Online poker up-and-comer Ta-Chih “socutiesf” Geeng has been quickly making a name for himself in high stakes cash games on PokerStars over the past couple of months, and that success culminated last week when he earned over $312k online, nearly twice as much any other player. Geeng was quite prolific, playing almost 10,500 hands spread across 77 sessions.
Jens “Jeans89″ Kyllonen of Finland was quite successful as well, playing around 5,100 hands over 67 sessions to finish positive by $161k. Fan-favorite Brian Townsend kept the volume a bit smaller at 2,279 hands and 22 sessions, but still managed to finish third for the week with $117k.
The most unfortunate week in online poker belonged to unidentified player “mitdadu,” who played just 127 hands in a single session to lose $138k. Omlphalotus and tanya1604 didn’t fare much better, losing $120k and $128k, respectively, albeit with considerable more volume.
The week kicked off with a bang, as Rui Cao, Zypherin, Phil Galfond, socutiesf, Ben Tollerene and Gavin “gavz101″ Cochrane took to the $50 / $100 PLO tables at PokerStars. Most of the money went to Tollerene, Cochrane and Townsend, who closed out the day with profits of $106k, $87k and $85k, respectively.
Socutiesf actually struggled early in the week, faltering during the aforementioned cash game and dropping the day’s biggest pot to Rui Cao. Cao secured a nut straight to win the $83k pot, although his fortune soured and he ultimately finished the day negative by $80k. Socutiesf actually finished the day down by $110k, making his overall winnings for the week even more impressive.
The past week also marked the return of Swedish online poker legend Frederick Halling. Halling showed up at the $25 / $50 heads-up PLO tables where he met Romain Arnaud. He won a $23k pot at one point and ultimately finished the day positive by $109k. Time will tell whether his return to the high stakes scene will be permanent.
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