Largest Poker Pot In History
Biggest Poker Pot Ever. The largest pot in online poker history was played at a Full Tilt Poker $500/$1,000 PLO table, in November 2009 between Victor 'Isildur1' and Patrick Antonius. The winner took down $1,356,946.50 in a single hand.
- The biggest ever online poker cash game pot weighed it at an incredible $1,356,947 and it went to Finnish superstar Patrik Antonius. At the start of the hand, Blom had a stack of $678,473 with Antonius was sat with $1,259,450. Blom was on the button and raised to $3,000 holding 9s-8h-7d-6d.
- In August 2020, Malinowski won a $842,438 pot from Michael Addamo while playing NLHE on the poker site Natural8. It became the largest online pot in NLHE history beating the previous record of $723,938 won by Di Dang against Tom Dwan in 2008.
- On November 21st, 2009, Patrik Antonius and Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom played the largest ever cash game pot in online poker history. Given the changes that have taken place in online poker over the recent years, there is a very good chance that this record will never be broken. Back in 2009, the biggest cash games were found on Full Tilt Poker.
- Chiu topped a field of 545 for almost $3.4 million, which became the WPT record for the biggest payout in tour history. He had played only two hands before finding himself heads-up with the Great Dane. “In a poker tournament you really don’t have to knock everyone out to win,” he told WPT.com in understated fashion after his victory.
On November 13th, 2007, the latest episode of the High Stakes Poker tournament saw the largest cash pot in its existence contested by players. Over $700,000 was on the pit during the heads-up showdown between Jamie Gold and Patrik Antonius. With the minimum buy-in cost in the tournament raised to $500,000, the High Stakes Poker event has been really interesting in the last few episodes.
In that particular hand, Patrik Antonius get As/Jd and raised the stakes to $4,000. Jamie Gold then looked down on pocket kings and re-raised the stakes to $14,000. Only Patrick Antonius called at that round. Then the flop came at 3s/Qd/Th. Antonius checked and Gold wagered $15,000 with the use of his overpair.
Antonius called with the use of his one overcard and a gut-shot/straight/draw. Astonishingly, the turn produced the Kh. Gold now possess the top set, while Antonius possessed the nuts, an ace high straight card hand. Antonius wagered $45,000 and Gold chose to move all-in at $341,500. Antonius called, making it the largest cash pot in the history.
Since it is considered as a cash games, players are permitted to make deals in these kinds of situations. Gold and Antonius decided to play the river 3 times, with $250,000 at stake for each card. Being an underdog, Jamie Gold was hoping to get at least a single good card and when the dealer put down the Qh on the poker table, which gave Gold a full house, he shouted in Joy.
The luck of the 2006 world series of poker Main Event champion's good streak continued when another river card was given. The 3d handed Gold another full house. Jamie Gold was hoping for the case king to come out for the 3rd time but it was the 8s that come out. Antonius finally collected a third of the cash pot. High Stakes Poker AJ Benza commented that Antonius had a really good game against Gold.
12/10/2007, Monday
Matthew Dorst
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Since the poker boom that started in 2003 the game, and the way it is played, has changed dramatically. Some of the most decorated stars in the game such as 13-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth have been forced to adapt and reinvent their tactics amid the influx of new and exciting talent. The modern game is awash with poker pros raised on an internet diet of fast hands and advanced play, where the pre-flop minimum raise is now standard rather than seen as a donk move. It is only natural that this new generation that like their poker hard and fast have accumulated some impressively high pots in their time. Here, we take a look at three of the biggest pots in online poker history.
Players: Isildur1 v Patrik Antonius
Pot Total: $1,360,000
How it Happened:
In a busy week of poker history, the world record for largest online pot was broken again and again. Indeed, this was not the first time revered professional Patrik Antonius and online legend Isildur1 – or Viktor Blom as he’s known among the day walkers – had broken the record in their intense series of online heads-up encounters.
The game was Omaha and the pre-flop action saw the pot escalate to just over $160,000 before delivering a 4-5-2 rainbow flop. Antonius flopped the low straight with his A-3-K-K whilst Isildur1 had a big wrap with his 6-7-8-9. Antonius led out for $91,000 and Isildur1 re-raised to $435,000. By the time Antonius shoved, Isildur1 was already pot-committed and called as a marginal underdog. A 5 on the turn didn’t help, in fact giving Antonius a draw to the nut flush killing some of Isildur1’s outs, and as a blank river fell the Finn scooped the whole lot.
Players: Trex313 v Patatino
Pot Total: $610,000
Biggest Poker Pot In History
How it Happened:
Largest Poker Pot In History
You may not have heard of this pair of online high stakes gamblers but they briefly held the record for largest online cash game pot ever. Also at the table were online legend Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond and Tow ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, but they took a back seat for this $610,000 ride – and the hands in question were really not that special.
It was actually OMGClayAiken that took the early betting lead, raising to $5,000 pre-flop and then leading out for $9,200 on the flop after Hac ‘Trex313’ Dang and Patatino called his original raise. From here, Patatino (rumoured to be Cirque Du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté) re-raised to $35,000 and Trex313 went on to make it $88,000 at which point OMGClayAiken called it a day. Patatino then went all in and Trex313 called on a T♦ 6♦ 8♣ flop. You could be mistaken for assuming it was a case of set over set, but the actual hands were far inferior. Patatino was holding Q♦ 2♦ for a queen-high flush draw, but remarkably that was enough to make him a firm favourite. Trex313’s J♦ 9♦ left him with just an up and down straight draw, his flush draw now irrelevant. The turn was an offsuit 2, and river was a blank leaving Patatino to net well over half a million dollars in a single pot with bottom pair.
Players: Urindanger v Durrrr
Pot Total: $723,000
Biggest Online Poker Pot In History
How it Happened:
Nowadays most poker enthusiast are familiar with Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan. His unique style, not just his hyper-aggressive play but his general persona and freaky stare down technique, is certainly enough to create a lasting memory. He is never afraid of calling down an opponent lightly if he believes he is in the lead – just take a look at this call with 9-high to see what we mean. Naturally, this has led to Durrrr being involved in some monster pots over the years, and when he locked horns with Di ‘Urindanger’ Dang he entered an unforgettable hand.
In contrast to Durrrr’s maniac style, the hand more or less played itself out. After some pre-flop flirting that saw the pot total $90,000, the rather innocuous-looking 5-9-4 flop quickly saw both players shoving all of their chips onto the green felt. Durrrr showed K-K but ones suspects he may have already known what was awaiting him as his opponent flipped the pocket rockets. The turn and river offered no change to this cooler and Urindanger’s aces earned him nearly three quarters of a million dollars.
