Fri, 02/04/2011 – 02:04 – PokerPages Staff
Team PokerStars sponsored pro Viktor ‘Isildur1′ Blom dominated high stakes cash game action for the third evening in succession on Tuesday.
The Swedish sensation booked a profit of $384,000 following a lengthy session on the world’s biggest online poker site.
Blom began his assault against Ashton ‘theASHMAN103′ Griffin. The 21 year-old won $80,000 six tabling $25/$25 Pot Limit Omaha.
He then took longtime rival Phil ‘Jman28′ Galfond to the cleaners for $140,000 in $25/$50 No Limit Hold’em exchanges.
He rounded the night off in style by taking down $164,000 after 2,000 hands of $50/$100 NLH against ‘Kanu7.’
Viktor Blom has been in exceptional form since he recorded his second PokerStars SuperStars Showdown triumph over Dan Cates on Sunday.
The London based pro admitted on Twitter on Wednesday that he was feeling better than he has for over a year.
Blom, who was on a substantial downswing at the end of January, now finds himself in the black by more than $300,000 for the calendar year.
Jared ‘Harrington10′ Bleznick also prospered on PokerStars, winning $251,000.
Scott ‘URnotINdanger2′ Palmer continues to set the pace this year. The Maryland native has won well over $1 million during 2011 on his two active online accounts.
Bleznick struggled to transfer his successes on PokerStars to cash game action on Full Tilt Poker. ‘harrington25′ finished in the red by $150,000.
Andrew ‘luckychewy’ Lichtenberger ($-126,000) and ‘nutsinho’ (-$296,000) rounded out the top three biggest losers.
Wed, 12/22/2010 – 23:10 – PokerPages Staff
Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies returned to form on Monday evening after dominating several $300/$600 Pot Limit Omaha sessions on the virtual felt. ‘Ziigmund’ finished the evening $119,000 in the black to arrest his recent run of downswings.
The online sensation downed a pot worth $136,674 after completing a full house on the river against nosebleed regulars Di ‘Urindanger’ Dang and ‘Rumprammer.’
‘Ziigmund’ raised to $3,600 from the big blind and his opponents called. A flop of Ah-Qs-8s prompted Dang to check and Sahamies led out for $13,780. ‘Rumprammer’ then jammed for $26,195 and Dang check raised to $107,085. ‘Ziigmund’ completed.
The trio had each hit a set on the flop but ‘Ziigmund’ had his opponents covered with Aces. The turn and river drew air for ‘Rumprammer’ and Dang and ‘Ziigmund’ snared the pot with his boat.
Patrik Antonius took the crown as the biggest winner of the weekend after seven lucrative sessions. Antonius tabled trip deuces against Dan ‘jungleman12′ Cates to take down a hand worth $226,000 before spiking a rivered set of Aces against long running challenger ‘IHateJuice’ for a $96,000 pot.
Antonius’ profits of $332,663 placed him ahead of ‘luckexpress10′ (+$143,992) and Ziigmund (+$119,0000). The renowned Phil Ivey (+$83,981) rounded out the top four.
Dan Cates (-$249,376) was the biggest loser. The Durrrr Challenger has seen his 2010 profits drop from over $5 million to $4.76 million in recent weeks. However, those figures are still good enough to make him the highest earner for the calendar year.
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