Last day of January was a fitting end to Patrik Antonius' month at the high stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker, as he lost another 572k to take his total losses in January to $1.75 million. Usually the Finnish superstar either wins a lot or loses very little, but this time he has had to taste the ugliest side of variance. It's a completely different song for Gus Hansen, who has made a strong start and won 1.74 million in January. It was the same in 2009, when Gus had a great start but ended up losing 5.5 million; obviously this time he's hoping history won't repeat itself.


Four other players made a million in January, among them Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies despite playing only 9,610 hands. Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro played mostly mid stakes and his shots at high stakes broke about even.

Top 6 winners and losers (hands played)

Gus Hansen +1.743m (29084)
Cole South +1.506m (22480)
Urindanger (Di Dang) +1.238m (37657)
Ziigmund (Ilari Sahamies) +1.103m (9610)
PostflopAction (Aleksander Kostritsin) +1.010m (18150)
David Oppenheim +932k (8297)

Patrik Antonius -1.750m (14822)
Richard Ashby -803k (20947)
PixKim -631k (39907)
howisitfeellike (Rafi Amit) -622k (9111)
bixiu -537k (18977)
Browndog19 -454k (16776)
...
durrrr (Tom Dwan) -299k (16996)
Phil Ivey -177k (1329)

Source: Highstakesdb.