Weekly High Stakes Report – Galfond and Blom Win Six Figures

After a couple of relatively calm weeks, the fireworks returned at the online high stakes tables, with action taking place almost every day for the past week.

Sunday was marked by the six-figure wins of 'Trueteller' and a player whom we haven't heard from a lot lately, Alex 'joiso' Kostritsyn. The German’s profit of $112k came from an encounter with French pro Rui Cao, according to HighStakesDB. Although it was a short match, things went ‘Trueteller’s’ way, decimating Rui Cao’s earlier profit.

As for Kostritsyn, the Russian pro continued his great run at PokerStars. While the room and the games played were different, the player donating money for ‘joiso’s’ cause was again Rui Cao. It was a bad day for Cao, as Kostritsyn ended with a profit of nearly $103k when all was said and done.

Mikael ‘punting-peddler’ Thuritz finished the day in the black as well, walking away with $87,000 after having a good run in 8-game heads-up matches against Phil ‘Polarizing’ Ivey.

Two big winners in the Monday games were Ben ‘Sauce123’ Sulsky and ‘Carlooo13,' who both padded their rolls with six-figure amounts. ‘Sauce123’ earned the majority of his profit playing against ‘Ravenswood13’ on PokerStars, wrapping it up at $126k after taking about $20k from ‘flong78.'

HighStakesDB reported that ‘Carlooo13’ finished the day with about $109k to his name. That's the same player who plays as ‘Ravenswood13’ on PokerStars, so it wasn’t that good (or bad) of a day for him when tallying numbers from both sites. ‘Carlooo13’ took on Phil Ivey heads-up at the mixed games tables and things once again went south for ‘Polarizing.'

The following day saw not one but two players break the $200k profit mark. The first, ‘bbvisbadforme,' walked away $268k richer after a long HU session against Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond.

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom took on Rui ‘PepperoniF’ Cao heads-up on PokerStars and after about three hours of play at the 2-7 TD tabes, Blom was looking at a $213k profit, while the week continued going downhill for Cao. ‘Carlooo13’ continued his stay in profitville as well, adding another $69k to his roll.

Although Thursday wasn’t much of a day for Galfond, he bounced back quickly and Friday the 13th did not bring any bad luck his way. In fact, he ended the day with $160k to his name. Galfond took on the German pro ‘SanIker’ for several Triple Draw sessions and walked away with his head held high.

Cort ‘thecortster’ Kibler-Melby was second on the winners’ leaderboard, finishing $130k to the good. About half of that profit came from ‘Isildur1,' while the other half was courtesy of ‘Trueteller.'

Phil Galfond proved that starting off on a bad note does not have to really mean anything in poker. Despite his initial loss to Viktor Blom, he bounced back and on Saturday he booked a profit in excess of $300k. About half of his $318k win came from Alexander ‘PostFlopAction’ Kostritsyn, while the rest was donated by Blom.

However, that did not hurt ‘Isildur1’ too much, as he still ended the day well on a high note, booking nearly $162k in earnings. It turned out that the PokerStars tables were much kinder to the Swede, as he won at both 2-7 and PLO.

The tables turned once again on Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond yesterday, as he lost a lot of his profit from the previous sessions to Alex ‘PostFlopAction’ Kostritsyn. It was a payback of sorts for the Russian, who dropped quite a sum to Galfond last week. This time around it was his time to shine, as he won all of it back and then some, ending up $281k ahead.

There were no other six-figure winners yesterday, but ‘flong78’ and Alex ‘BiatchPeople’ Luneau both profited in excess of $70k.

Let there be profit

After an exciting week of action, it is time to look at the final tally. Although there was a lot of back and forth and many big pots exchanged hands, there weren’t any huge winners.

Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond finished the week $230k to the good. That number could have been much bigger if some sessions went his way, but it could have been smaller as well, so he will probably have no complaints about a decent six-figure profit.

Ben 'Sauce123' Sulsky ended up with a profit of close to $163k.

German pro 'Trueteller' also finished the week in six-figure territory, adding 160k to his roll, while Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom finished on a high note too, up $149k.

On the other side of the ledger, where players never really want to find themselves, was first and foremost Rui Cao. The French pro dropped the hefty amount of $363k at the tables across the sites and he was the biggest loser for the week.

Phil Ivey did not find the way back into profit and dropped another $196,000. As for Alex Kostritsyn, after having a bumpy seven-day stretch he ended in the red, even though the loss of $87k can hardly be considered big at these stakes.

It seems that Gus ‘broksi’ Hansen got tired of bridge and returned to the tables last week on PokerStars. Although there was no significant movement in his bankroll so far, Gus has been very active, so next week’s report should be a fun one.