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Despite the glut of live poker tournaments currently dominating the European poker circuit, plenty of high stakes pros took to the virtual felt and PokerStars last week for another round of big-bet cash games. Ilari Sahamies followed up his stellar performance last week with another win worth $207k. The biggest winner of the week by far, however, was Phil “takechip” D’Auteuil, who played 58 sessions comprising 7,347 hands to earn just under $638k.

Benny “toweliestar” Spindler made good on his promise to stick to online cash games despite an incredibly successful year on the live tournament circuit, winning $150k. !P0krparty¡ rounded out the list of most successful players of the week with just over $139k in winnings.

On the other end of the earnings spectrum was Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker, who played 32 sessions and 3,806 hands to lose a staggering $475k. Lyndaker is currently the year’s worst overall performer on PokerStars, and his Twitter feed indicates that he might be quitting for good. As of October 24, Lyndaker claims that November will be his final month of online poker. Time will tell whether an upswing will change his mind.

Lyndaker wasn’t alone in the red this past week. Phil Galfond took a rare dip into negative earnings territory, dropping a fairly substantial $174k. LiangYu was the third biggest loser of the week, dropping $146k mostly to D’Auteuil. The match included some incredible pots, the biggest of which was worth $347k and went straight to D’Auteuil on the strength of his A-K suited.

David “mTw-DaviN” Georgi, had an uncharacteristically poor online poker week as well, losing just under $109k. Most of the action came in the form of NLHE at the $200 / $400 stake level, making it more difficult for the PLO regulars to find much action.