Weekly High Stakes Report: ‘thecortster’ Up Nearly 800k, Ivey Frequents the Tables

Although the WSOP November Nine is the topic on everybody's mind, that did not stop high stakes action online and we've had an exciting week at the nosebleeds tables.

Monday was a big day for Alex 'Alexonmoon' Luneau, as his excursion to the 2-7 TD HU tables saw him bank $474k, according to HighStakesDB. His profits came from matches against the German pro 'Kagome Kagome.' This was a nice comeback for Luneau, as he was punished for most of the past week by the German. The whole ordeal lasted for about six hours with three big matches, each one of them going Luneau’s way.

There were no other six figure winners on Monday, but ‘Trueteller’ booked +$57.5k on the day, and Phil ‘Polarizing’ Ivey made just short of $42,000.

It looked like ‘Alexonmoon’ was finally picking up some traction after having a rough time last week. However, his breakthrough would not last long, as he met his demise on Tuesday in the person of Cort ‘thecortster’ Kibler-Melby. Once again, the game was 2-7 Triple Draw and after 6.5 hours of play at the $2k/$4k level, ‘thecortster’ ended up pocketing $560k. The play was once again spread over three sessions, the biggest win for Kibler-Melby coming in the first one, where he won close to $481k, according to HighStakesDB.

The second biggest winner for the day was ‘bajskorven’ on PokerStars, winning close to $91k. Ivey was up $111.7k from his marathon match against ‘PostflopAction,’ but he lost $86k earlier from just 19 hands of FLO8 against ‘KPR16,’ ending the day with just $12,000 to the good.

‘Polarizing’ has been putting in more hours at the online high stakes tables lately, trying to finally get over the bad run he’s been experiencing since Black Friday. Wednesday was a big day for Ivey, as HighStakesDB reported that he ended up with a profit just shy of $450k. His success came predominantly from the FLO8 sessions against Kyle ‘KPR16’ Ray and ‘Carloooo13.’

However, Ivey’s good run would not last long. As soon as play entered the next day, ‘Polarizing’ dropped $200k to ‘KPR16.’ Switching games did not do anything for the pro as his adventure on 2-7 TD tables against ‘Kagome Kagome’ ended with a $333k loss. After some more play later in the day, the German pro finished the day winning just shy of $311k.

The second biggest winner of the day was Alex ‘PostflopAction’ Kostritsyn, who came out on the winning end of a 2-7 TD session against the likes of ‘Polarizing,’ ‘SanIker’ and ‘Trueteller.’ Kostritsyn’s take for the day amounted to $193.2k.

It seems that Ivey has really decided to dedicate some time to online action, as he was back in action again on Friday. This time around, ‘Polarizing’ was able to end up with a profit of $188.6k, the majority of which came from the $1k/$2k 8-game action against ‘PostflopAction.’ ‘thecortster’ also had a good start to his weekend, winning $140k by triumphing over ‘Alexonmoon’ at the 2-7 TD tables.

The weekend was rather quiet in terms of big winners. The biggest winner after play on Saturday and Sunday was ‘AckmaJin,’ who profited $163.3k.

Finally, on Monday, it wasCort ‘thecortster’ Kibler-Melby once again topping the winners’ list with a profit of $109.2k. His winnings came from heads-up matches against ‘SanIker.’ However, ‘SanIker’ returned some of his losses playing against Ivey, bringing Ivey’s total for the day to -$60k.

Tallying Up the Numbers

The title of the biggest winner for the past seven days easily goes to Cort ‘thecortster’ Kibler-Melby. His good fortune at the tables brought him a profit of $790,000.

Phil ‘Polarizing’ Ivey had a swingy week. When all the ups and downs were added together, his total take for the past seven days came to $90k.

'Trueteller' fared better than Ivey, as his earnings amounted to $192,133.

As for those on the other side of the spectrum, Alex ‘Alexonmoon’ Luneau was the biggest loser for the past seven days, as he finished stuck slightly over $500k. A good start to the last week looked like things could turn around for Luneau, but everything went downhill from there for the Frenchman.

German pro ‘Kagome Kagome’ ended up $125k in the hole, while Alex ‘PostflopAction’ Kostritsyn will have to accept his nearly $60k loss for this week.