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$465K On Line Pot

It has been widely reported that last week a single hand of poker that had a pot of $465 thousand was played between tow players in a heads up game. Let that sink in while I get my coffee¦¦¦¦¦¦¦. Two players, one hand of texas Holdem, being played in an on line room, cash ring game and the pot was $465 THOUSAND. Now let me spike my coffee with some bourbon while you count the zeros¦¦¦¦¦¦.

This pot is the largest ever recorded in on line poker. It was played on the Micro Gaming Poker Network between two players called Fast_Freddie and bad_ip. All of the exact details are sketchy because the game was a heads up on a ring game table but Fast_Freddie flopped trip aces for the incredible win. The table was a high roller $40 buy in and the heads up battle reportedly lasted between 8 and 12 hours. At one pointing the heads up battle Fast_Freddie was down to his last buy in of $40K but came back to take it all and the biggest on line pot ever.

Obviously many people speculate that Fast_Freddie is really Fast Freddie Deebs, one of the best Texas Holdem players in the world and certainly someone destined for the hall of fame. The other player, bad_ip is thought by some to be Johnny Lodden, a very good holdem player with less of a tournament reputation as todays popular stars but still thought to be a really good player. Neither of the IDs can be confirmed so we can expect a lot to come on speculation as to who the players really were.

I have, myself played in some games where the pots have gotten crazy but I just dont know about being in a heads up game on line with almost half a mil in the pot. To me thats a little bit much. I mean, first of all, do I really want to put that kind of money on one single poker site? Ok even if I won it there, wouldnt I cash out a good size of it already? It just gets me how much money is flying around the poker world these days. Chips and cash are tossed up like confetti at a ticker tape parade. Where is all this money coming from? Who has it? And most importantly, why are they not playing 7 Stud with me? I love this game, I truly do and for most of my life I have been a part of it but I never thought it would get to be like it is today. When two players can sit at the same table form across the world and play one single hand of Texas Holdem for a pot worth $465 thousand, it is a very strong testament to not only how far poker has come but how far on line poker has come. People complain all the time about how they think they are ripped off by sites but when money like that flows on the turn of 5 cards in the middle, on line poker has made it. It has proven it can be trusted and that it is here to stay. I have always said there is no such thing as luck only blind ambition and on line poker has proven that for me once again. Thank you poker for being what you are and thank you Fast_Freddie and bad_ip for proving it to us.