Antonius and Isildur1 set the mark for the largest pot ever recorded online at $878,959 on Nov. 16, smashing the previous record of $723,000 set by Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Di "Urindanger" Dang in October 2008.

In another session Friday, the two played what was then the second- and third-largest pots in online poker history at $783,985 and $774,910 respectively.

But Saturday on the Pot-Limit Omaha tables, they put all that to shame.

Almost half an hour after playing an $815k pot to set a new mark for the second-largest pot ever played online, Isildur1 woke up with 9 8 7 6 and Antonius held A K K 3.

Isildur1 opened up with a raise, Antonius three-bet and Isildur1 made it four. Antonius five-bet to $81k and the Swede made the call.

The flop came out 5 4 2 and Antonius had flopped the wheel. Isildur1 had the open-ender and when Antonius led out for $91,000, he potted it to $435,000.

Antonius re-potted to $779,000, which covered Isildur1. Isildur made the call for his stack, creating a $1,356,947 pot and breaking the seven-figure mark for the first time ever online.

The 5 turn and 9 river were bricks for Isildur1 and, just like he did five days ago, Antonius raked the largest pot in online poker history.

Less than 10 minutes later, Isildur1 took an $827,960 pot from Ivey when he rivered a higher straight against the one he'd turned. He gave that back less than two hours later, losing an $832,940 pot when Ivey turned a flush against his set.

Those two pots set the marks for the third- and fourth-largest pots in online history.

Antonius also dragged an $810,984 pot from the clutches of Isildur1 within a half an hour of setting the record, rivering a straight against his kings - all told beating him out of $2.1 million in a 4,470-hand PLO session.

Meanwhile, Ivey raked $1.2 million from Isildur1 playing both PLO and No-Limit Hold'em to knock the Swede's profits down to just $750k on the year.

After bursting on the high-stakes scene this past September and taking over $3 million from durrrr, Isildur1's profits hit a $5 million dollar peak Nov. 15.

Now it would seem he's all but done.

Below are the three largest pots of the night - the biggest in online history and the third and fourth largest. To see them all head to MarketPulse.

It really doesn't get any bigger.

The new and improved third largest in history.

Straight over straight for the fourth biggest pot ever

The 21-year-old generated some major mainstream press coverage this week by appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman and CNN's American Morning.

There was plenty of news that didn't involve Cada, however, and as part of our ongoing Poker News in Brief Feature we're going to break some of it down for you today.

This week we'll look at another man winning a ladies event, the end of Fair Poker, more support for an online poker bill, an upgrade for Cake Poker and more.

Man wins Ladies Championship at Lake Tahoe

Greg Sessler became the latest man to enter and win a female poker tournament last week.

Sessler won the Ladies Championship at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop in Lake Tahoe by outlasting all 95 players that entered the tournament. Of that total, four were men.

Although organizers encourage only women to play, Harrah's cannot exclude any player based on gender. After winning the tournament Sessler defended his decision to play.

"Me playing in this tournament really had nothing to do with trying to take advantage of the ladies or thinking it was a softer field," he said.

"If Jennifer Harman would have come and played in the ladies event, she would have been much tougher competition than me. I came here because I only had one day and I really like the structures and the payout."

Back in September Abraham Korotki entered a ladies event at the 2009 Borgata Poker Open and went on to win it. Former baseball star Jose Canseco also famously entered a women's tournament a few years ago.

More support for Frank's pro-online poker bill

The U.S. bill that would both legalize and regulate online poker has another co-sponsor.

Rep. Anthony D. Weiner of New York's 9th district signed on board this week as the 63rd co-sponsor of the legislation.

Rep. Barney Frank originally introduced the bill last spring but it has yet to be heard before committee.

Frank's bill would essentially repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that was passed in 2006 and put a regulatory system in place for the online gambling industry.

Unfair outcome for Fair Poker

Lesser-known online poker room Fair Poker disappeared this week, but its players found a new home at Noble Poker.

Both sites were members of the iPoker network and were merged into one site earlier in the week. Fair Poker players had their account balances and the iPoints they had earned transferred to Noble Poker.

iPoker remains one of the busiest online poker networks in the world with Titan Poker, ChiliPoker, Bet365, CD Poker, William Hill, Mansion Poker and numerous others all under the iPoker banner.

HeadsUp Entertainment to televise BC Poker Championships

HeadsUp Entertainment, operators of the Canadian Poker Tour and Canadian Poker Player Magazine, will help televise coverage of the 2009 BC Poker Championships in Vancouver.

"We are very pleased to be part of Canada's premier poker tournament," said HeadsUp President Kelly B. Kellner. "We consider it a privilege to be able to cover the event through both our magazine and on television."

HeadsUp Entertainment made a deal with The Score Television Network, which is the exclusive broadcast partner of the Canadian Poker Tour, to show highlights from the tournament.

The 2009 BC Poker Championships began this week with 606 runners. The event received the attention of some big name poker players including Tiffany Michelle, Liz Lieu, Maria Ho, Greg "FBT" Mueller, Gavin Smith and Brad Booth.

Last year Canadian poker super-star Daniel Negreanu outlasted 689 players to win the 2008 BCPC for $300,708.

Cake Poker adds players, synchronized breaks

Cake Poker had a busy week adding synchronized breaks to its software and taking players from Third Bullet Poker.

Third Bullet was already a member of the Cake Network and the company's executives made the decision to merge the player base onto Cake Poker for better technical support and customer service.

Meanwhile, Cake's synchronized breaks will let multi-table tournament players take a break no matter how many tables they are running. The breaks will occur at 55 minutes past the hour, every hour.

The breaks do not affect Sit 'n' Go tournaments with less than 30 players.

The feature is quickly becoming an industry standard as Absolute Poker and UltimateBet recently added synchronized breaks as well.

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An all new Venetian daily poker tournament schedule will go into effect November 24th. The new schedule follows:

A 12:00 PM event Sunday through Friday with a $130 + $15 buy-in and an optional $5 bonus buy for an additional 1,500 chips. Players begin with 6,000 (7,500 with the $5 option) and blind levels last 30 minutes.

A 7:00 PM event Sunday through Saturday with a $100 + $15 buy-in and an optional $5 bonus buy for an additional 2,500 chips. Players begin with 5,000 (7,500 with the option) and blind levels last 20 minutes.

A 12:00 PM event on Saturdays with a $300 + $30 buy-in and an optional $10 bonus buy for an additional 2,000 chips. Players begin with 10,000 (12,000 with the option) and blind levels last 40 minutes.

Satellites for the Noon event on Saturday run 8:00 AM through 11:00 AM with a $80 buy-in for 2,000 in chips and 15 minute blind levels.

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The action began almost immediately as Dwan won a $190k pot just five hands in. After that the two players traded $100k plus pots for the duration of the 546 hand session.

Dwan managed to take down the largest pot of the session, worth $402k, after flopping the case ace to give him three of a kind. For good measure, Dwan hit the nut flush on the river to lock up the $402k.

After this pot Dwan proceeded to lose the next five largest pots, all worth over $272k, and almost any hope of coming out of the match with a profit.

In the end of the hour long session, Dwan chose to eat the $674k loss and wait for another day to make his comeback.

Including his loss to DjAdi, Dwan ended the night down another $811k, putting his losses for the year at nearly $6 million.

Below you can watch the three largest hands between Dwan and Isildur1. To see more hands, head to MarketPulse.

This had played itself for Dwan.

It's always fun to flop the nuts.

Flop good, Turn bad.

The following freerolls are open to all PokerListings.com players. Qualify in the specified qualification period, then take your seat to win a fistful of free cash.

If you're not a PokerListings registered player on any of the following sites, click on the site's name in the list to sign up. Getting your free seat in the tournament can be just as simple as that.

Party Poker

Deposit and play as a PokerListings player for your seat in Party Poker's $15,000 Aussie Millions satellite.

• Date: Nov. 28, 20:00
• Value: $15,000
• Qualify with: Deposit and play

Full Tilt

Full Tilt offers weekly freerolls to all PokerListings players. Qualify with 200 points earned the week before the event to grab your seat.

• Date: Nov. 28, 13:00 GMT
• Value: $3,000
• Qualify with: 200 points
• Qualify between: Nov. 21 - Nov. 27

Paradise Poker

Paradise Poker is offering an exclusive freeroll to win cash prizes, including packages to the Paradise Series of Poker (London).

• Date: Dec. 2, 19:30
• Value: €2,500
• Qualify with: Rake €15
• Qualify between: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30

William Hill Poker

With just 100 points you can play in William Hill's next exclusive freeroll worth $2,500.

• Date: Dec. 3, 19:00 GMT
• Value: $2,500
• Qualify with: 100 Points
• Qualify between: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30

PokerStars

PokerStars is offering a $20,000 Caribbean Adventure satellite freeroll on Dec. 6. You need to collect 100 points before the end of November for your seat.

• Date: Dec. 6, 15:00 EST
• Value: $20,000
• Qualify with: 100 points
• Qualify between: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30

Titan Poker

The monthly $5,000 freeroll from Titan is set for Dec. 6. You only need 25 points to qualify for a seat.

• Date: Dec. 6, 19:00 GMT
• Value: $5,000
• Qualify with: 25 points

Pacific Poker

The next Pacific Poker monthly freeroll is set, and ready to give away $1,000. Just 100 points to qualify.

• Date: Dec. 6, 19:00 GMT
• Value: $1,000
• Qualify with: 100 Points
• Qualify between: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30

Sportsbook Poker

For first time depositors only. Register through PokerListings, deposit and play one real money hand of poker to get your seat.

• Date: Dec. 13, 19:00 EST
• Value: $2,000
• Qualify with: Deposit and play
• Qualify between: Nov. 1 - Nov. 31

Titan Poker

Start earning points now to qualify for your seat in the massive $15,000 Titan freeroll, open to all PokerListings players

• Date: Dec. 20, 19:00 GMT
• Value: $15,000
• Qualify with: 750 points

The two played briefly a few days ago, with Ivey taking close to $900k from the unkown Swede.

And when the match between the two finally got underway last night, Ivey did not disappoint his leagues of fans.

The two players started the session playing a combination of $500/$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha and No-Limit Hold'em. After just half an hour, the two took a break with Ivey already up close to $100k.

When they returned, Ivey came out of the gates strong, winning a $354k pot just two minutes into the session.

In the end, the Team Full Tilt Pro remained at the tables for just over three hours, long enough to take another $1.1 million from Isildur1's roll.

But while he was getting destroyed by Ivey, Isildur1 also decided to take on Patrik Antonius.

Antonius stuck around almost twice as long, but was only able to make $400k, despite all five of the night's biggest pots being played out between the two, including the second and third largest in online poker history.

At $783,985 and $774,910 respectively, the pots marked the third time in a week Antonius and Isildur1 had beaten the previous record for online poker's biggest pot ($723,000).

They set a new record of $878,959 Nov. 17.

After losing $1.6 million total on the night, Isildur1's high-stakes profit has dropped down to $2.2 million, less than half of his $5 million dollar peak on Nov. 15.

Below are the three largest pots of the session. To see more hands, including Isildur1's largest pots versus Ivey, head to MarketPulse.

The second largest online pot, ever.

The third largest online pot, ever.

This pot's really big too.

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"Isildur1 opened for $3,000 preflop and Antonius called. The flop came 5h-7h-Qs and Antonius checked. "Isildur1"bet $5,000 and Antonius raised to $21,000. Isildur1 called and the turn brought the Ad and a ton of action. Antonius bet $48,000 and Isildur1 raised to $192,000. Antonius then moved all-in for $415,479.50 and was called by Isildur1, creating the largest pot in online poker history at $878,958.50."

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