Wed, 01/12/2011 – 23:11 – PokerPages Staff

Patrik Antonius continued his long standing rivalry with ‘Kagome Kagome’ (formerly ‘IHateJuice’) on Monday evening as the duo played out over 500 hands of $3,000/$6,000 Limit Hold’em on the virtual felt.

Antonius dominated the latter stages of the exchange and ended with an impressive upswing of $410,000. The talented Finn has had the upper hand recently having taken his opponent to the cleaners for $221,000 last month.

‘Kagome Kagome’, a Limit specialist from Europe, had to change his name earlier this week after a request from Full Tilt bosses. The poker room had apparently had complaints that the user name carried an anti-Semitic tone.

Gus Hansen continued his promising early year form with a profit of $90,000 in various cash games. The ‘Great Dane’ is in the black for 2011, after a difficult six months which saw him bleed over $1.5 million late last year.

The arrival of Team PokerStars sponsored pro Viktor ‘Isildur1′ Blom continues to have the desired effect on the world’s biggest poker site’s high stakes cash game action.

There were a host of players taking down six figure sums, including ‘LuckyGump,’ who recorded the evening’s best figures of +$181,000.

‘Refaelamit’ (+$152,000) and Finnish poker pro Ville Wahlbeck (+$133,000) rounded out the top three.

‘Kagome Kagome’ (-$410,000) was the biggest loser of the night. ‘lefty2506′ (-$187,000), ‘nutsinho’ (-$162,000), ‘Buharmak’ (-$98,000) and Di ‘Urindanger’ Dang (-$90,000) also dropped significant amounts.

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Wed, 01/12/2011 – 00:08 – PokerPages Staff

The much anticipated Poker After Dark $100,000 Freezeout came to a conclusion on Friday as a selection of the world’s greatest poker players competed for a $600,000 jackpot.

Eight-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Ivey was joined by high stakes cash game sensation Tom Dwan, John Juanda, Erick Lindgren, Phil Galfond and Huck Seed on one of the most decorated tables in PAD history.

Juanda saw his hopes end early after jamming all in for $14,000 with Ah-Qc. Dwan and Ivey called him down.

Dwan paired up on the Jh-5d-8c flop and bet out for $18,000. Ivey mucked his cards. The river and turn were of no use to Juanda as Dwan’s fives held up to end his participation.

Lindgren was the next player to head for the exit door after meeting Dwan’s move all in with pocket eights. Dwan flipped over A-10 and a 5c-10h-2c-3d-Qs board sent the California native home.

Dwan continued to wreak havoc as his eagerness to engage in almost every hand proved Galfond’s downfall. Galfond called on his last chips hoping for a bluff from Dwan but the 24 year old tabled top pair to set up a three handed battle for the first prize.

Seed had gone under the radar during the exchanges up to this point but he made his mark with the key elimination of the dangerous Dwan.

Dwan moved all in after Seed had raised to 12,500 with As-6c. Dwan’s Qh-Jc failed to up as a Ah-Ks-Kc-Js-5s board completed a higher two pair for Seed, leaving only the 41 year old and the renowned Ivey in the running for the jackpot.

Seed did not have to wait long to claim the top prize after only three hands of heads up play. Seed jammed all in with pocket eights and was met by Ivey who flipped over pocket sixes.

The board drew air for both players and Huck Seed took down the $600,000 winner takes all first prize.

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