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The past several weeks have been a veritable hotbed for live tournament poker, with the World Series of Poker Europe and the Latin American Poker Tour Columbia taking center-stage in the minds of many professional poker players. Regardless, high stakes online poker has been thriving at PokerStars, with some of the biggest names in the game continuing to battle over massive pots. The past week focused on big-bet PLO cash games, although some could argue that NLHE is making a comeback with the richest online poker players.

Ta-Chih Geeng, aka socutiesf, kept a relatively low profile this past week, making room for other online stars to make their marks. The biggest winner of the week was Ilari Sahamies, formerly known as Ziigmund and now known as Ilari FIN. Sahamies exceed $270k in earnings over the course of 24 sessions comprising 2,536 hands. Davin “mTw-DaviN” Georgi was the second-most successful player, bagging over $175k in a relatively paltry 15 sessions and 1,300 hands.

One of the biggest pots of the week came in a heads-up battle between Sahamies and Rui Cao in a PLO game. Cao assumed a victory was certain with a pair of aces until Sahamies revealed a flush, giving the Fin a massive $126k pot. Cao was able to make back most of his losses over the course of the week, keeping him out of the loser’s circle.

The biggest loser of the week was Terje “Terken89″ Augdal, who lost just under $250k. It wasn’t for lack of trying, as he played over 4,500 hands across 67 sessions. Ben “Ben86″ Tollerene’s bankroll dwindled considerably as well, losing around $125k over a similar number of hands and sessions.

Other movers and shakers this past week included Ragen70 (up $151k), ChaoRen160 (up $144k), LiangYu (down $155k) and Kanu7 (down $115k).

Gus Hansen, who has been completely elusive in the online scene since Black Friday, remains the year’s biggest online poker winner with over $3.9 million in profit. Barring a breakout performance from another player, Hansen will remain untouchable throughout 2011.