The Stakes are High on Betfair Poker

Two players play heads-up poker with $423,000 at the table

(PRWEB) May 25, 2007 -- When two players with some of the biggest bankrolls in online poker decide to take each other on at $250/$500 no limit Hold'em you can be sure of some fireworks.

Making essential viewing for anyone interested in high-stakes poker, "LoisLane" and "paoletto" have been battling regularly in the "Stockholm" online poker room at Betfair Poker (http://www.betfairpoker.com) over the past few days. At one point today the average pot size displayed in the lobby on Betfair Poker was $71,000.

The Betfair Poker (http://www.betfairpoker.com)world map tells us that LoisLane is from Norway and that paoletto resides in Italy.

LoisLane is a high-stakes regular on Betfair Poker (http://www.betfairpoker.com). He often sits at several tables and has been known to have half a million dollars in play at one time. Not afraid to re-buy into a heads-up game, pots in excess of $100,000 are a regular occurrence for this player who was once seen sitting alone in glory at the $250/$500 table, with $400,000 in front of him! One to avoid if you are not hitting cards!

There is speculation on the Betfair (http://www.betfair.com)forum that paoletto is in fact also "sincero". Sincero is known for being a highly aggressive and increasingly accomplished high stakes Hold'em player and has been involved in some of the largest pots ever seen on Betfair Poker (http://www.betfairpoker.com).

The $207,000 pot won by "Rosiepod" against sincero was eclipsed last night when paoletto took down a $213,000 pot against LoisLane.

Many of the Betfair Poker (http://www.betfairpoker.com)regulars have added both paoletto and LoisLane to the "find a player" functionality on Betfair Poker allowing them to watch the biggest games online.

Shortly before they stopped playing there was $423,000 at the table. Paoletto's comment in the chat box - "I can't play too much more, it's quite stressful" - might be considered something of an understatement.

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