Over the past seven days, professional high-stakes gambler Phil Ivey put together his second largest winning streak of the year online. Ivey won more than $760,000 since last Friday, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB.
Despite the upswing, Ivey is still down more than $1 million for 2013. The losses have been unusual for Ivey, who is online poker’s most profitable player ever. He was up more than $19 million on the Full Tilt software prior to 2012.
One of the largest losers during the week-long stretch was Viktor Blom, who dropped more than $600,000. The Swede had been on an upswing prior to the dismal week. His year has been a roller coaster since starting off the year by winning $5 million in three weeks.
High-stakes online poker is highly volatile for the game’s best players. Huge upswings can evaporate in an instant, and downswings can be abruptly ended by unbelievable winning streaks. Here’s a look at who is up and down through the first three months of 2013.
Winners
Alexander “PostflopAction” Kostritsyn: $3.5 million
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom: $3.4 million
Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene: $1.9 million
Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond: $1.8 million
Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius: $1.6 million
Losers
Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky: -$1.9 million
Gus Hansen: -$1.6 million
patpatpanda: -$1.3 million
Scott “mastrblastr” Seiver: -$1.2 million
punting-peddler: -$1.1 million
Figures courtesy of HighstakesDB.
