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February 20th, 2008 12:44 am EST
Phil Ivey Smashes "Seda1" On Full Tilt Poker; Wins At Least $600k

After getting off to a weak start in February, Phil Ivey has come roaring back and is now sitting on healthy profits in both Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold'em for the month on Full Tilt Poker.

Before today, Ivey was down approximately $473k in the high stakes NLHE games on FTP so far in February. "seda1", an opponent he has tangled with quite regularly recently, was up approximately $220k. This was all about to change.

The two played a couple of sessions on Tuesday. Phil Ivey completely dominated, and when the game was over, he left with a stack of over $800k. He bought in for $200k total ($100k to start, $100k reload), and took the other $600k off of "seda1". The two were battling on their usual $500/$1000 "Ivey Deathmatch" Table on Full Tilt Poker.

The last hand of the match came when the two players got all in on a board of K 6 T 7 with two clubs. Ivey held K-J for top pair, and "seda1" held the 3-4 of clubs for the flush draw. The river was the ace of diamonds and Ivey won the $273k pot. "seda1" was busted, having just dropped $600k to Ivey over a few short hours.

A few other big pots from the session:

Ivey and "seda1" get all-in on a board of K 6 2 7. Ivey holds 6/7 offsuit for a turned two pair, and "seda1" holds A-K for top pair. The river is a harmless 8 of diamonds, and Ivey wins the $284k pot.

With the board reading 6 8 J 3 with two diamonds, Ivey bets out for $39k. "seda1" re-raises to 163k, Ivey comes over the top for $287k and "seda1" calls for 6500 more. Ivey has pocket Aces and "seda1" holds the J-7 of hearts for top pair. The river is the nine of clubs and Ivey takes down the $384k pot.

"Seda1" with a big pot this time. With the board reading 3 J 3 5 with two hearts, the two players get all of their chips in the middle, creating a $254k pot. Ivey has 5-7 of hearts for a pair and a flush draw, and "seda1" has A-2 for the gutshot straight draw and nut flush draw. The river is the 6 of hearts, and "seda1" takes down the $254k pot.

Ivey and "seda1" get all of their chips in the middle after a flop of 9 4 8 with two clubs. Ivey shows 9-7 offsuit for top pair, and "seda1" shows the Q-5 of clubs for a flush draw. The turn is the King of hearts, and the river is the ten of diamonds, and Ivey takes the $197k pot.

These two players normally cross book 1k/2k, meaning that the stakes were actually double the $500k/$1k that they were playing at. So in actuality, Ivey likely won $1.2 million dollars today instead of $600k. Whoever "seda1" is would have had to have paid an additional $600k to Ivey after this session, if they had indeed been cross-booking.

Ivey also got off to a slow start in February playing high stakes Pot Limit Omaha but came roaring back in that game as well, having a couple of particularly good sessions against "Ziigmund" and "durrrr". As mentioned, Ivey now has a healthy profit in both PLO and NLHE so far in February after a very cold start.

People are trying to figure out the identity of "seda1". Ivey has said that he won't reveal who "seda1" is, but the two players obviously know each other. It is clear that the two players are speaking on the phone during their match. Ivey knows exactly when "seda1" is going to be at the tables and immediately left once "seda1" busted. Many people seem to think that "seda1" is Barry Greenstein. I would be very surprised if this was true, as "seda1" doesn't seem to be a particularly strong or tricky player.

I am sure that the two players will square off again soon, and when they do, we'll give you another update.

Zophar · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:59 am Post subject:

I was railing this a bit, it was pretty sick. Ivey had been getting pounded recently, especially by Trex. What comeback.

The big rumor about seda1 is that it's Jerry Buss.

EJ CURSE · Flush Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 148

No home jerome comes through again. Niiice score thx for the post.

StevieWard · Message Board Junkie Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 1491

The way he plays hes not a pro anyways. Obviously a very wealthy fan.

firstnrace · High Card Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

hey it was nice, i watched it for a while but just like the other times i have seen the two play it was the same. IVEY was way behind but comes back and takes the bank (aka seda1). If i was playing ivey and i was up over 200 GRAND i think i would leave and have the rights to brag, but no seda1 went on tilt and then reloads just to lose it. That just goes to show you how a pro wins and a rookie goes broke. Now that leads me to my 1st ? who is seda1 and is he rich????? can anyone please help me put on this?
thanks for the post

xyberman · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:52 am Post subject:

http://www.online-casinos.com/news/news6297.asp

Published: Saturday, February 23, 2008 Online-Casinos.com

MYSTERY ONLINE POKER PLAYER TAKES A $600k HIT

But "seda1" is no quitter, and may have recouped some of his losses

Prominent online poker message board 2+2.com was abuzz this week as pokerheads speculated on the identity of high-stakes gambler 'seda1'. The reason for the interest is a widely discussed 6 hour online session of $500/$1 000 No-Limit Hold'em against international ace Phil Ivey that left "seda1" with a $600 000 deficit.

Remarkably, that first session led to another online clash between the two, going head-to-head in a further multi-hour session at Ivey's own personal heads-up Deathmatch table at Full Tilt Poker.com, reports the information site Poker Listings.

Second time round, the high roller did a little better it appears, taking a $195 000 pot of his own, miraculously hitting a set on the turn despite getting all-in behind on the flop. However, although totals for the second session have yet to be determined, Ivey took the lion's share of the biggest pots - including the biggest, for $251 935.

The [unconfirmed] consensus on 2+2 appears to be that "seda1" is a wealthy amateur poker player from Beverly Hills named Shawn Sedaghat, about whom the poker sector will probably be hearing more.

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