Over the years, massive poker pots have been won by some of the best poker players across the globe. Due to the sheer size of these pots, i refer them to as fantabulous poker pots. So which is biggest pot among all the fantabulous poker pots? Well, this was played on the 21st of November 2009 in the heads up Pot Limit Omaha game between a Finnish pro Patrick Antonius and Swedish online poker player Isildur1, whose identity till this day remains a mystery. The gigantic pot saw a total of $1,356,948 and no it isn’t a phone number, it’s the actual size of the pot that was taken down by the Finnish pro. Hence its no surprise that it tops the list of the fantabulous poker pots.
The previous largest poker pot also involved the anonymous Isildur1, but this time around things were a bit different; his opponent was the legendary Phil Ivey who suffered a bad beat at the hands of the tenacious Isildur1. The Swede staying true to his style of play has recorded some of the most fantabulous poker pots in the history of the online game going logger heads with some of the games greatest like Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius, Ziigmund, etc. Besides the sensational Isildur1, some of the other poker playing greats who have recorded their name in my list of fantabulous poker pots would be Gus Hansen, Brian Townsend, Tom Dwan aka durrrr, etc.
This list below is a testament to Isildur1’s greatness among the Online Poker Gods and cements his name in the list of most fantabulous poker pots of all time.
$1,356,947 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$1,127,955 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Phil Ivey, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$878,959 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$832,940 - Phil Ivey (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$827,960 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Phil Ivey, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$815,975 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Patrik Antonius, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$810,984 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$787,999 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Ziigmund, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$783,985 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$774,910 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$757,998 - Brian Townsend (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$743,933 - Phil Ivey (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$719,908 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Brian Townsend, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$708,988 - Ziigmund (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
$694,979 - Phil Ivey (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000
The above was my observation of the fantabulous poker pots that have gone down in the annals of poker history. Online poker has been constantly witness to some of the most fantabulous poker pots and the pot sizes will only keep getting bigger as long as players like Isildur1 are around.
Over the last few months this player has completely fallen apart ... he was up over 8 million dollars ... and now has blown it all. No one knows exactly who he is ... but many speculate he was a teen playing poker like a video game to see just how much he could win. He didnt plan .. didnt save .. didnt set any aside. Many think he is completely bankrupt. Read about it in the newest issue of PokerPro magazine just got mine yesterday & read of it.
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ReplyDeleteI see Lyle Berman is not on this list, he manages the casino that my tribe owns, Four Winds Casino Resort.
I got to meet many of the worlds most famous players, and they are not very attractive people. They are very full of themselves and arrogant.
They are into total show, they are exactly how you would probably imagine them to be.
I liked your article, have a great day!
David