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Although November was a relatively slow month for big-bet online poker, a few players managed to turn enormous profits. The most successful high-stakes grinder last month was Finland’s Ilari Sahamies, who destroyed the competition to earn approximately $945k, over double that of second-place finisher Fake Love888 who earned $455k.

At this rate, it seems almost certain that Sahamies will finish the year as PokerStars’ biggest winner. Sahamies’ yearly profits currently total $2.2 million, just ahead of Rafi Amit at $1.9 million. The title of overall biggest online poker winner of 2011 will undoubtedly go to Gus Hansen, who amassed almost $4 million in profit on Full Tilt Poker before the site was shut down on poker’s Black Friday.

Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom of Team PokerStars Online was extremely scarce on the site this past month. The upcoming one-year anniversary of his contract is fueling forum rumors that he may be leaving PokerStars in the near future.

Other notable winners in November include Kanu7 (up $389k), Doncarignano (up $271k), Diggidave (up $180k) and Koncert888 (up $122k).

November wasn’t so friendly to several other notable online poker pros. The month’s overall biggest loser was mikki696, who dropped over $315k mostly to ImDadonk. Benny “toweliestar” Spindler, who experienced incredible live tournament success earlier in the fall with a win at EPT London, was also devastated in November with $255k in losses.

Brian Hastings, typically one of the more consistent online pros, was down as well with $253k in negative earnings. Hastings recently tweeted that he was leaving Vancouver, CA, possibly indicating a temporary retirement from online poker. He remains positive by roughly $485k for the year.

Other noted pros to falter significantly in November include Ben “Ben86″ Tollerene (down $192k), Moirhums (down $183k), Verve.oasis (down $151k) and Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro (down $147k).