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How to capture Stars hand histories:

On the Stars table click the "previous hand" link on the top left, which brings up the hand history box. Click the hand you want to post, Ctrl+A to select, Ctrl+C to copy. Bring up the converter tab in your browser, Ctrl+A/Ctrl+V on the left hand box to paste the new hh. Click the "Convert" button. Ctrl+A/Ctrl+C on the right hand box to copy the converted hand, Ctrl+V into the quick reply box on here.

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

Please use the following options for converting hands:

Preferred by most, supports Pokerstars Run-it-twice feature: http://www.railhand.com
Just paste your hand history, convert, copy generated code and paste in this thread.

Converter from Pokeit https://pokeit.co/convert/ with wide variety of supported games, multiple hand conversion, etc.

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.

HSDB
To view high stakes results/live action updates visit HighStakes Database: http://www.highstakesdb.com/live-results.aspx.

Known High Stakes players

Links to HSDB pages (click screenames) and Hendon Mob database pages (click player names):

• 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 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 @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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always first

2nd, tks to posters

in after doc

limitless playing HU in SHRB Europe with $3.6m on top.

https://youtu.be/nH9R5XeyDus

live streaming on pokergo channel on youtube

I've been watching on and off for the last few hours and it's an interesting match for sure. Looks like limitless is trying really hard to go for super expoitative lines, but misses the mark most of the time, which is weird as he spent last few years playing live cash in Macau and probably played Ivan a ton

maybe those Asian businessmen really are THAT unpredictable, or maybe Ivan only plays tournaments

He's been playing in Macao for the last few years??

The guy who got 3rd is a 20yo American who recently won the $50k at SHR

https://www.seminolehardrockpokerope...-roller-field/

"Despite his age, Ruan has already played very high-stakes. He starting playing poker during his high school years in 2016 for play money and eventually started grinding the smallest stakes available online two years later. He quickly rose up from the $1 buy-in cash games all the way up to $100-$200 pot-limit Omaha in just a couple of years.

“I started at $1NL. Half a cent-one cent [blinds] and eventually worked my way up,” said Ruan. “I actually switched to PLO and made it to the $100-$200 games.”"

I wonder where he is playing 100-200 online in the US. Or maybe he moved and plays on Stars/GG?

in

That’s an…..ambitious…bluff by Ben

I thought this was common knowledge, but yeah, he's been mostly in Macau for last 2 or 3 years, playing very high stakes live, even had Macau flag for a while online.

Must have been running pretty well there, before moving he was an nl10k reg on stars (granted, one of the top ones), and after he came back to playing online he was claiming that 1k/2k was "a bit small" for him

macau has been closed last 1.5 years

HKD

I get what you're saying but a few worse hands will call the miniscule shove.
That's what I thought too.

Can´t compete with speedyboi

right, Im getting timelines confused because of the pandemic, I meant 2-3 years before covid, no idea what he was doing after it started

no, Im pretty sure he meant USD, this came up when he was setting up a live HU in Vegas with someone and he said that he could play 1k/2k, but it's a bit small for him

Seems Armando D'avanzo won the $400 WSOP Colossus for $409k... When you bink a tourney like that it is mandatory to sit NL40k

1st place price of $409,007 plus some bounties i'm guessing:



hope he runs it up. please keep posting hands!

That KJ fold is egregious. Rooting for him to win from the regs though!

live is so slow and inconvenient you need to play like 5-10x stakes as you would online to make it worth it.

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $25/$50 - 3 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

norimfs (BU): $17,078.34 (342 bb)
oSpiel888 (SB): $14,357.98 (287 bb)
DavyJones922 (BB): $5,075.00 (102 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($75)
1 fold, oSpiel888 (SB) raises to $150, DavyJones922 (BB) 3-bets to $450, oSpiel888 (SB) calls $300

Flop: ($900) J 8 9 (2 players)
oSpiel888 (SB) checks, DavyJones922 (BB) bets $449, oSpiel888 (SB) calls $449

Turn: ($1,798) 2 (2 players)
oSpiel888 (SB) checks, DavyJones922 (BB) bets $1,347, oSpiel888 (SB) calls $1,347

River: ($4,492) K (2 players)
oSpiel888 (SB) bets $12,111.98 (all-in), DavyJones922 (BB) calls $2,829 (all-in)

Total pot: $10,150 (Rake: $2)

Showdown:
oSpiel888 (SB) shows 7 A (a flush, Ace high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 32%, Flop: 46%, Turn: 27%, River: 100%)

DavyJones922 (BB) shows Q Q (a pair of Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 68%, Flop: 54%, Turn: 73%, River: 0%)

oSpiel888 (SB) wins $10,148





PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $25/$50 - 3 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

oSpiel888 (BU): $7,875.98 (158 bb)
DavyJones922 (SB): $6,484.00 (130 bb)
norimfs (BB): $17,153.34 (343 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($75)
oSpiel888 (BU) raises to $115, DavyJones922 (SB) 3-bets to $460, 1 fold, oSpiel888 (BU) calls $345

Flop: ($970) 2 6 9 (2 players)
DavyJones922 (SB) checks, oSpiel888 (BU) bets $290.40, DavyJones922 (SB) calls $290.40

Turn: ($1,550.80) 4 (2 players)
DavyJones922 (SB) checks, oSpiel888 (BU) bets $805.38, DavyJones922 (SB) calls $805.38

River: ($3,161.56) T (2 players)
DavyJones922 (SB) checks, oSpiel888 (BU) bets $6,320.20 (all-in), DavyJones922 (SB) calls $4,928.22 (all-in)

Total pot: $13,018 (Rake: $2)

Showdown:
oSpiel888 (BU) shows K T (a pair of Tens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 61%, Flop: 28%, Turn: 34%, River: 100%)

DavyJones922 (SB) shows 6 7 (a pair of Sixes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 39%, Flop: 72%, Turn: 66%, River: 0%)

oSpiel888 (BU) wins $13,016





PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $25/$50 - 3 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

DavyJones922 (BU): $5,148.00 (103 bb)
norimfs (SB): $5,023.00 (100 bb)
oSpiel888 (BB): $27,694.53 (554 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($75)
DavyJones922 (BU) raises to $125, norimfs (SB) calls $100, 1 fold

Flop: ($300) 2 3 K (2 players)
norimfs (SB) bets $298, DavyJones922 (BU) calls $298

Turn: ($896) 8 (2 players)
norimfs (SB) bets $894, DavyJones922 (BU) calls $894

River: ($2,684) 6 (2 players)
norimfs (SB) bets $3,706 (all-in), DavyJones922 (BU) calls $3,706

Total pot: $10,096 (Rake: $2)

Showdown:
norimfs (SB) shows 5 4 (a straight, Two to Six)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 39%, Flop: 32%, Turn: 18%, River: 100%)

DavyJones922 (BU) shows 8 K (two pair, Kings and Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 61%, Flop: 68%, Turn: 82%, River: 0%)

norimfs (SB) wins $10,094





PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $25/$50 - 3 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit

norimfs (BU): $5,073.00 (101 bb)
oSpiel888 (SB): $21,635.53 (433 bb)
DavyJones922 (BB): $6,136.00 (123 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($75)
1 fold, oSpiel888 (SB) raises to $150, DavyJones922 (BB) calls $100

Flop: ($300) 4 K 7 (2 players)
oSpiel888 (SB) bets $89.40, DavyJones922 (BB) raises to $327.80, oSpiel888 (SB) raises to $1,052.54, DavyJones922 (BB) calls $724.74

Turn: ($2,405.08) J (2 players)
oSpiel888 (SB) checks, DavyJones922 (BB) bets $520.92, oSpiel888 (SB) raises to $1,898.89, DavyJones922 (BB) calls $1,377.97

River: ($6,202.86) 8 (2 players)
oSpiel888 (SB) bets $18,534.10 (all-in), DavyJones922 (BB) calls $3,034.57 (all-in)

Total pot: $12,272 (Rake: $2)

Showdown:
oSpiel888 (SB) shows 5 6 (a flush, Jack high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 40%, Flop: 36%, Turn: 32%, River: 100%)

DavyJones922 (BB) shows K Q (a pair of Kings)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 60%, Flop: 64%, Turn: 68%, River: 0%)

oSpiel888 (SB) wins $12,270