Poker High Stakes

January was FINALLY a good month for Gus Hansen. The Great Dane finished 1.7 million in the black. Top 6 winners and losers Gus Hansen +1.743m Cole South +1.506m Urindanger (Di Dang) +1.238m Ziigmund (Ilari Sahamies) +1.103m PostflopAction (Aleksander Kostritsin) +1.010m David Oppenheim +932k Patrik Antonius -1.750m Richard Ashby -803k PixKim -631k howisitfeellike (Rafi Amit) [...]

For the next two weeks poker’s biggest boppers will duke it out on NBC’s “Poker After Dark” Watch Tom “durrrr” Dwan,  Patrik Antonius,  Howard Lederer, Eli Elezra, Ilari “Ziggmund” Sahamies, and some guy named Phil Ivey battle it out with the blinds being set at 200/400 with 100 dollar antes.    

August was a hot month for the high stakes ballers on Full Tilt poker. A record 5 players all hit the 1 million dollar mark in profit. Leading the way was Ashton “theASHMAN103″ Griffin with a cool 2.4 million dollars. TOP 5 Ashton “theASHMAN103″ Griffin +2.4 million Cole South + 1.5 million Brian Hastings +1.2 [...]

Yesterday was one of the sickest days of all time on Full Tilt poker. Tom “durrrr” Dwan battled it out with Martonas for over 5,000 hands at the 500/1000 NL tables.  Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies asked Dwan for a transfer but Dwan couldn’t help him out because he has his entire bankroll of 3.5 million spread [...]

A recent chat between DIN_FRU and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies went down on Full Tilt poker a few days ago. “DIN_FRU: yo I been tryinh to find you Ziigmund: y0 DIN_FRU: where you a DIN_FRU: at Ziigmund: vegas still DIN_FRU: eheheh DIN_FRU: good or bad? DIN_FRU: I need money here Ziigmund: i ll call u later [...]

The month of June for Tom “durrrr” Dwan was just plain SICK.. Dwan raked in just over 2.1 MILLION DOLLARS!!! After being down for the most of 2009 Dwan now finds himself  UP 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS!! Where is Dr. Evil when you need him?? 2009′s Top 5 WINNERS 1. Patrik Antonius + 4.7 million 2. [...]

Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Niki Jedlicka played some $300/$600 PLO  action with a $100 ante on Full Tilt Poker last night.  Sahamies would go on to win four of the five biggest hands during the 30 minute match. Full Tilt Poker Game #12965815290: Table Crazy Action (6 max, ante, deep) $300/$600 Ante $100 — Pot [...]

Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro played a heads-up game of $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha.  Action saw a HUGE suckout by Ziigmund costing Kelopuro a 256k pot. Both players got it all in on the turn with Kelopuro’s pocket Aces dominating Sahamies’s pair of Jacks.

The World Series of Poker is here… That means the world of high stakes online poker  will be dead for a month or so.. Hang in there guys..

In some morning heads-up action, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Tom “durrrr” Dwan played a two-table match of $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha over on Full Tilt Poker tables durrrr and durrrr #2. The battle went on for 70 minutes as Sahamies raked in seven of the 11 largest pot played. He was actually up over $486K at [...]