Tue, 01/25/2011 – 22:44 – PokerPages Staff

Patrik Antonius continued his superb form on the virtual felt over the weekend after taking down almost $450,000 in various high stakes games.

The Finn, who also prospered on Day 1 of the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event on Saturday, dominated during $2,000/$4,000 Omaha-8 exchanges with ‘NEKOTYAN’.

Antonius took ‘NEKOTYAN’, who many believe to be Russian pro Vladimir Schmelev, to the cleaners for $498,000 during a 358 hand session.

The 30 year-old is now in the black by more than $835,000 during 2011, placing him third on the overall leader board for the calendar year.

Di ‘Urindanger’ Dang tops that list. Dang added Gus Hansen to his list of victims this month after winning $174,000 against the ‘Great Dane’ during $500/$1,000 Cap PLO exchanges. Dang is now on an upswing of $936,000 for the year.

‘Kagome Kagome’ (formerly ‘IHateJuice’), who has struggled during sessions against Antonius recently, avoided the Finn this time around as he posted profits of $185,000.

Scott ‘URnotINdanger2′ Palmer (+$103,000), ‘Also11′ (+$131,000) and ‘davin77′ (+$83,000) also prospered at the nosebleed stakes.

‘NEKOTYAN’ was the biggest loser following his huge losses against Antonius. Phil Ivey continues to struggle after dropping $182,000 on Sunday.

The player many consider to be the finest on the planet is now in the red by more than $550,000 for 2011. Ivey has never recorded an overall deficit for a year in online poker.

Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies (-$134,000), ‘RealAndyBeal’ (-$182,000) and ‘harrington25′ (-$134,000) rounded out the top five losers.

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Thu, 01/20/2011 – 02:12 – PokerPages Staff

Nosebleed regular Scott ‘URnotIndanger2′ Palmer took down the biggest pot of his online poker career during a scintillating heads up battle with Patrik Antonius on the virtual felt on Monday.

The high stakes duo sat down for a lengthy session of $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha. Railbirds were treated to master-class in big pot exchanges as nine hands passed the $200,000 mark.

Palmer downed the record pot after three betting to $9,000 pre-flop. Antonius re-raised to $16,000 and the 21 year-old, Maryland native completed.

A 9s-4h-3s flop prompted Palmer to check and Antonius bet $32,000. Palmer called before leading out for $96,000 after the Jh hit the felt on the turn.

Antonius jammed all-in for around $128,000 and Palmer called before flipping over Js-10h-8h-4s for two pair with two flush draws and an open-ended straight draw.

Antonius was dominated as he tabled As-Jd-8d-6s for top pair with top kicker. The Finn was hoping for a miracle on the river as Palmer held a 90% chance of downing the colossal $352,000 pot.

They ran it twice but neither card helped Patrik Antonius. Scott Palmer completed flush and straight draws with Kh and Qd as he snared the spoils.

Antonius bounced back by winning the second biggest pot of the evening worth $261,000 after spiking a nut flush draw on the river.

However, Palmer ended the night in style after tabling a set of tens to snare a pot worth $233,000. The young online sensation has enjoyed a superb start to the calendar year and is currently on an upswing of over $1 million for 2011.