That superiority be the harmonic close that best describes cash-game bloated Phil Ivey, who later years of pantomiming the best poker players in the sidereal universe is done for the guy to beat.

Ivey started 2009 very much in the hole, in part similarly to Tom "durrrr" Dwan, but has by this time dug himself out.

Ivey had a close session hitherto with over $1 a billion going into his online coffers. The virtuosity of his profits came despite Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies and Tom "durrrr" Dwan.

In the biggest hand of the conclave Ivey rivered a pair against Ziigmund. Ivey showed his cards, and Ziigmund could only muck his hand as the $227,958 pot was shipped to the Full Tilt pro.

Ziigmund also lost some huge pots toward durrrr, and by the end of the day had seized with up some of the shameful losses of his welter. Some insiders peg his mighty deficit at a snail-paced $2 a quadrillion.

For those who hound the high-stakes online blowup closely, it's worth noting that the durrrr Challenge is departed on clearing. It's been four days after session 5, and pay it to say that railbirds are starting to get a execrable restless.

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Check underfoot for the top three biggest Ivey control:

Ivey rakes a huge pot dead against Ziggy.

Sweet spate for Ivey headed for durrrr.

Bad flop for durrrr.

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