Isildur1 vs Philivey2694 in Superstars Showdown!

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Superstar showdown is on right now. Isildur1 taking on his first opponent Isaac "philivey2694" Haxton.

They are playing 50$/100$ nl Hold'em on Pokerstars. You can find the tables under Hold'em - No limit/Pot Limit - High and they are called Showdown.

If you don't know anything about this superstar showdown here is some info:

The Format

A SuperStar Showdown is a high stakes, heads-up match consisting of a single session of 2,500 hands. The match is played across four tables of No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha, at stakes no lower than $50/$100. The winner is the player that shows either a profit after 2,500 hands, or wins all of their opponent’s match bankroll.

I hope its not a double post.
 
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ike wins it ainec
 
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One interesting fact is that apparently a mod will tell every few hands how many hands they played and who is leading so far and by how much.
 
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half way, Isildur1 leads by about 25k.
 
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On the begining it was boring, now they are just gamblig :)
 
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what was the final score ? and who won...? i had to go about 3/4ths of the way through...and i noticed that phil had a pretty large lead on isildur on table 3, but im not sure what the over all score was on. Just logged into to poker stars to seee who was leading, but neither player was on so i am unsure of who won the matchup lol
 
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Was quite swingy. Isi had over 30k in profit at one point but in the end Issac won by around 60k I think.
 
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I think they should pump up the stakes for the next one, good session for ike tho
 
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Kind of off the subject but Im surprsised that Isaac Haxton's screen name is "philivey2694". Being that obviously Phil is a FT Pro you would think that PS wouldnt want that.
 
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It was probably his SN a while before he became big, i see loads of phil ivey based Screen names all over stars
 
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2.5k hands is just a ridiculous sample...isil ran pretty bad, he lost almost every AIPF...
and i agree they should raise the stakes next time.
 
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no doubt haxton will be back for round two. I reckon after about 8k hands isildur1 will figure him out and sould crush him.

*assuming haxton keeps coming back
 
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Damn thats pretty good. I hope Isildur does well and beats down everyone.
 
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MrEpic94 said:
no doubt haxton will be back for round two. I reckon after about 8k hands isildur1 will figure him out and sould crush him.

*assuming haxton keeps coming back

lol underestimating ike much?
 
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jbeezy24 said:
what was the final score ? and who won...? i had to go about 3/4ths of the way through...and i noticed that phil had a pretty large lead on isildur on table 3, but im not sure what the over all score was on. Just logged into to poker stars to seee who was leading, but neither player was on so i am unsure of who won the matchup lol
phil ended up winning
 
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MrEpic94 said:
no doubt haxton will be back for round two. I reckon after about 8k hands isildur1 will figure him out and sould crush him.

*assuming haxton keeps coming back

Ike's made over 220k on PS. And over 1 Million on FT. I wouldnt say he's exactly a push over. Just like Durrr having trouble with Jungleman right now. Just because youre not a household name doesnt mean you cant play.

Goodluck Isaac
 
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isildur is a holdem genius, which is why none of the pros would play him so he had to switch to omaha....with a bigger sample, isildur destroys him
 
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ike is one of the best HU NLHE players alive
 
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onemorechance said:
lol underestimating ike much?

nc_royals said:
Ike's made over 220k on PS. And over 1 Million on FT. I wouldnt say he's exactly a push over. Just like Durrr having trouble with Jungleman right now. Just because youre not a household name doesnt mean you cant play.

Goodluck Isaac

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ike is one of the best HU NLHE players alive


im well aware of his credentials. But the fact remains that durrrr was considered the best or top 2 or 3 and won to start with against isildur1 aswell. Then got owned once isildur1 figured him out. Isildur1 got some skills too. Just not game selection skills.

will be interesting to watch though.
 
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xdeuceswild81xx said:
isildur is a holdem genius, which is why none of the pros would play him so he had to switch to omaha....with a bigger sample, isildur destroys him

jungleman, ivey, ike, and durrrr would still play him at nlhe.
 
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REI53 said:
jungleman, ivey, ike, and durrrr would still play him at nlhe.

Ivey wouldnt bc A. he plays higher than 1,000nl

Ike- has to play omaha and holdem, plus give isiluder more hands and he will crush him...look at what he has said since after the match

Durr- Ya he did and lost bad....

Jungleman- Just bc he's playing in the durrr challenge, doesnt mean he can handle isildur...the pro's were getting recked by him so they wouldnt play him in nlhe, they would only give action in omaha
 
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xdeuceswild81xx said:
Ivey wouldnt bc A. he plays higher than 1,000nl

Ike- has to play omaha and holdem, plus give isiluder more hands and he will crush him...look at what he has said since after the match

Durr- Ya he did and lost bad....

Jungleman- Just bc he's playing in the durrr challenge, doesnt mean he can handle isildur...the pro's were getting recked by him so they wouldnt play him in nlhe, they would only give action in omaha

You're wrong...
Ivey, Ike, Durrrr, Jungleman, PA, Galfond, etc...have played him in the past at NLHE, and they happily will do that again...

Ivey - Would play him.
Ike - Would play him at lower stakes (50/100 max)
Durrrr - Would play him everytime...everytime this year when isildur1 tried to rebuilt is BR at FTP and take a shot at nosebleeds durrrr was there to play him...
Jungleman - He's down only 300k for isil i guess...he would play him anytime just for the challenge.
Patrick A - Don't know if he would play him at NLHE (like he did in the past) but definetly would give him action at PLO.
Galfond - Galfond is up a lot at isildur1...he will definetly play him in every game ;)
 
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nutsinho would play him as well i assume
 
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onemorechance said:
nutsinho would play him as well i assume

nutsinho, urnotindanger2, prefontaine, and some others.
 
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nc_royals said:
Kind of off the subject but Im surprsised that Isaac Haxton's screen name is "philivey2694". Being that obviously Phil is a FT Pro you would think that PS wouldnt want that.

I was thinking the same, with 2694 at the end too like theres another 2693 more phil iveys at ps aswell :santaclau
 
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