High-Stakes Poker: The Rollercoaster of Wins and Losses

March has been a rollercoaster month for high-stakes poker players. Cole South, who started the year with a profit of $3.5 million, lost $3.12 million on Full Tilt in the first month of spring. Other notable losers include Patrick Antonius, who lost $1.6 million, and Gus Hansen, who lost $1.1 million.

On the winning side, Ilari Sahamies, known as Ziigmund, won $2 million, Tom Dwan, known as durrrr, won $1.9 million, and Di Dan won $1.45 million. Isildur1, confirmed to be Victor Blom by Luke Schwartz, played two long heads-up sessions against Cole South and Justin Bonomo, and a shorter one against Phil Galfond and Tom Dwan on March 22.

Isildur1's session from March 22 to 23 involved 5687 hands, finishing with a profit of $85,842. Ilari Sahamies won $1 million from Tom Dwan in a session of over 2400 hands, including almost 2000 hands of $500/$1000 PLO. In one notable hand, Sahamies won a pot of $210,857 against Tom Dwan in a $300/$600 pot-limit Omaha game.