High-Stakes Poker: June-July 2012 Winnings and Losses

In June and July 2012, high-stakes online poker players experienced notable wins and losses. wilhasha played 47,002 hands at $25/50+ tables and won $230,795. Daniel Cates proposed a 50,000-hand match with wilhasha on June 9, 2012, but there were no further updates on this.

Alex 'Kanu7' Millar had a remarkable June, winning $874,510 from 19,315 hands. His primary opponent was patpatman, who lost $914,919 in June across 6,793 hands. Kanu7's success came despite a rough May, where he lost $71,299 and expressed frustration about his bad luck. In one heads-up session, Kanu7 won $100,000 from 515 hands against patpatman.

In Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO), Theo Jorgensen and Jorrit 'EireAbu' van Hof were the top earners. Jorgensen won $417,972 from 22,459 hands, while van Hof earned $312,070 from 23,372 hands. Ilari Sahamis, however, faced a downswing, losing $107,979 from 5,318 hands. Phisherman36, later identified as Andrei Pescaru, had a notable win against Sahamis with just 17.5% equity. Sahamis also lost $200,000 in a downswing against PepperoniF.