A lot of fuzz about PokerStars high stakes player “RaiseOnce”

• Author: News2
• Filed under: David Benyamine, Online poker, Phil Ivey
• Date: May 17,2010

The nick “RaiseOnce” is a hot topic in PokerStars high stakes games. This mysterious gambler seems to be ready to challenge anyone - of course with the biggest possible stakes.

There has been loads of opinions about the person behind the nick, and according to the rumours it might be Phil Ivey, David Benyamine or some else well-known Full Tilt Poker player.

In the discussion below the high stakes gamblers “Sleyde” and “FiSHeYe1984″ talk about the identity of “RaiseOnce”. Sleyde notes that the mysterious player owns a part of Full Tilt Poker whereas FiSHeYe1984 believes that “RaiseOnce” has an unlimited amount of money to play.

Sleyde: fisheye
FiSHeYe1984: kk
Sleyde: how it go vs raiseonce
FiSHeYe1984: +45
FiSHeYe1984: but huge variance
FiSHeYe1984: played kinda bad at times
Sleyde: you kno who it is?
FiSHeYe1984: well I have an idea
Sleyde: ok
FiSHeYe1984: have you seen a 4bet allin
FiSHeYe1984: with 52o?
Sleyde : yea i have that idea too
FiSHeYe1984: nah 5bet
FiSHeYe1984: allin
FiSHeYe1984: well not sure
Sleyde: he has the same chat behaviour
FiSHeYe1984: it doesn’t make a lot of sense for him
Sleyde: but when i played him he cbet and barreld like a lot
Sleyde: plus hes ftp owner and not allowed to play here right or something
FiSHeYe1984: well i didn’t say a name
Sleyde: ok
Sleyde:
FiSHeYe1984: its public chat
Sleyde: me neither
FiSHeYe1984: not gonna go further
FiSHeYe1984: whoever he is, todays session made me realize
FiSHeYe1984: I might not want to play
FiSHeYe1984: him that high atm
Sleyde: hehe
FiSHeYe1984: think I have an edge but variance might not be worth it vs someone who is rolled infinite
Sleyde: true that

It is hard to say who is this all about. At least one could think that all “Team Full Tilt” players play exclusively at Full Tilt Poker.

Source: 2+2 and TheHendonMob