Weekly High Stakes Report - Ivey Still in Action, 'thecortster' Drops Big

After Ike Haxton had a great run last week, past seven days saw a decline in action, presumably due to the World Series of Poker getting underway and players flocking to Las Vegas looking to meet their high adrenaline needs. However, high stakes tables were not completely dead and there was a decent number of big pots shipped across the virtual felt.

Although Ike continued his winning ways on Sunday, it was Phil 'Polarizing' Ivey who left the games with the biggest profit. Tiger Woods of poker first got involved with Cort 'thecortster' Kibler-Melby for some 2-7 TD action. After about two hours of play, Ivey was up $167k according to HighStakesDB.

After that, he proceeded to look for some action on PokerStars and there he added almost $100k, bringing his final tally for the day to $275,000. His opponents on PokerStars were Ike Haxton, Ben 'Sauce123' Sulsky and other well known high stakes players. Apart from Ivey, Haxton had a good shot at the tables, raking in a profit of $129k. Mikael 'ChaoRen160' Thuritz also ended the day with a six figure profit to the tune of $127k.

We had quite a big gap after the weekend as first significant action at the tables was reported again on Thursday. The only six figure winner for the day was 'BROCKLESNARR' who broke the 100k mark by just $300. Phil Ivey came close as well, as he added another $92,500 to his weekly profits.

Friday was a big action day over at Full Tilt, as some $250/500 NLHE 6-max games got underway, presumably prompted by the presence of Phil 'Polarazing' Ivey, whose absence from the NLHE games at these levels makes the regulars all too keen to play him.

While Ivey ended up dropping about $65k in these games, few players walked away with a decent profit, primarily Alex 'IReadYrSoul' Millar whose bankroll was busted by $180k win. 'Denoking' was second biggest winner of the day, with the profit of $129k, the majority of which actually came from Millar who lost a hefty pot with a middle set to 'Denoking's' top set.

Finally, Saturday games saw decent amount of action, with the likes of Ivey and Alex 'Kanu7' Millar taking their seats at the virtual felt. However, it was 'OtB_RedBaron' who finished with the biggest profit for the day to the tune of $153,000. He was not the only six figure winner for the day though, as Ivey managed to master a $100k+ day across both sites.

Picking up the pieces

Another decent week for Phil Ivey saw him end up with the profit of $193k. Isaac Haxton did not have as much success as the last week, but was still able to bank $124,000 for his efforts. Mikael 'ChaoRen160' Thuritz ended with the profit of $105,000 as well.

Alex Millar, known as 'IReadYrSoul' and 'Kanu7' at the tables put in a decent amount of action, winning some at Full Tilt but dropping most of it at PokerStars tables, ending the week with the profit of just $33,000.

Cort 'thecortster' Kibler-Melby had it really rough last week, as he ended up dropping $340,000 in various games, primarily in the 2-7 TD confrontations. Ben 'Sauce123' Sulsky ended the week with a six-figure loss as well, to the tune of $115,000.

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