The Top Winners and Losers In No Limit Hold'em Year to Date on Full Tilt Poker

Yesterday we had our list of the top winners and losers YTD in the high limit Pot Limit Omaha games on Full Tilt Poker Poker - today we are going to cover the No Limit Hold'em games.

The biggest winner year to date is "pr1nnyraid", who is currently up just over $2.2 million dollars YTD (according to highstakesdb.com) spread out over 190 sessions and 31,684 hands.

The next biggest winner is Brian "sbrugby" Townsend who is currently up just over $1.2 million dollars on the year. As a matter of fact, "sbrugby" joins "Urindanger", Tom "durrr" Dwan and "Genius28" as players who have all made over a million dollars in the high limit No Limit Hold'em games on Full Tilt Poker Poker so far this year.

"Till_I_Collapse" might have the most impressive record of any of the players, banking just under a million dollars over a ludicrous 2908 hands played. That's a staggering profit of $332 for every hand that he/she played.

Phil Ivey, "hcdnttb", "mjorgenson13" and "LucLongley" round out the list, all with earnings in excess of 840k for the year.

"noataima" holds the distinction of being the biggest loser in both the No Limit Hold'em games and the Pot Limit Omaha games year to date on Full Tilt Poker Poker. Rumored to be Guy Laliberte, "noataima" has dropped an astonishing $3.4 million dollars over the past 10 1/2 months.

David Benyamine continues to show that Pot Limit Omaha is his strongest game, as accounts that he has played rank as the #2 and #3 biggest loser for the year. "David Benyamine" has dropped $1.35 million YTD, and "magicpitch1" has dropped just over $1.2 million.

Ziigmund and Gus Hansen are the #4 and #5 biggest losers in the No Limit Hold'em games on Full Tilt Poker, with Ziigmund dropping over $1 million dollars. "Shark_Man_Mike1" is #6 with a total loss of $587k, with most of that loss coming at the hands of "Tie53."

Ram Vaswani (where has he been lately?), SheFaLLs, "A_Hoffman" and Ozzy 87 round out the list of the biggest No Limit Hold'em losers so far year to date.

http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2007/11/22/the-top-winners-and-losers-in-no-limit-holdem-year-to-date-on-full-tilt-poker/

The Biggest Winners and Losers in Full Tilt Poker High Stakes Pot Limit Omaha Year to Date


So far in 2007, most of the biggest games taking place on Full Tilt Poker Poker have been in the high limit Pot Limit Omaha games. Last year it seems as though No Limit Hold'em was the high limit game of choice on the site, and this year it is Pot Limit Omaha.

When you look at the top 10 winners and losers, you need to remember that a couple of the aliases belong to the same player. For instance, David Benyamine and "ballsrider" are the same person. "Luigi66369" and "Finddagrind" are both Patrik Antonius, and "Kaibuxxe" and "Niki Jedlicka" both belong to Niki Jedlicka. Benyamine and Jedlicka both signed sponsorship deals with Full Tilt Poker Poker and now play under their real names, while Antonius seems to just change his screen name every so often.

The biggest winner so far this year is "Kaibuxxe", who raked in over $3.1 million dollars over just under 64k hands. On the flip side though, Niki Jedlicka is down over a million dollars, so Jedlicka is up about $2.1 million in the Pot Limit Omaha games on the site so far this year (note, these stats are strictly Pot Limit Omaha.)

When you combine Benyamine's two accounts, you come up with a total of over $4.1 million dollars that has been won by Benyamine in these games so far this year. Benyamine is much stronger at PLO than he is at No Limit Hold'em.

Antonius's two accounts are up over $2 million on the year, and Phil Ivey is just shy of $1 million profit for the year. Gus Hansen has had a MAJOR swing as of late - he was in the negative for much of the year, and is now up almost $900k for the year. Strong performances were also put in by DanDock21, DaFool and "Idontgiveashi."

On the flip side, the biggest loser so far this year is "noataima", which is rumored to be the alias of Guy Laliberte, billionaire owner of the Cirque de Soleil. This account is the biggest loser so far this year, and is currently down over $1.4 million dollars.

Tom "durrr" Dwan is the second biggest loser, with a loss YTD of over $1.3 million dollars. Dustin Dirksen, Eli Elezra and Brandon Adams have all taken poundings over the last year as all three players have dropped around 650k - 700k.

Brian "sbrugby" Townsend rounds out the list of biggest PLO losers with a loss of just over $560k. These losses forced Townsend to drop down in limits after he suffered from a loss in confidence.

http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2007/11/21/the-biggest-winners-and-losers-in-full-tilt-pokers-high-stakes-pot-limit-omaha-year-to-date/

The biggest winner so far this year is "Kaibuxxe", who raked in over $3.1 million dollars over just under 64k hands.

Das ist so krass!!!!

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sbrugby nur 560k down? Dachte der wäre 6 Mio down!

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ähhh das hier ist krass:

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Maxtasy's Pokerblog

Pokergin hat Folgendes geschrieben:

bir ich bin pbelszt fertig 7 göüjhwein waren nich shlecht, ich mach euch fertsch ! ich gwh erstmal scheißenj

Sorel „imper1um“ Mizzi soll beschissen haben.....

laut pokerolymp hat er bei einem turnier den account eines anderen spielers übernommen und ist erstmal gebannt..

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I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one

Scheint zu stimmen, auf LaunchPoker gab es diese Meldung:

Bluff Magazine employee Chris Vaughn recently won a $1 Million Guaranteed online tournament and astounded everyone by winning a different $1 Million Guaranteed the next weekend at another online poker room. The runner up to the former event, European poker pro Soren Kongsgaard, was notified that he was moved up to 1st place because BluffMagCV had been caught passing his play off to another player. Having someone else sit at your account and play your cards breaks a cardinal rule in poker, and the accused is allegedly Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi, a well known online pro. Both Mizzi and Vaughn have been banned from the poker room.

Also, wenn meine Mutter für mich weiterspielt, weil ich zwischendurch mal einkaufen gehe, ist das illegal!? Wie haben die das denn rausbekommen?

Bei dem Thema fällt mir ein: Wo steckt Phil eigentlich?

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eigentlich ja..aber das kann dir ja keiner nachweisen. hier allerdings hat wohl jemand anderes von einem anderen ort aus den accout übernommen, so dass man anhand der ip nachweisen konnte was da passiert ist.

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I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one

Ok, das ist schlau!

























...NOT

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Best of Pokergin

Ist da alles traurig, Beschiss wo man nur hinschaut.

Es scheint üblich zu sein das Spieler, welche in den großen Sonntagsturnieren bereits weit gekommen sind, ihren Account an Pros verkaufen,
sich aber zumindestens von ihnen beraten zu lassen.


Online Poker: Chris Vaughn and Sorel 'Imper1um' Mizzi Speak, Part 1
December 05, 2007
John Caldwell
Before Oct. 21st, Chris Vaughn was generally known in the poker world because of his work as Managing Editor for Bluff Magazine. On that night, Vaughn won the $1 Million Guaranteed on Full Tilt Poker under his 'BluffMagCV' screen name. Not only had lightning struck, but it would soon seem to have struck twice, for a week later Vaughn virtually repeated the feat, capturing (as 'SlippyJacks') the Sunday Million on PokerStars. Other players dreamed about a similar breakthrough performance.

Except… rumors were quickly afoot that the first of the victories officially posted by Vaughn wasn't quite what it seemed, that in fact this might have been a case of 'account selling' --- the practice of turning over an account late in a major online tournament to a potent, star online player. The practice has come to light only in recent months, after several account-selling incidents were discussed on major poker forums. It was quickly recognized that a star player taking over one of these accounts was gaining a significant edge over his remaining players, who would have no idea that a new tough player, perhaps with a radically different style, had suddenly assumed a seat at the table.

Had that happened here? No one knew for sure, though speculation quickly focused on young online star Sorel 'Imper1um' Mizzi, a friend of Vaughn's. An investigation into the Oct. 21st Full Tilt Poker tournament soon began, and unofficial word of Mizzi's role in the tourney began to spread.

However, it wasn't until the runner-up in the Oct. 21st event, Soren Kongsgaard, recently posted an e-mail he had received from Full Tilt Poker that the rumored disqualification of Vaughn's account was confirmed. Kongsgaard had suffered a tough loss at that, being blinded out during heads-up play after a lengthy loss of his Internet connection. The letter, though, confirmed that Kongsgaard would be moved up to the winner's spot, with all other money finishers in the event bumped up one spot as well.

Faced with the evidence and growing outcry on poker forums, Vaughn and Mizzi contacted PokerNews about going public with the events of that night and related matters. Vaughn and Mizzi agreed to a lengthy interview which will be presented here in two parts, detailing the purchase of Vaughn's account and the practice of account selling in general.

John Caldwell: Chris, tell me a little bit about where you were during your Full Tilt Poker win. At what stage you started receiving communications and how you reacted to them and basically what happened after that?

Chris Vaughn: Oh, I think there was something around... I think we were at three tables left. I want to say maybe there were 24 people. I was below average stack – I wasn't one of the shortest stacks – but definitely below average. I don't remember time, details like that. I just remember that I had definitely had - had just gotten to the point where I was starting to really look at first, second, third, like those big numbers, you know? Realistically, in a poker tournament, you have to get really deep to really start looking at those numbers and I guess I - I had gotten that deep, for sure. So, I was playing it... obviously the situation I was in financially as a 24-year-old journalist – the numbers got pretty big, you know? They were pretty effective, so this really led to – I guess me talking to Sorel about this.

JC: So Sorel called you at some stage ?

CV: No, no – no, what initially happened was – I guess everyone in the – half the field in the tournament had gotten disconnected at some point. I had started to lag, I guess is what they call it, a little bit. Which means, I wasn't timing out, but I was like freezing a little bit, and I work like five minutes, literally from where I live. And so I was considering driving down to work. I'm more comfortable playing there, I play at work a lot – most of the time, like, on Sundays, and I was considering playing there and you know, he [Sorel] was one of the people that I would trust to play while I did it. And uh, you know we were on instant messenger and I sent him a message and uh, it pretty quickly led to a discussion about selling the account rather than just letting him play for a few minutes. The reason I sold the account had nothing to do with my connection. The reason I initially contacted him probably more so had to do with connection, but selling the account was completely a financial decision and was in no way anything else.

JC: And so it was a financial thing, so you guys came to a deal on the spot for Sorel to buy the account.

CV: Correct.

JC: There were about 24 people left in the tournament, and at that point you, I assume, logged off.

CV: I gave him my password and he logged in.

PN: Right, so you logged off the account, and Sorel logged in. Sorel, is this something you do a lot and is it part of the gameplan? Is this the first time you've done this?

Sorel Mizzi: No, I'm not a – I'm not a cheater; I'm not a multi-accounter. I acted fast without malice and didn't intend to hurt Chris and myself, opponents, or the entire poker community. This is something that was a one-time – it was a one-time thing and I clearly didn't give it much thought, which is exactly why I got caught, because… because of actually logging into his account which would be traced. But, I want to make it clear that this is something that was an isolated incident and it's, it's not something that I've done in the past.

JC: So this is the first time you've ever done this – you've never bought an account before online, late in a tournament?

SM: Never.

JC: ... and then taken it over?

SM: Right.

JC: So, are you aware though, the message boards and such would lead you to believe that there's sort of these 'associations,' for lack of a better word, of online players who do seek out players who are still in late in big Sunday tournaments and do buy the accounts or maybe ghost for a piece or something like that. And is that a common practice – have you ever participated in that sort of thing?

SM: Well, there's a lot of speculation happening on the forums – people want to believe what – want to believe the worst. The fact of the matter is that – yes, there's a lot of things going on where players are being ghosted in the middle or late – in the late stages of the tournament by a better player and this is – this is something that can never be regulated. And the fact that there is no one player per hand rule online really gives those people justification for doing this kind of thing. But, I know – I know that it goes on in the high limits and in the low limits and there's absolutely nothing that can be done.

JC: So given that fact, which is something we hear a lot, that "there is no 'one player per hand' rule online and it's simply unenforceable," is this the kind of thing where you've done that type of stuff before, where you may have a guy who's down to eight players in a big tournament, and you'll sit behind him on Messenger and something and do that, or is that not your style?

SM: No, this isn't something – like I said – I mean, this isn't something I regularly do. You know, sometimes people ask me after the hand what they should've done in a situation and I – I gladly respond to that, but this isn't something I regularly do. You know, a lot of the reason I did what I did is because, you know – not, not just because of the obvious monetary reward, but also because, you know, of the thrill of - of being deep in a tournament and, you know I still get that – that... {pauses}. I don't get deep in Sunday majors often and, when I have the opportunity to actually play deep in a tournament - it's a very... exciting thing for me, because and it, there's a lot of – {pauses} it's not just because of the money, it's because I love playing deep in a tournament. It's just a passion for - for playing poker, basically. But, to get back to your question, I haven't done this before in the past and I know that there are people who do this regularly and you know, like that's – I mean I know it's not against the rules – whether or not it's ethical or unethical is another question and that's for each individual person to decide for themselves, but, I mean....

JC: But let's specify that you're talking about ghosting here, as opposed to buying accounts.

SM: Right.

JC: It is against the rules if you buy an account.

SM: It is against the rules if you log into the computer, but as far as I know, I mean out of the five or six years that online poker has been – has been going, no one's been penalized for this kind of activity. So, I mean, with that in mind, I never – I didn't give it much thought and I didn't think what I was doing would cause this kind of – the kind of uproar and the kind of, umm....

JC: Drama?

SM: Yeah, that - that exact, that happened and it – it was just all a shock to me, but, you know, with that being said I – I still think what I did was wrong and I – I feel disgusted at myself and I – I really… I don't like the fact that, I mean, it's been really hard for me to, to cope with it.

JC: When the scuttlebutt started coming out, obviously you spend a lot of time on message boards as well, so you're very familiar with that culture. But when the scuttlebutt on the message boards came out, hey "I hear this," "I hear that," whatever, were you concerned at that point that this would become an issue and if so, why didn't you take action then?

SM: So you're saying, when the first forum thread came out?

JC: Right, when the first forum thread came out, "We hear that CVBluffMag {Vaughn's Full Tilt Poker account} was taken over by Sorel," or someone - anyone for that matter, and you knew it was yourself obviously, how did that make you feel and what did you do at that time and how do you feel about what you did?

SM: Well, I didn't really do anything. I kind of, I actually remember the night that I saw the post and the point that I was actually leaving to go on a flight the next morning to Vegas and I think I left looking at the post with like 70 or 80 responses and I, you know, I kind of just let it evolve – I kind of just let people speak about the issue rather than me talk about what I did or what happened. And I think it's not a very good environment, you know, the public forums – to basically talk about this kind of issue because there's just way too much, {pauses} – I mean, you've seen it – there's just way too much hatred and you know, like, it's just not pretty, so this is why I wanted to do this with PokerNews to basically address everyone's concerns in a professional manner in a professional atmosphere and I... I think that my initial reaction was just not to make a comment. I had planned on making a comment the very night after, but, I actually was scheduled to come to Vegas at twelve o'clock and my flight got overbooked, so I ended up coming late at night because I had to go to Phoenix first, so I actually saw the thread progress a day after – a day after all the – all the posts were made, so I didn't actually see what was going on until after. So I had decided initially not to make a response and then once I saw all the threads being made about it, I basically… I didn't really know what to say – I wanted to come out with an apology and basically tell the truth, but I was advised that I should do it in a more professional manner and not – not resort to the forums, so….

JC: Chris, you did respond, online. The perception I got from reading the threads was that you had responded at some point.

CV: Yeah, I think the one response I remember making was – I responded once on TwoPlusTwo saying that someone else had no involvement in this and my other post was to say that the interview would not be done with Bluff Magazine – I think those are the only two times I ever posted on it.

JC: And you went on the 'BigPokerSundays' internet radio show on ThePokerRoad.com, and responded. I re-listened to that interview again last night.

CV: OK

PN: Do you regret what you said on there – do you think Haralabos and Huff's assessment of what you said on there is fair?

CV: The question – for one – the question threw me off guard. I absolutely knew what they were talking about - I mean, obviously, I'm not stupid. It caught me off guard – I didn't think they would ask it. I probably wouldn't have done the show, you know. It was… I wasn't ready to be asked a question about this. You have to understand anytime either of us got asked anything about this, like, we're not talking about other people that have been in solo incidents. We're both involved in this and it's really difficult to answer questions like this when someone else is directly affected by what you say. But that being said, it threw me off guard and I just lied.

PN: And do you now regret that?

CV: Oh yeah, of course I do. I mean, it's – I regretted it the second I got off the air, I was like – oh, that's bad, that was – that was bad what I just did – I knew it was bad when I was saying it, I knew it was – I mean it was just, it was my instinct to lie, I got caught off guard, I – it, it's just like when you, when this happened with the account, it was like – is what I'm doing wrong? I know it's wrong, I absolutely know it's wrong. Even if I don't think I can get in trouble for it. Even if I'm not sure if it's against the rules. I know what I'm doing is wrong. I know it's unfair. It's just like when they asked me the question on the show, it's just like, I panicked and I lied. You know, I – I had the chance to apologize to Scott Huff – one of the hosts of the show who's, who's really nice about all this. I just, I'd love to go back on the show and apologize. I hate that I lied about it. I wish that I could take it back and I wish I could go back right now and at least say no comment and wait for a better spot, you know, but – yeah, I mean, absolutely I lied. I think everyone knows that now.

Join us tomorrow for Part II of the interview with Sorel and Chris as they discuss the ramifications of their decisions, Vaughn's PokerStars win the next week, and where they hope to go from here.

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/12/online-poker-sorel-mizzi-chris-vaughn-speak-one.htm

The Top Cash Game Winners and Losers on the Prima Poker Network in 2007


About a week ago, we covered the top cash game winners and losers on Full Tilt Poker Poker - this week, I decided to cover the Prima Poker network. The Prima Poker Network includes a number of different sites. As usual we have gotten our data from our friends at highstakesdb.com. They don't claim that their data is 100% accurate, but I think that it's pretty close.

We are covering two games: high limit No Limit Hold'em, and high limit Pot Limit Omaha.

The player who has had the best year on the network is "LrsLzk." "LrsLzk" not only topped the list for the highest earning No Limit Hold'em cash game player on Prima, but he was also the #4 earner in Pot Limit Omaha. "LrsLzk" earned an eye-popping 1.4 million in NLHE and another $120k in Pot Limit Omaha. "LrsLzk" put in 82,616 hands to earn his $1.4 million in NLHE, and another 1399 hands to earn his $120k in Pot Limit Omaha.

The biggest losers on Prima for the year? In NLHE the player with the biggest negative amount next to his name was [youtube]"flyingjet2", who dropped over $1.4 million dollars on the year and contributed greatly to the high limit economy.[/youtube] "ferkin" was close behind, dropping $820k on the year so far, with most of his losses coming in January 2007 when he dropped almost $600k. Rounding out the top five biggest losers in NLHE for the year are Tommeh82, P__Hellmuth and preflop_x, who all dropped between $300k and $400k.

The biggest loser in Pot Limit Omaha YTD is "Undercover" and it's not even close. So far on the year, he has dropped about $520k in just 1865 hands. "Gosmos" is second on the list with a loss of about $170k. Cogaz, Sutrakama and _myst_ round out the list of the top PLO losers in 2007 on Prima.

Don't feel too bad for "Undercover" though, as he made it up at the No Limit Hold'em tables, banking over $685k in just 23 sessions. "Undercover" might want to move down a bit in limits when playing Pot Limit Omaha. Even with a crushing $520k loss in Pot Limit Omaha, "Undercover" is still up over $160k when you combine his PLO and NLHE results.

"pucylucy" had a strong year on Prima as well, cracking the top ten list in both games. "pucylucy" is the top earning Pot Limit Omaha player on the network so far in 2007, banking almost $500k. "pucylucy" is also at #4 on the list of the high earning NLHE players for the year, currently sitting with a profit of around $645k. Combine those two numbers and "pucylucy" is currently up around $1.15 million on the site so far this year.

The list of biggest PLO winners includes a familar face. "I_Knockout_U", which is Patrik Antonius's Prima Poker account, is currently up over $60k on the year, which is good for 8th place on the list.

Rounding out the list of top NLHE players on Prima in 2007, "Terken89" currently occupies the third spot with a profit of over $675k, and "Zeus1976" occupies the fifth spot with a profit of just under $620k.

Rounding out the list of top PLO players on Prima in 2007, "Tunaeatr" occupies the second position behind "pucylucy" with a profit of around $367k, "-Colossus-" has the third position with a profit of just over $200k, and "BustaHustla" currently occupies the fifth spot with a profit of around $77k.

"preflop_x" and "LrsLzk" are the two most active players in 2007, both playing more than 84,000 hands.

Gefunden auf Poker-King.com

WestmenloAA, aka MJorgenson13 - The Most Talented Overall Poker Player Online Today?

It's not too often that you find someone who is not only a great tournament player online, but also a great cash game player. Normally it is either one or the other; you are either a great cash game player or a great tournament player, but rarely both.

Isaac Baron, aka "WestmenloAA" on PokerStars, aka "Mjorgenson13" on Full Tilt Poker Poker, aka "Bossmenlo" on Ultimate Bet would certainly qualify as both. Someone posted a great quote recently that sums up my feelings on "WestmenloAA" perfectly; it's not often that you find a great online tournament player who doesn't have a fifty person waiting list every time they sit down at a cash game. Many cash game players will tell you that they are tournament donks; many tournament players will tell you that they chunk off tremendous amounts of money in cash games. It's just the way it is, and it isn't too often that you find someone who excels at both, especially someone who is so young.

In terms of cash games, Isaac Baron can sit with anyone and compete, and most of the time he will do extremely well. Not only that, but he is also a well-rounded player who can play both Pot Limit Omaha cash games and No Limit Hold'em cash games. I think if you asked most high-stakes cash game players on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker Poker, they would tell you that Isaac Baron is not an easy opponent. Pick some of the other top online tournament names, and I doubt that they would tell you the same thing.

In terms of online tournament play, Baron is one of the best. Over the past couple of years, "WestmenloAA" is up over $780k profit on PokerStars, "Mjorgenson13" is up over $250k on Full Tilt Poker Poker, and "Bossmenlo" is up over $66k. That's well over a million dollars of profit just from tournament play alone over the past few years alone, and that doesn't even include his three live tournament cashes. Baron cashed in two PCA tournaments so far in his career and once at the North American Poker Championships in '06.

Baron has won two Sunday major tournaments; one on PokerStars in the Sunday Million for $254k, and once on Full Tilt Poker Poker in a $750k Guaranteed tournament for $132k. He came third in the recent UBOC 13 tournament on Ultimate Bet for $74k. If you scroll down his list of online tournament cashes, you will see numerous other $50k+ cashes and too many other 5 digit cashes to count.

If you were to ask the question: who is the most talented player online today who plays both cash games and tournaments consistently? I think that you would have a hard time making a better case than Isaac Baron.

http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2007/12/28/westmenloaa-aka-mjorgenson13-the-most-talented-overall-poker-player-online-today/

Dario Minieri (dariominieri) Continues His Ridiculously Hot Streak

Dario Minieri capped off with a phenomenal week of poker with perhaps one of the most impressive one-day performances ever.

You have probably heard of Dario or at least seen him on TV. He is a Team PokerStars Player and was prominently featured on this year's World Series of Poker main event telecast. He is probably best known for wearing a scarf at the World Series of Poker and dusting off a huge chipstack in record time.

Anyways, before Sunday, Dario Minieri had been absolutely owning the $5600 No Limit Hold'em Heads Up Turbo SNG's on PokerStars. Owning would be an understatement. Over his last 2300 SNG's on the site, Dario has realized a profit of over $450,000, with a great deal of those profits coming in the last week.

On Sunday "dariominieri" had a day for the ages on PokerStars. Say what you want about him, but his results from Sunday will be pretty hard to top over a similar 24 hour period.

He won $50k in the High Stakes Showdown, beating out an extremely competitive field that included the likes of Barry Greenstein, Sorel Mizzi and Chris "Genius28" Lee.

He also took down the very tough $215 rebuy $150k guaranteed tournament for just over $56k.

Then, as if that weren't enough, he chopped the Sunday $5200 Freezeout event on PokerStars for $50k. Again, the competition was extremely fierce in this field as well, featuring the likes of Darrell Dicken, Chris Lee and Barry Greenstein.

Dario also finished 42nd in the Sunday Million.

Three VERY tough tournaments and Dario won them all in one day. Whether you hate him or love him, you have to admit that this is one of the most impressive one-day feats ever in online poker. To win the $5200 Freezeout, High Stakes Showdown and $215 Rebuy in the same day is just ridiculous.

http://www.poker-king.com/poker-king-articles.php?article=341

"Dustin Dirksen", "Ziigmund" Dominating High Stakes Cash Games on Full Tilt Poker Poker So Far in 2008

It's still early in 2008 but so far "Dustin Dirksen" and "Ziigmund" have jumped to the front of the pack as two of the biggest winners on Full Tilt Poker in 2008.

"Dustin Dirksen" is off to a torrid start, banking nearly a million dollars in high stakes Pot Limit Omaha so far in 2008. According to Highstakesdb, Dirksen is currently up $992k from January 1st to January 23rd.

"Ziigmund", known for his aggressiveness and extreme variance, is currently up over $600k in Pot Limit Omaha over the same time period. Ilari Sahamies, aka "Ziigmund", is also up over $200k in the high stakes NLHE games, which might come as a surprise to some. "Ziigmund" has publicly stated that his NLHE game isn't anywhere close to his Pot Limit Omaha game. So far so good for "Zig" in 2008 though, as he is up over $800k in just 3 1/2 weeks.

"kinexxx" continues to lead the No Limit Hold'em standings, having banked nearly 300k so far in 2008 in 3933 hands. As mentioned, "Ziigmund" is second on the list with $203k, followed by "guaranteed376" with $187k, "OMGClayAiken" with $177k in earnings and "MUCKEMSAYUHH" with $170k in earnings.

As mentioned, "Dustin Dirksen" is leading the way in PLO earnings so far in 2008 with nearly a million dollars in profit, followed by "Ziigmund" with $610k in earnings. Patrik "FinddaGrind" Antonius is #3 with $450k in profits, followed by "DaFool" who is +$355k and Eila who is +$279k. "guaranteed376" is also on the top ten list of biggest PLO earners in 2008 with a PLO profit of $157k.

On the flip side, Phil Ivey leads the way for biggest Pot Limit Omaha losers on the site in 2008 with a total loss of just under $400k. Tom "Durrrr" Dwan is second with a loss of $352k. "noataima", who was the biggest PLO and NLHE loser on FTP last year, is third on the list with a total loss of $340k. "noataima" is rumored to be Guy Laliberte, which would make sense considering the amount of money that "noataima" drops on the site.

Gus Hansen, even given his massive one day heater a few days ago, is still down over $200k YTD in the high stakes PLO games.

Clearly the majority of the action so far this year has been in the Pot Limit Omaha games. Last night there were up to 8 200/400 PLO tables running at once, and the high stakes No Limit Hold'em games were dead.

We'll have another update on the high stakes FTP games at the end of January.

source: http://www.highstakesdb.com

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Hac "Trex313" Dang Continuing to Dominate Full Tilt Poker Poker in February


It's pretty rare when you see that the same person has made the most money in both the high stakes No Limit Hold'em games and Pot Limit Omaha games on Full Tilt Poker Poker, almost two weeks into the month. But from February 1st to February 13th on Full Tilt Poker Poker, "trex313" has done just that and has outearned everyone in both games.

Even after dropping a couple hundred grand yesterday, "Trex313" still sits atop the list of highest earning No Limit Hold'em players on Full Tilt Poker Poker in February with a total haul of $350k. "MUCKEMSAYUHH" has a profit of $144k, "Bawankawonk" has earned $126k and "OMGClayAiken" has made $103k. "OMGClayAiken" is another player who has had a particularly strong month in both games, as he has booked a profit of $194k so far this month playing Pot Limit Omaha as well.

Speaking of Pot Limit Omaha, "trex313" is, as mentioned, leading the way in that game as well with a total profit of $418k for the month. Quite often you'll find that a player will be very strong in one game and then shoot off most of their profits playing the other. However, "Trex313" seems to be talented in both games.

"Eila" is also having a strong month playing Pot Limit Omaha so far in February, booking a total profit of $369k. Right behind "Eila" is "Ziigmund", one of the most entertaining and fearless poker players on the planet today, who has made himself $338k so far this month playing PLO. "Mrsmokey1" has made $331k in February (with all of his profits coming in one ultra-hot session) and "Manechka" is fifth on the list with a total profit of $245k.

High stakes action on Full Tilt Poker Poker has cooled off a bit in the past week or so, as many players are currently traveling between tournaments or taking some time off before the busy spring and summer.

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"Guaranteed376", "CHUFTY" Dominate High Stakes Cash Games on Full Tilt Poker Poker in February


Now that February is in the books, it's time for our recap of the high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker Poker (No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha) courtesy of Highstakesdb.com.

Let's start with Pot Limit Omaha.

The big winner in February was "CHUFTY", a high stakes PLO specialist who usually plays at PokerStars. "CHUFTY" was the biggest PLO winner in February, banking a total profit of $788k.

"Eila" was strong all month, and finished February in second place with a total profit of $601k. Phil Galfond, aka "OMGClayAiken", finished up the month in third place with a total gain of $583k. Phil Ivey finished the month up $473k, which was good for fourth place on the list, and "trex313" rounded out the top 5 with a gain of $403k.

The person who donated the most money in February was Gus Hansen. He ended up losing just under $700k for the month, making him far and away the biggest PLO loser in February. Dustin Dirksen was second on the list with a total loss of $453k, while "the guru 11" came in third place on the list, with a total loss of $437k. "Ziigmund" and "patatino" rounded out the top five with losses of $339k and $295k. "guaranteed376" gave back some of his NLHE gains with a total PLO loss of $237k.

Next, the No Limit Hold'em results.

"Guaranteed376" ended up being the biggest winner in February, banking a total profit of $489k over just 1620 hands. Next on the list was the always strong Tom "durrrr" Dwan, who ended up making $396k. "trex313" also had a very strong month, not only appearing in the top five in Pot Limit Omaha but also finishing up February with a gain of $343k playing No Limit Hold'em. "im2tight" finished February with a profit of $137k, and "Bawankawonk" banked a total of $126k.

"Genius28" finished February on the top of the biggest NLHE losers list with a total loss of $342k, showing you that even the best players online have off months.

"seda1" ended up dropping $220k, most of which was donated to Phil Ivey in their high stakes, $500/$1000 sessions.

"OMGClayAiken" finished up the month in third place on the list, with a total loss of $190k. "traheho" and "Pokerface McGee" rounded out the top five with losses of $146k and $105k.

It should be noted that these results don't include any of the Mixed Games such as H.O.R.S.E. or the Pot Limit Hold'em / Omaha games that frequently run. I know that there were some battles involving Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Phil Ivey and "Ziigmund" that took place in the PLHE/PLO mixed games in February, but these results weren't tracked. Just so you know.

Source: Highstakesdb

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Brian Hastings Up Over One Million Dollars in High Stakes Pot Limit Omaha on Full Tilt Poker Poker in March


Brian Hastings, formerly known as "LucLongley" on Full Tilt Poker Poker, is currently up over $1 million dollars in the high stakes PLO games on Full Tilt Poker Poker so far in March.

Hastings is a member of "Team Cardrunners". Cardrunners inked a deal with Full Tilt Poker Poker earlier this month that saw the members of "Team Cardrunners" become red Full Tilt Poker Poker pros.

Hastings was up over $540k in March under his old alias, "LucLongley". After switching over to his new "Brian Hastings" alias he has continued his strong play, amassing another $516k in total profit, making him the biggest winner on the site so far in March. Hastings has so far avoided the fate that met Niki "Kaibuxxe" Jedlicka after he signed his deal with Full Tilt Poker. Jedlicka used to dominate the high stakes PLO games under his old "Kaibuxxe" alias. His fortunes suddenly went south once he signed a sponsorship deal with Full Tilt Poker, and he has never really regained his old form.

David Benyamine continues to have a strong March in Pot Limit Omaha, having made a total of $702k for the month. "trex313" continues his hot play as of late with a total profit of $484k for the month, while "KObyTAPOUT" has earned over $430k.

So who's dropping all of the money so far in March to these players?

"Ziigmund" still continues to hover around the $1 million dollar loss range so far in March, having dropped over $960k on the month. "Ziigmund" is prone to some pretty sick swings and could easily be up or down another half million tomorrow.

Gus Hansen, save for an occasional heater here and there, continues to hemorrhage money in the high stakes PLO games, having dropped another $707k in March. Hansen is not having a good year on Full Tilt Poker Poker so far, having dropped a total of almost $1.1 million on the site since the beginning of the year.

"guaranteed376" rounds out the top three list of biggest PLO losers in March with a total loss of over $500k.

So far in 2008, the biggest overall PLO winner on Full Tilt Poker Poker is "trex313". He has banked a total of $1.3 million dollars over 34k hands. "OMGClayAiken" seems to have found a home in the high stakes PLO games, as he has banked over $960k for the year. Brian Hastings, along with his "LucLongley" account, has banked a total of $1.16 million, while Patrik "FinddaGrind" Antonius has made over $800k.

Speaking of "trex313", he is also one of the biggest No Limit Hold'em winners on FTP this year, having banked an impressive $553k over just 8600 hands. "trex313" has banked almost $2 million dollars on the site so far in 2008, and the year isn't even three months old.


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Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond Up Almost a Million Dollars on Full Tilt Poker Poker So Far in April

OMGClayAiken Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, generally considered one of the top five online cash game players in the world, has put in an impressive April so far.

Galfond has made over $720k in total profits playing No Limit Hold'em so far in April (on Full Tilt Poker Poker) and an additional $184k playing high stakes Pot Limit Omaha. Galfond, who previously used to play mainly NLHE, has now successfully branched off into Pot Limit Omaha as well.

"OMGClayAiken" is far and away the biggest No Limit Hold'em winner on the site so far in April. As mentioned, Galfond has made an estimated $720k so far this month, while "xSt0n3rx" is the second winningest NL player with an estimated profit of $274k. "tsarrast" is third on the list with total profits of $258k, and Brian Hastings and "Urindanger" round out the top five with estimated profits of $164k and $162k respectively.

A great deal of Galfond's profits this month have come from "GASSITT" who dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars to Galfond in one session.

As mentioned, Galfond's success also extends into Pot Limit Omaha. He has made an estimated $184k this month playing PLO, which is good for an entry on the list of top ten winningest PLO players on Full Tilt Poker in April. The biggest winners so far this month are "ICallSoWhat" (+$920k), Marklus Golser (+$851k) and David Benyamine (+$491k).

According to HighStakesDB, Galfond has made an estimated $1.33 million dollars on Full Tilt Poker Poker this year, as of April 15th, making him one of the largest winners on the site.

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David Benyamine Up Over Two Million Dollars on Full Tilt Poker in May

David Benyamine is crushing the high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker Poker so far in May, and is up an estimated $2.01 million dollars on the month. His Pot Limit Omaha numbers are even better, as he up an estimated $2.25 million in PLO over 23,983 hands. Mixed games are not included in these statistics. Benyamine is now up an estimated $2.73 million dollars on FTP since the beginning of 2008.

"Ziigmund" is also having a strong May, having posted a total profit of $1.285 million dollars so far on the month. What's even more impressive is that $525k of this profit has come from No Limit Hold'em, which is typically his weaker game. "Ziigmund" has had the second best month of anyone on the site in May, but is still over $700k behind the first-place Benyamine.

"ICallSoWhat" is having yet another strong month, having b