The highlights from the SuperStar Showdown between Isildur1 and Isaac Haxton continues. The four table heads-up cash game match-up pitted the unknown Swedish phenom against one of the world’s best in Haxton for 2,500 hands of $50-$100 No Limit Hold’em.
The first interesting hand that we zoomed in on and featured had Isildur1 on the button, who made raise to $300. Haxton made the call, creating a $600 pot, with the flop of 9s 7d 5c. Haxton checked the flop and Isildur1 then failed to continuation bet and quickly checked behind. The Js came on the turn and Haxton then bet $500 into the $600 pot with Isildur1 making a quick call. The river brought the 3d, with Haxton and Isildur1 both checking the river.
Board: 9s 7d 5c Js 3d
Haxton: 2h Ah (Ace High)
Isildur1: 6d 7h (Pair of Sevens)
Isildur1 wins $1,600.
A major hand we caught had Isildur1 on the button, who made a raise to $300. Haxton, who goes by the PokerStars ID “philivey2694”, 3bet to $1,050. Isildur1 then made a fairly rare pre-flop 4bet to $2,200, leaving $8,750 behind. Haxton then tanked for a while and finally shoved his entire $31,000+ stack into the middle. Isildur1 made the call and both players turned over their hands.
Isildur1: 8s 8h
Haxton: Ah Ts
In the classic coinflip situation, the flop hit Haxton hard:
Tc 7s As
The turn and river didn’t bring Isildur1 the win:
Turn: 3s
River: Qd
Haxton wins $21,900
Another major hand we highlighted had Haxton min-raise the button pre-flop who got a call from Isildur1. The flop was Jc Js Th and Isildur1 checked. Haxton then tanked down to a countdown timer, at which time he checked as well. The turn was the 5c and this time Isildur1 bet $300 into the $400 pot. Haxton made the call, and the river card was the King of spades. With $1,000 in the pot, Isildur1 bet $700 and Haxton tanked again before finally making a big raise to $2,999. Isildur1 didn’t take long to make the fold, shipping $2,400 Haxton’s way.
