Nosebleed Nostalgia: !P0krparty¡'s Highs & Lows - pt2 Spring 2012

For two weeks in Spring 2012 !P0krparty¡ gave the railbirds something to shout about at PokerStars PLO tables

Last time out we looked back at !P0krparty¡'s rapid rise and descent back in the Autumn of 2011. As 2011 petered out, as did !P0krparty¡'s appearances at the highstakes PLO tables of PokerStars. However, a few months into 2012, the multi-tabling madman started to make waves once again at the world's biggest poker site - and once again his rise and fall gripped the rail for 2 spellbinding weeks of high octane action.

We were first alerted to the reappearance of !P0krparty¡ on April 21st via a post on his twitter account where he told the world he had just deposited the last $10k he had online.

He started his latest assault on PokerStars PLO tables started at the $2/$4 and $3/$6 6max tables, unusually prudent of him considering he had been known to put his entire bankroll on just a couple of tables in the past.

He had a poor first session, losing $1,300, putting his bankroll at $8,700. He did, however, manage to turn it all around and by the end of his first day grinding the tables, his bankroll reached $23,300. For all those that have followed !P0krparty¡ in the past, he was obviously not going to stop and cash out. He managed to work his roll up to $27k on 25 April but everything went downhill from there as he lost $7k at $3/$6 and a staggering $16k at just $1/$2 ante (yes, that's right - 80 buy ins), and the rest of his bankroll at $5/$10.

Completey busto, this is where the story gets interesting.

Having spent literally all of his money but played a LOT of poker, !P0krparty¡ decided to cash in his accumulated FPP's in exchange for $1,500 cash to continue the grind. Unfortunately for him, after 20 minutes his bankroll stood at just $100. Cue one of the quickest bankroll builds in the history of online poker.

All-in and well behind in his $0.50/$1 HU PLO match with (he held J865 vs AAJ8 on a T54 flop) !P0krparty¡ managed to spike a 5 on the river to double up. He eventually left that heads-up match with $400 and short-stacked $0.50/$1. He moved up to $1/$2 and made $5k and then managed to take down an MTT "the Hot $22" for $3.5k. His day not yet over, he then moved up to $2/$4 and won another $7k, ending the 25th April with a $15k bankroll!

Over the next three days as !P0krparty¡ once again rose up the stakes, he won another $87k - taking his bankroll from just $100 to $102,000 in four days.

Despite crushing at the $5/$10 and $10/$20 games, !P0krparty¡'s move up to the $25/$50+ games did not go so well, as between 28th-30th April he dropped $112k. However, it is estimated (we can't be too precise as we do not track the lower stakes) that he won c.$300k in total at the lower stakes, meaning he could continue to play in bigger games.

!P0krparty¡ started May on the right track and he was the biggest winner of the day on Wednesday 2nd . He played an astonishing 11.5k hands that day and was actually up close to $300k at one point in the day before going on a sizeable downswing and ending up with a profit of $122k. His next big win came on  he won close to $220k on  Monday 6th May and topped the daily leaderboard, despite losing the biggest pot of the day. He lost over $100k the following day but he didn't seem to tilt at all from that defeat as he booked a near $300k win over the next couple of days.

During this period !P0krparty¡ did extremely well in a heads-up match against Romanian player Phisherman36 across four tables in an epic encounter at $25/$50. Both players were playing super super deep - Phisherman36 had over $100k on one table whereas !P0krparty¡ had $240k on one of the tables (4,800 BBs) and six figures on another. !P0krparty¡ won approximately $325k in this heads-up battle which is equal to 65 buy-ins. His biggest pot of this year occurred in this match:

!P0krparty¡ gets lucky on the turn against Phisherman36's flopped straight to scoop this $86k pot.

After his bankroll hitting the dizzy heights of $781,233.89 on Saturday 10th May, things took a turn for the worse for over the next few days, and if his ascent was akin to a firework shooting into the air before exploding - his descent was equally as quick, but without the bright lights and fanfare - within a week !P0krparty¡'s bankroll was no longer big enough to sustain his appetite for mass multi-tabling (during his rise, he was known to play up to 24 tables for hours on end) and his latest insane run at the tables came to an end. Furthermore, since mid May !P0krparty¡ hasn't been seen at PokerStars, and his twitter account has been dormant since May 18th 2012, when he opined "gonna give the regs a little break from the thunder and work on my fruitninja game"

Whether or not !P0krparty¡ will ever return (or whether he has under a new nickname) only time will tell, however, for two short bursts in 2011 and 2012, he provided us with some of the most entertaining railing and frenzied identity speculation we have ever seen.