Gus Hansen Returns to PokerStars: High-Stakes Action Heats Up

Gus Hansen returned to PokerStars on July 27, 2012, playing PLO ($25/50 and higher) and limit Omaha hi-lo ($300/600 and $1,000/2,000). Hansen played 5,865 hands of PLO and lost $145,667.

Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates discussed with Tom Dwan the possibility of continuing their long-standing 'challenge'. Cates won $219,067 on PokerStars for 18,014 hands. He also won $1,500,000 on 'mysterious European sites' but lost $600,000 in recent months. On August 1, 2012, Cates won $250,000 in a heads-up NLHE $200/400 game against wilhasha.

Ilari 'Ilari FIN' Sahamies lost $361,409 in the last two weeks. Yori 'L0ve2playU' van der Sman won $821,060 since the start of the year, including $408,966 in the last two weeks. 5tgb6yhn7 won $697,756 in the last two weeks. Longerpig won $616,966 in the last two weeks. Longerpig won $444,880 in an 8-hour heads-up PLO $50/100 game against Ka 'kaju85' Quan Lau. Ka 'kaju85' Quan Lau lost $509,282 in a 3-max game with Ronnie Kaiser and Terje Odegard.