Sat, 02/12/2011 – 02:47 – PokerPages Staff
Team PokerStars sponsored pro Daniel Negreanu was one of the surprise winners on the virtual felt after a lucrative high stakes cash game session.
‘Kid Poker’ posted an upswing of $46,000 on the world’s biggest online poker site, suggesting he may become one of the nosebleed regulars in the near future.
Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond has dominated the online poker headlines recently and it was no different on Wednesday evening after another eventful session on the virtual felt.
Galfond is not known for his huge swings in profits but the Wisconsin native has followed one of the worst downswings in his career with several huge wins in the last two weeks.
It proved to be an evening to forget for the 25 year-old who dropped $230,000 against Jared ‘Harrington25′ Bleznick in $500/$1,000 Cap Pot Limit Omaha Heads-Up exchanges.
Galfond fared no better against 2010 World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner Gus Hansen. The ‘Great Dane’ raked in $36,000 from another heads up battle.
Those figures have pushed Galfond into the red by over $500,000 for the calendar year.
Bleznick was the biggest winner after taking down $248,000 from various high stakes cash games. Andreas ‘skjervoy’ Torbergsen also prospered.
‘Omiphalotus’ (-$203,000) recorded the biggest deficit. Galfond, ‘tuff_shark’ (-$75,000), Dan ‘jungleman12′ Cates (-$101,000) and Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies (-$44,000) rounded out the top five.