High Stakes Gambling VIP sites: The net Railbird Report: Kibler-Melby Wins Big, Ivey vs. Thuritz, and More

December is sort of halfway over, which means that there’s just two weeks left within the race to become online poker’s biggest winner of 2014. Throughout the year we’ve been brining you weekly updates within the Online Railbird Report, which recaps the high-stakes action on both Full Tilt and PokerStars.

As of last week’s report, Dan “jungleman12” Cates sits atop the leaderboard with $2,806,158 in profit. Meanwhile, Gus Hansen lingers on the opposite end an important $5,466,295 loser.

Neither of these players was spotted at the virtual felt this week, which opened the door for another players to play catch as much as. that end, no person did better than Cort “thecortster” Kibler-Melby, who was the week’s biggest winner with $479,492 in take advantage of 2,353 hands spread across 17 sessions.

Others who did well were “Sanlker” (+$470,628 in 14 sessions/3,185 hands), who you can also recall as last week’s biggest winner with nearly $600,000 in profit; pot-limit Omaha beast Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene (+$298,628 in 2,054 hands/10 sessions); and “AthaCliath,” who pipped last week’s $225,000 win by banking $237,197 in 4,192 hands over 49 sessions.

On the flip side, it was a disastrous week for Phil “Polarizing” Ivey, who dropped $807,404 in 5,187 hands over 26 sessions. PokerNews previously touched upon Ivey’s downswing, that you would be able to examine by clicking here.

Ivey was far and away the week’s biggest loser, but four others ended up losing over $200,000 including “bajskorven” (-$266,460 in 8 sessions/1,950 hands), “KingSp00k” (-$219,591 in 19 sessions/1,647 hands), “Trueteller” (-$207,373 in 11 sessions/1,183 hands), and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (-$201,151 in 23 sessions/2,685 hands).

Thuritz Cleans Up in Mixed Games

Mikael “punting-peddler” Thuritz

On Sunday, Dec. 7, Mikael “punting-peddler” Thuritz and Ivey squared off on the mixed-game tables. The duo played two sessions, the primary of which lasted 64 hands and saw Thuritz win $23,800 in 20 minutes. Later within the day, the 2 returned for a lengthier eight-hour session and again things went the Swede’s way.

Thuritz jumped out to the lead straight away, and after about five hours he was up $200,000. Ivey got a little bit back, but Thuritz still banked greater than $135,000 to bring his total haul as much as $159,100, which was enough to make him the day’s biggest winner.

Here’s a glance at three notable pots from that match, all of which occurred in rounds of $300/$600 pot-limit Omaha.

Hand #1: Ivey ($68,285.25) opened for $1,800 at the button after which called after Thuritz ($126,581.25) three-bet to $5,400, which led to a flop of . Thuritz led out for $7,200, Ivey called, and the paired the board at the turn. Thuritz bet again, this time $9,600, and Ivey came along to look the river. Thuritz fired out a hefty $33,600, and Ivey called only to muck when his opponent rolled over the for an entire house. Ship the $111,600 pot to Thuritz.

Hand #2: Ivey ($41,147) raised to $1,800 only to have Thuritz ($258,548) three-bet to $5,400. To not be outdone, Ivey four-bet to $16,200, Thuritz called, and the flop came down . Thuritz checked, Ivey bet all in for $24,947, and Thuritz made a fast call.

Ivey: Thuritz:

Thuritz had flopped trips with a straight flush draw, which had Ivey absolutely crushed. Neither the turn nor river helped Ivey, and he watched the $82,294 pot pushed to Thuritz.

Hand #3: Thuritz ($146,463.90) opened for $1,200 after which called Ivey’s ($27,427.10) three-bet to $3,600. When the flop fell , Ivey bet $7,200, Thuritz called, and the appeared at the turn. Ivey moved all in for his last $16,627.10 and Thuritz called.

Ivey: Thuritz:

Ivey’s aces were out in front, but Thuritz had numerous outs. He found one too because the spiked at the river to provide him trips and the $54,854.20 pot.

Interestingly, things went even better for Thuritz, who also installed a while playing $800/$1,600 mixed on PokerStars, where he plays under “ChaoRen160.” Thuritz played heads up against Vladimir “GVODZIKA55” Shchemelev and won $107,000. Every other profits at the site brought Thuritz’s PokerStars winnings as much as $137,800, meaning he won nearly $300,000 on Sunday.

Kibler-Melby Cleans Up in Monday Action

Cort Kibler-Melby

Kibler-Melby finished because the week’s biggest overall winner, and the majority of his profit came from a four-hour stretch on Monday. It was then that Kibler-Melby was seated on the $2,000/$4,000 2-7 triple draw tables against the likes of Ivey, “Sanlker,” and “Trueteller.”

Kibler-Melby installed 504 hands and managed to win $333,900 off his opponents, with Ivey taking the brunt of it with a $304,000 loss. Combined with $60,000 Kibler-Melby had won earlier within the afternoon, he was capable of finish because the day’s biggest winner by an enormous margin; in fact, the following biggest winner was Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky, who won a more modest $85,400 playing $400/$800 mixed for 6 hours on PokerStars.

“KingSp00k” Loses Chat Privileges After Going Off on “AthaCliath”

It was also on Monday that “AthaCliath” won $163,000 from “KingSp00k” playing $200/$400 Cap PLO. The loss will need to have tilted “KingSp00k” as he embarked on a tirade, person who ultimately led to him losing his chat privileges for 5 minutes. Here’s the exchange as reported by HighStakesDB:

KingSp00k: UR SUCVHA F KING JOKE KingSp00k: HOW FKING BAD R U KingSp00k: SERIOSULY AthaCliath: bad AthaCliath: down 400k lifetime on ftp
KingSp00k: back in 5-10 minutes KingSp00k: run fkign better KingSp00k: my fking god KingSp00k: FUKGIN SHOCKER KingSp00k: JESUS CHRIST UR A FKING JOKE KingSp00k: SO FKIGN RIGGED KingSp00k: GO FKING DIE KingSp00k: FKING KILL YOURSE;F KingSp00k: FKKKKKK UUU Chat Monitor (Support): KingSp00k has lost their chat privilege for five minutes. Inappropriate language isn't tolerated. KingSp00k: U R THE MOST IMPORTANT FKIKNG JOKE KingSp00k: u play so fkign bad

Patrik Antonius vs. “Patriktortonius”

We wouldn’t fault you when you mistakenly thought Full Tilt Poker’s “Patriktortonius” was poker pro Patrik Antonius, but that’s just not the case because the Finnish star actually plays under the moniker “FinddaGrind.” Indeed, the 2 are separate people, and on Tuesday, Dec. 9 they played heads-up against each other on the $1,000/$2,000 8-game tables.

The two played for almost 700 hands over four hours, and Antonius led every step of how. At one point he even snagged the day’s biggest pot, which as HighStakesDB points out, “Patriktortonius” folded despite convalescing than 140:1 odds. Check it out:

Here is a few other noteworthy news from Tuesday’s action:

”bbvisbadforme” was the day’s second-biggest winner after profiting $123,000 playing Phil “Polarizing” Ivey and “Kagome Kagome” on the $2,000/$4,000 2-7 triple draw tables.
”AthaCliath” won $117,700 playing $200/$400 CAP PLO. Most of it came off Dani “Ansky451” Stern.
Cort “thecortster” Kibler-Melby won $107,800 in approximately HALF-HOUR playing 2-7 triple draw.

Biggest Winners/Losers from Dec. 5-Dec. 11

WinnersProfit LosersLoss

Cort “thecortster” Kibler-Melby	$479,492	Phil “Polarizing” Ivey	$807,404
“Sanlker”	$470,628	“bajskorven”	$266,460
Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene	$298,628	“KingSp00k”	$219,591
“AthaCliath”	$237,197	“Trueteller”	$207,373
Kyle “KPR16” Ray	$217,358	Viktor “Isildur1” Blom	$201,151
Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius	$199,081	“Denoking”	$180,010

Year's Biggest Winners/Losers

WinnersProfit LosersLoss

Dan “jungleman12” Cates	$2,806,158	Gus Hansen	$5,466,295
Mikael “punting-peddler” Thuritz	$2,493,723	Phil “Polarizing” Ivey	$2,574,887
Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius	$1,704,154	Viktor “Isildur1” Blom	$1596,491
Isaac “luvtheWNBA” Haxton	$1,277,272	Elior “Crazy Elior” Sion	$1,222,910
Doug “WCGRider” Polk	$1,077,969	Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond	$1,082,089
“EireAbu”	$814,804	Paul “MalACEsia” Phua	$823,325
Christoph “Tight-Man1” Vogelsang	$676,317	Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky	$687,215