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May 04 2012, Chad Holloway

Last week, Andrew “EireAbu” Grimason took over the top spot on PokerStars’ yearly leaderboard with almost $1.3 million in profit. Unfortunately for him, his reign lasted just one week as Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky continued his heater and won $138,172 this week, giving him $1,343,986 in winnings thus far in 2012 and putting him on top.

While all eyes were on Sulsky, a few other players were making waves in the online realm. One was Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies, who won $347,000 in one day. “Phisherman36” and “muha84,” also had great weeks, winning $272,506 and $141,841 respectively to become the two biggest winners of the week.

Benny “toweliestar” Spindler finished as the biggest loser after dropping $169,343 in 914 hands spread across 22 sessions, while “LhhmMaoly” (-$141,907 in 11 sessions/382 hands), Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (-$140,823 in 49 sessions/3,199 hands) and Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies (-$123,164 in 9 sessions/671 hands) rounded out the top four losers.

Sahamies Wins $347,000 in a Day Filled with Big Action

On Thursday, April 26, Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies played two sessions, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, destroying the $100/$200 and $200/$400 pot-limit Omaha games. In fact, he profited $347,000 in just seven hours of play.

He took on most of the high-stakes regulars and took down some juicy pots. In his biggest, Sahamies ($55,541.75) was playing three handed when he opened for $800 on the button. David “Deldar182” Eldar ($15,980.25) made the call from the small blind, but Viktor “Isildur1” Blom ($58,443) opted for a three-bet to $3,320 from the big blind. Sahamies called, but Eldar four-bet to $14,100. Both his opponents made the call, and the flop fell . Eldar led out for his last $1,880.25, Blom moved all in, and Sahamies called off for $41,441.75.

Showdown

Blom hit the flop the best with a pair of kings and a wrap but needed to dodge Sahamies' flush draw. Unfortunately for Blom, the spiked on the turn to complete Sahamies' flush. The meaningless was put out on the river and Sahamies was shipped the $127,059 pot.

In another hand, Sahamies ($54,826) was playing $200/$400 PLO heads up against “RaiseOnce” ($50,012). The former opened the pot on the button with a raise to $1,360, which was met with a three-bet to $4,240 by the latter. Sahamies made the call before raising “RaiseOnce’s” $6,800 bet on the flop up to $29,038. “RaiseOnce” responded by moving all in for $45,772 total and Sahamies called.

Showdown

Sahamies was way out in front with his flopped set of nines and stayed there as the was put out on the turn followed by the on the river, and Sahamies took down the $100,022 pot.

Ben “Ben86” Tollerene joined Sahamies as a big winner on Thursday, banking $270,000, and Daniel “w00ki3z” Cates, won $152,000 upon his return after a long absence from the online felt. “Yiyi01” and “RaiseOnce” were the day’s biggest losers, dropping $216,000 and $204,000 respectively.

Interestingly, the day’s biggest pot didn’t involve any of the aforementioned players, nor did it occur at a PLO table. Instead, it happened at a six-handed $200/$400 no-limit hold’em game when “LhhmMaoly” ($86,488.85) opened for $1,200 under the gun and was immediately met with a three-bet to $3,600 by Niklas “ragen70” Heineckerragen ($114,281.89). The rest of the field got out of the way, “LhhmMaoly” four-bet to $11,200, and a call ensued, bringing about the flop.

“LhhmMaoly” wasted little time in betting $7,200, Heineckerragen called, and the appeared on the turn. Again Heineckerragen called a bet from his opponent, this time $14,200, before the peeled off on the river. “LhhmMaoly” slowed down with a check and opened the door for Heineckerragen to move all in. “LhhmMaoly” called off for $53,888.84, creating a pot worth $173,573, but he could only muck when Heineckerragen rolled over .

After a Slow Weekend, Sulsky Makes a Splash on Monday

The weekend was uncharacteristically slow online, but things picked up on Monday when Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky won $107,000 playing $25/$50 PLO. That was also the day “!P0krparty¡” put in an incredible 7,579 hands, though it didn’t do him any good as he finished as the day’s biggest loser $96,000 in the red.

Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky. (Photo courtesy of pokermag.tv)

In Sulsky’s ($19,689.09) biggest pot of the day, action was three-handed when he opened for $150 on the button, “Phisherman36” folded the small blind, and “!P0krparty¡” ($18,427.11) three-bet to $505 from the big. Sulsky made the call and then watched “!P0krparty¡” fire out $700 on the flop. Sulsky responded with a raise to $2,177.80, “!P0krparty¡”three-bet $6,360.06, Sulsky four-bet $19,564.38 and “!P0krparty¡” called off his remaining $11,562.04.

Showdown

Sulsky flopped top pair with an open-ended straight draw but needed to improve against “!P0krparty¡’s” pocket rockets. The turn allowed him to do just that as it completed his straight draw, leaving “!P0krparty¡” drawing dead headed to the river, which was the . With that, Sulsky claimed a $36,887 pot.

In Sulky’s second-biggest hand, action was six-handed when “Fake Love888” ($16,342) opened for $150 under the gun only to have David “Deldar182” Eldar ($4,821) three-bet to $585. Action folded around to Sulsky ($45,540.84) in the big blind and he called, prompting “Fake Love888” to four-bet $2,050. Eldar decided to get out of the way, Sulsky called, and the flop fell .

Sulsky ended up check-raising “Fake Love888’s” $1,800 bet up to $5,111, and the former chose to move all in for $14,292 total. Sulsky made the call and the cards were turned up:

Showdown

It was a classic ace-versus-kings situation preflop, but “Fake Love888” was in the lead with a flopped trip jacks; however, that changed when the spiked on the turn. Suddenly Sulsky held kings full of jacks and “Fake Love888” needed either an ace or jack on the river to win the $33,331 pot. Unfortunately, the blanked and the pot was sent Sulsky’s way.

“!P0krparty¡” Gets Back on Track

After finishing Monday as the biggest loser, “!P0krparty¡” turned around and became the biggest winner on Wednesday when he booked a $122,000 win, which he accrued over an unbelievable 11,500 hands.

In one of his biggest pots, action was six-handed at a $25/$50 PLO table when “Phisherman36” ($14,937.50) opened for $175 under the gun. “0Human0” ($5,504) and Andrew “EireAbu” Grimason ($18,526.27) were both next to act and called, and after the button and small blind folded, “!P0krparty¡” ($18,057) three-bet to $960. His three opponents called and it was four-way action to the flop.

“!P0krparty¡” led out for $2,150, “Phisherman36” raised to $10,372 and “0Human0” called off for $4,544. “!P0krparty¡” then moved all in himself and “Phisherman36” called off his remaining $3,595.50. The was then run out on the turn, followed by the on the river, and “!P0krparty¡” rolled over , which was good enough to win the $36,391 pot as both his opponents mucked.

Grimason ended up dropping $168,000 on the day, making him the biggest loser. What’s worse, it also dropped him from the top spot on PokerStars’ yearly leaderboard behind Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky. Ironically, Grimason won the day’s biggest pot.

It happened at a six-handed table when “!P0krparty¡” ($31,906.31) opened for $200 from the cutoff. Action folded to Grimason ($24,321.45) in the big blind and he three-bet to $685, which was met by a four-bet from “!P0krparty¡” to $2,340. Grimason opted for a five-bet to $6,505, which led to the flop after “!P0krparty¡” called. At that point, Grimason led out for $13,092, “!P0krparty¡” moved all in and the former called off his remaining $4,724.46.

Showdown

Grimason was ahead with aces and eights but needed to dodge the straight and flush draws of “!P0krparty¡.” He managed to do just that on the turn and river. With that, the $48,705 pot was pushed to Grimason.

Biggest Weekly PokerStars Winners/Losers

Week’s biggest winners (4/27-5/3): “Phisherman36” (+$272,506), “muha84” (+$141,841), Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky (+$138,172)

Week’s biggest losers: Benny “toweliestar” Spindler (-$169,343), “LhhmMaoly” (-$141,907), Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (-$140,823), Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies (-$123,164)

Year-to-date winners: Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky (+$1,343,986), “bernard-bb” (+$1,263,693), Andrew “EireAbu” Grimason (+$1,243,350), Jens “Jeans89” Kyllönen (+$1,154,544), Phil “MrSweets” Galfond (+$1,150,270), Ben “Ben86” Tollerene (+$1,123,469)

Year-to-date losers: “Zypherin” (-$1,796,952), Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (-$773,975), “1Il|1Il|1il|” (-$766,003), “VietRussian” (-$562,061), “long90110” (-$557,059), “julia753” (-$526,609)

Data and hands obtained from HighStakesDB.com

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November 11 2011, Chad Holloway

The online high-stakes cash games have been going strong this past week, with some of poker’s biggest names in action. Phil “takechip” D’Auteuil has been making some noise lately and even earned the distinction of the week’s biggest winner with $414,354 profit in 47 sessions of 5,897 hands. In addition, that score was good enough to put him in seventh place on the yearly leaderboard with $1.389 million in profit, second only to Rafi “refaelamit” Amit’s $1.813 million on PokerStars.

Other winners this week included Peter “GARFIELD25” Chan, who banked $377,261 in 55 sessions of 8,145 hands, and “!P0krparty¡,” who won $229,571 in 22,680 hands spread over 133 sessions. While the latter’s identity remains unconfirmed, many in the poker community believe him to be Harry Kaczka. Rounding out the top four was Ville Wahlbeck, who earned $210,335 in a mere 14 sessions of 2,256 hands.

Less than $100,000 separated the top ten losers of the week. Rui “Pepperoni” Cao had the unfortunate distinction of topping that list after losing $194,252 in 50 sessions of 6,629 hands. Others on the list included Brian “$tinger 88” Hastings (-$126,426 in 23 sessions/1,591 hands), Rafi “refaelamit” Amit (-$124,379 in 61 sessions/6,464 hands), and Jen “Jeans89” Kyllönen (-$112,425 in 57 sessions/3,865 hands). Interestingly, last week’s biggest winner, Romain “moirhums” Arnaud, lost most of his winnings by dropping $117,074 in 14 sessions of 2,000 hands this week.

Friday Fun for Bradstreet

The early morning hours of Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, were relatively slow on the virtual felt, although Martin “alexeimartov” Bradstreet was busy grinding $50/$100 pot-limit Omaha and $25/$50 six-max PLO. He played 11 sessions and won eight, primarily at the latter tables.

In one hand, “doncarignano” ($18,917.50) opened for $100 under the gun, Bradstreet ($33,694.50) called from the big blind, and the two were heads-up to the flop. Bradstreet checked, "doncarignano" bet $150, and Bradstreet woke up with a check-raise to $517. "Doncarignano" responded with a three-bet to $1,773, Bradstreet called, and the appeared on the turn. Once again, Bradstreet check-raised his opponent’s bet of $2,650 by making it $11,718 to go. "Doncarignano" simply moved all-in for $17,044.50, Bradstreet called the additional $5,326.50, and the cards were turned up:

Showdown
Bradstreet:
doncarignano:

"Doncarignano" had flopped a set of kings, but Bradstreet managed to turn a straight. To win, "doncarignano" needed the board to pair on the end, but it was not meant to be as the bricked. Bradstreet’s hand improved to an eight-high straight and he took down the $37,860 pot.

In another hand at the same stakes, Bradstreet ($12,809) opened for $150 and received a call from “verve.oasis” ($10,489.25) on the button. “Pylusha” ($20,971.50) then exercised his option in the big blind with a three-bet to $625, which both his opponents called. When the flop fell , "Pylusha" checked, Bradstreet fired out $1,077, and only "verve.oasis" made the call. The turn saw another bet by Bradstreet, this time $4,051, and a call by his opponent, leading to the river. Again Bradstreet bet and "verve.oasis" wasted little time in calling off his last $4,736.25 with . While "verve.oasis" had rivered a flush, it was second best to Bradstreet’s king-high flush. Ship the $21,628.50 pot to Bradstreet.

All told, Bradstreet collected a $72,000 win on what was otherwise a lackadaisical day.

GARFIELD25 Erases Yearly Debt in One Night

Peter “GARFIELD25” Chan, a 43-year-old online pro from Canada, had quite the Tuesday this past week, winning $485,000 at the $50/$100 PLO tables. That win essentially erased his losses from the entire year, which totaled approximately a half million dollars. Who were Chan’s victims you might ask? One was Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond, who dropped $167,000, and another was Brian “$tinger 88” Hastings, who lost $96,000.

Hastings was actually involved in the biggest hand of the day, albeit on the raw end of things. In the hand, Rui “PepperoniF” Cao ($38,062.55) opened for $300 from the cutoff only to have Hastings ($62,793.34) three-bet to $1,100 from the button. Chan ($124,020.14), who was in the small blind, then made it $3,820 to go, Cao folded, and Hastings made the call, leading to the flop.

Chan led out for $5,400, Hastings raised to $16,700, Chan three-bet to $58,257, and Hastings moved all-in for $716.35 more. Chan made the call and the cards were turned up:

Showdown
Hastings:
Chan:

Hastings had flopped the nuts with a set of aces, but he needed to dodge the open-ended straight draw of Chan. The turn gave Chan even more straight outs, and the river completed that draw. Just like that, Chan came from behind to steal the $126,064 pot.

D’Auteuil Takes Chips on Thursday

On Thursday, Phil “takechip” D’Auteuil was busy grinding the no-limit hold’em and PLO tables and did quite well. In one hand at $50/$100 NLHE, “0Human0” ($13,460) opened for $300 under the gun and “!P0kerparty?” (29,013.75) three-bet to $1,000 from the button. D’Auteuil ($50,396) decided to exercise his option in the big blind with a raise to $2,700, "0Human0" folded, and "!P0kerparty?" five-bet to $6,100. A call ensued, followed by the flop, and D’Auteuil checked, allowing !P0kerparty? to bet $3,200. D’Auteuil responded with a check-raise to $6,900, !P0kerparty? three-bet to $11,000, D’Auteuil moved all-in for over $44,000, and !P0kerparty? called off his remaining $11,913.75.

Showdown
!P0kerparty?:
D’Auteuil:

!P0kerparty? had the granddaddy of all hands preflop, but D’Auteuil managed to crack it by flopping trips. The turn changed nothing, and the river improved D’Auteuil to a full house, good enough to win the $58,426 pot.

In another hand, this time at the PLO tables, D’Auteuil ($55,541.90) opened for $300 and was immediately met with a three-bet to $1,170 by Peter “GARFIELD25” Chan ($53,052.69). The rest of the field got out of the way, D’Auteuil four-bet to $4,080, Chan five-bet $12,780, D’Auteuil called, and the flop came down . D’Auteuil checked, Chan bet $16,675.75, and D’Auteuil moved all-in for $43,761.90. Chan called off his last $23,596.95 and the cards were turned up:

Showdown
Chan:
D’Auteuil:

Both players had flopped flush draws, but Chan’s was best in that regard. However, D’Auteuil was ahead with a pair of fours. That improved to two pair on the turn, while the fell harmlessly on the river. Chan couldn’t catch and watched as the $106,332 pot was sent to D’Auteuil.

Who's Up? Who's Down?

Week’s biggest winners (11/4-11/10): Phil “takechip” D’Auteuil (+$414,354), Peter “GARFIELD25” Chan (+$377,261), !P0krparty¡ (+$229,571), Ville Wahlbeck (+$210,335)

Week’s biggest losers: Rui “PepperoniF” Cao (-$194,252), Dennisaz (-$155,298), Brian “$tinger 88” Hastings (-$126,426), Rafi “refaelamit” Amit (-$124,379), Romain “moirhums” Arnaud (-$117,074), Jen “Jeans89” Kyllönen (-$112,425)

Year-to-date winners: *Gus Hansen (+$3,941,000), *Daniel “jungleman12” Cates (+$1,952,000), *Alexey “NoPasaran” Makarov (+$1,875,000), Rafi “refaelamit” Amit (+$1,813,000), *Matt Hawrilenko (+$1,440,000), *bixiu (+$1,406,000), Phil “takechip” D’Auteuil (+$1,389,154) *Phil Ivey (+$1,336,000), Andreas “Skjervøy” Torbergsen ($1,253,000), Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies (+$1,236,000)

Year-to-date losers: *Tom “durrrr” Dwan (-$2,474,000), *Eugene “fishosaurusREX” Yanayt (-$1,399,000), *kagome kagome (-$1,377,000), *cadillac1944 (-$1,336,000), *Esvedra (-$1,182,000), Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker (-$1,038,000)

Biggest weekly winners/losers all on PokerStars

*Reflects Full Tilt Poker profit/loss

Data obtained from HighStakesDB.com

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