Full Tilt pro, Howard Lederer. “But, Tom Dwan has proven, through skill and dynamic play, that he will be a force to be reckoned with for many years to come. We are proud to count Tom as one of our own.”