The Weekend Report

By Philip Tuck

Gus ran unbelievably well for the most part this match up, and some of the hands he won were pretty astonishing

Hansen takes on Hastings in a sick heads up match

The Full Tilt cash games.

We finally had a good high stakes match up in the big online games, when Brian Hastings decided to take a shot at Gus Hansen in a heads up $500/$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha match. Brian Hastings had a pretty rough time in this match up, seemingly unable to win a pot against Gus, and left around $350,000 down. Gus ran unbelievably well for the most part this match, and some of the hands he won were pretty astonishing. Here are a selection of the biggest hands from the match:

Bottom set vs a monster draw which goes Hansen's way: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4337767

Hastings gets it in as a solid favorite but cannot hold: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4337800

Hansen's aces hold: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4337806

Hastings finally wins a hand when his top set holds: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4337819

A monster flop for Hastings but somehow Gus wins: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4337840

Another flopped monster for Hastings that just cant hold: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4337863

Hastings seemed unable to get any traction vs Gus in this match, and at these stakes even a short run of bad beats will cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars. Playing Gus is never easy at these stakes, as his hyper aggressive style exerts total pressure on all but the select few who feel comfortable at the highest limits. Hopefully Hastings will pick himself up and take another shot at Gus, as this match was a welcome gem in an otherwise relatively quiet week.

The Tournaments.

These are the top three finishers from the Sunday majors:

PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed $200+15
1,452 entrants

Flashback_23 - $50,000
EroticDon - $43,000
bajawa - $20,700

Full Tilt - $750k Guaranteed $200+16
3,646 entrants

miw210 - $139,940
Sonelin - $84,573
clcktower - $55,328

PokerStars "Sunday Warm-Up" - $750k Guaranteed $200+15
3,447 entrants

FoNkEy_DiSh - $135,544
bfizz11 - $100,656
Heskey27 - $71,280

PokerStars "Sunday Second Chance" - $250k Guaranteed $200+15
1,385 entrants

bigdogpckt5s - $47,850
kicknrun - $34,508
pokerbrat13 - $26,900