Wednesday’s Poker Tournament at Pedro’s Poker Room shed light on a new up and coming poker player, Jeff Sipp.  The tournament began with 8 players all gunning for the top spot.  Tim “No Banana” was the first player to fall, doubling Jeff up to give him the early lead.  Robbie was soon to follow him into the losers lounge with his two pairs unable to stand up against Jeff’s set of 4’s.   The large chip stacks rested with Scot and Jeff as the play went to the bubble with Jason and Doyle as the short stacks.  Scot had the largest stack and made the age old mistake of saying, “there is no way in hell I am going to bubble”.  Has anyone seen this movie before?  Scot slowly got chipped away in a long bubble match to eventually make the walk to the losers lounge as the unlucky “Bubble Boy”.  Jason was soon to follow when his (K9s) was unable to crack Jeff’s (99).  With the head’s up match set with Doyle and Jeff, you just know that there are going to be fireworks.  In the end, Jeff’s (AJ) was able to beat Doyle’s (10-10) thus crowing him champion!!  Don’t forget about Pedro’s Poker Room cash game this saturday and Tournament this Sunday.

 

NBC's Poker After Dark has saved the best for last. The finale of the fifth season is going to feature two weeks of high-stakes cash-game action, and it all starts tonight at 2:05 a.m.

The theme is aptly named "Railbird Heaven," as the players seated at the table are among the fan favorites. The lineup includes Patrik Antonius, Daniel Negreanu,Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, and Phil Hellmuth. The buy-in is a minimum of $100,000 and a maximum of $250,000. The blinds will start at $200-$400, but will increase to $300-$600.

The trading of giant sums of money won't only be relegated to the poker table, as the players will engage in hefty prop bets, adding to the overall sickness of the session. The match will begin airing on NBC late tonight/tomorrow morning at 2:05 a.m., and will continue for four more consecutive nights in the same timeslot. A special "Director's Cut" episode will air late night Saturday at 1 a.m., right after Saturday Night Live. The players will redraw for seats and continue with another week of cash games.

Find more Poker On TV listings under the Tools section on the Card Player homepage.

The following are interesting facts about the players, courtesy of PAD:

Patrik Antonius (Seat 1)

• Former male model and tennis player. Native of Helsinki, Finland. Now living in Monte Carlo, but also has a home in Las Vegas
• Considered one of the best short-handed high-stakes cash game players in the world, whether live or online, and is a fan favorite in the online community
• Lifetime live tournament winnings in excess of $2.84 million, and ranks No. 1 on Finland's all-time money list
• Cool, calm, and calculating at the tables, with a propensity never to go on tilt
• In March 2025, won the largest pot in online poker history while playing heads-up pot-limit Omaha against "isildur1" of Sweden, a pot of $1,356,946.50

Daniel Negreanu (Seat 2)

• Dubbed "Kid Poker," and one of poker's most likeable and recognizable personalities
• Owns four WSOP bracelets, the latest in a 2025 WSOP $2000 limit hold'em event, and two WPT titles
• With his second-place showing in the 2025 WSOPE main event in March 2025, now has lifetime live tournament winnings in excess of $12.42 million, and ranks No. 1 on the all-time money list
• Had nine cashes, including three final tables, in the 2025 WSOP, more than any other player
• Ranks No. 1 on the World Poker Tour's all-time money list with winnings of nearly $5.52 million

Gus Hansen (Seat 3)

• Known as "The Great Dane" and "Gambling Gus"
• Is the only player in history to have won three WPT open titles and almost won his fourth in the 2025WPT Championship at Bellagio, finishing second
• Lifetime live tournament winnings in excess of $7.52 million, and ranks 21st on the all-time money list
• Difficult to read because of his loose-aggressive style of play
• Winner of the 2025 Aussie Millions, and authored a book detailing his play hand-for-hand in that event entitled Every Hand Revealed

Phil Ivey (Seat 4)

• Regarded by many as the best player in the game today
• Winner of seven WSOP bracelets, including two in 2025 in the $2500 no-limit deuce-to-seven lowball event and $2500 Omaha/7-card stud eight-or-better event, and one WPT title
• Career live tournament winnings in excess of $12.23 million, and ranks second on the all-time money list
• Capped off a terrific 2025 WSOP by finishing seventh in the main event, good for $1.4 million
• One of only five players in history to win three WSOP bracelets in one year (2002)

Tom Dwan (Seat 5)

• Nicknamed "durrrr," and has a huge following in the online community
• Primarily a high-stakes cash game player with remarkable success despite his young age, and is considered one of poker's premier cash game players
• Live career tournament winnings in excess of $1.12 million
• Made two final tables in the 2025 WSOP, the first he was old enough to play in
• In 2025, issued a $1 million heads-up challenge to anyone except Phil Galfond to put up $500,000 and play 50,000 hands at blinds of $200-$400 while playing four tables of no-limit hold'em or pot-limit Omaha at once online, saying that if his opponent finished up a minimum of $1 after rake once the hands were completed, he would pay them an extra $1.5 million; if Dwan was up $1 or more, the opponent would pay him $500,000

Phil Hellmuth (Seat 6)

• Known as the "Poker Brat," a name he now embraces, and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in March 2025
• 1989 World Champion, and won his eleventh WSOP bracelet in 2025, making him the first and only person in history to do so
• Career live tournament winnings in excess of $10.92 million, and ranks fourth on the all-time money list, despite never having a cash for more than $755,000
• With six cashes in the 2025 WSOP, now has more _WSOP_cashes (75) and has made more WSOPfinal tables (41) than any other player in history
• His fame has given him the opportunity to be involved in many businesses on the side, and he is highly acknowledged as the game's best self-promoter

Remember when a $700,000 cash game pot was a really big deal? Remember the buzz when Di “Urindanger” Dang won a $700k+ pot against Tom “durrrr” Dwan?

 “Urindanger” held the record for winning the largest ever online cash game pot until someone called “Isildur1″ came along. 

“Isildur1″ has been involved in all five of the biggest ever cash game pots on Full Tilt Poker, and they have all taken place over the past month. The largest, a $1.35 monster against Patrik Antonius (that “Isildur1″ lost), took place in late March. 

Anyways, after a bit of a breather over the past couple of days, the “Isildur1″-inspired action on Full Tilt Poker has fired up once again. 

“Isildur1″, as always, has been easily able to find some action.

Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies decided to challenge “Isildur1″ once again earlier today. The results were disastrous for “Ziigmund”, who dropped over $1.9 million dollars in just 1,124 tracked hands. 

Brian Townsend and “Isildur1″ are currently slugging it out on Full Tilt as well. 

According to highstakesdb, “Isildur1″ is currently up over $1.74 million dollars on the day, Townsend is up about $368k, while “Ziigmund” is down over $1.9 million. 

The “Isildur1″ vs “Ziigmund” and “Isildur1″ vs Brian Townsend battles have produced SIX pots in excess of $600k so far today. 

Two of the pots, as mentioned, were over $700k in size. Both involved “Isildur1″ – one came against “Ziigmund”, and one came against Brian Townsend. Here is a recap of the hands:

1. $787,999 pot, “Isildur1″ vs “Ziigmund”. 

“Ziigmund” has the button. Prior to the hand, “Ziigmund” has about $400k in his stack, while “Isildur1″ has over $800k. 

The two players get into a raising war pre-flop. There is already $160k+ in the middle when the flop comes:

2c-10h-Qc

“Isildur1″ leads out with a bet of $125k, “Ziigmund” pushes all-in and “Isildur1″ snap calls. 

The two players show:

“Ziigmund” – Ah-8s-Kh-Kc

“Isildur1″ – Jc-Ad-Ac-6c

“Isildur1″ is far out in front with his pair of Aces and nut flush draw. 

The turn seals the deal for “Isildur1″, bringing the 5c. The river is the harmless 6s, and “Isildur1″ is shipped the nearly $800k pot. 

2. $719,908 pot, “Isildur1″ vs Brian Townsend.

Townsend has the button and around $360k in his stack – “Isildur1″ has around $550k in front of him. 

After some pre-flop raising, there is $18k in the middle when the flop comes:

3h-Ah-8h

“Isildur1″ leads out with a bet of $18,000, and Townsend just calls. 

The turn brings the Qs. “Isildur1″ leads out again, this time for $54,000. Townsend pushes all-in and “Isildur1″ snap calls once again.

The two players show:

Townsend – 3d-3c-8c-7d

“Isildur1″ – Js-5c-Ac-Ad

Townsend is waaaaay behind in the hand, and must hit a one-outer (the 3s) to win.

The river is the 6c, and “Isildur1″ is shipped the $720k pot. 

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Is the Nautica game only 4-5 handed?  Not this week!  Perhaps this game is catching on as there were 10 players at this Monday’s game.  This low buy in$1/$2 blind format allowed for some new faces.  The big winner of the night had to be Fido’s own Tommy “the deuce”. Scot had an abnormally bad amount of luck as Tommy and a couple others all gave “The Sultan of Suckout” a dose of his own medicine.  The night ended with RJ and Tommy “the deuce” going heads up for all the remaining money.  Tommy called back to back all-in’s with (J5) and (10-2) and hit both.  Congrats Tommy!!  Nautica will host another cash game this coming Monday.

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