With the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker in full swing, you’d think some attention would be diverted away from the site’s cash game scene. A number of high stakes regulars including socutiesf, Phil Galfond, Rui Cao and Ilari Sahamies defied expectations last week, though no player was more successful than Rafi “rafaelamit” Amit.
Amit was especially prolific in online poker this past week, playing 10,803 hands spread across 126 sessions to win over $592k. Brian Hastings, Rui Cao and Alari Sahamies were among his victims. Axelf82 finished as the second-biggest money earner for the week, although his $247k won over 3,918 hands and 48 sessions was paltry relative to Amit’s win. Next was socutiesf, who played 95 sessions comprising just over 6,500 hands to win $210k.
Phil Galfond, who has been consistently strong on the online scene since moving to Vancouver, went on a bit of a downswing this past week. He lost nearly $274k after playing 58 session totaling 4,613 hands. Rui Cao, the former Full Tilt pro who now plays on PokerStars as PepperoniF, didn’t fair much better with losses of just under $217k. Zypherin and Ben Grundy saw their bankrolls depleted as well, losing $207k and $208k, respectively.
Also noteworthy was the return of Finland’s Sami Kelopuro, who has been absent from the online poker scene for much of the year. Kelopuro made a very strong showing at this year’s WSOP, winning $503k with a runner-up finish in the $10k PLO Championship and $55k with a 111th-place finish in the Main Event. Kelopuro largely erased a $177k online poker deficit this past week with a $149k win, most of which came from Ilari Sahamies. Kelopuro would have won more had it not been for a losing 4-handed match with Amit.
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