Largest Pot in Online Poker History – Part ii

The most important poker lesson I ever learnt was that of bankroll management. In fact, I pride myself on my ability to not play in games that are beyond my means, its all about the discipline. Given this, its just amazing for me to see whats going on in the online poker world over the last month. Yup, isildur1 is at it again, and once again, the largest pot in online poker history has been broken, this time the pot totalled $1,356,947, that’s right, $1.3m in a single hand of poker. No one knows who isildur1 is, all we know is he’s scandanavian, and well, he must have an incredibly deep bankroll, or is just plain fearless (read as stupid).

It will be interesting to see how all this pans out, so far, overall this month, isildur1 is up about $4m, but how long can this continue? Is this just a case of player’s egos getting in the way of disciplined bankroll management? Who knows. All I know is that is damn good fun to see these pots go down. In the words of Phil Mitchell, ‘I raise you the Vic’. Hahaha.

Talking of private poker games, Im trying to wrangle a seat at a private cash game running this Thurs. Its at some private members bar in Bank, and basically, it’s a bunch of traders in the city, with too much cash, and not enough ability. Im hoping to bag the last seat, although, my mate hasn’t fixed me up yet. If I play, it will be a £10/£20 cash game with a £2500 buy-in. Hopefully this should be rich pickings.