As the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker continues to wrap up, high stakes cash games at the site continue in full force. Although the most famous nose-bleeds regulars such as Ilari Sahamies and Viktor Blom were largely absent this past week, a few slightly lesser-known players managed to gather significant boosts for their bankrolls.
The biggest winner of the week overall was Benny “toweliestar” Spindler, who earned just over half a million dollars playing an astoundingly prolific week of online poker: 25,601 hands spread across a staggering 256 sessions. Rafael Amit had an impressive week as well, earning nearly $272k playing 11,683 hands across 96 sessions. Rounding out the top three was the unidentified !P0krparty¡, who won $257k after playing 117 sessions comprising 15,814 hands.
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Rafael 'Ralph' Perry is a professional poker player originally from Russia.He has been playing professionally since 1992. In 2006, Perry represented Russia at the inaugural Intercontinental Poker Championship and reached the semi-finals, during which he was the target of some much-publicised needling by Tony G. Rafi Amit (Hebrew: רפי אמית ), is an Israeli professional poker player, from Holon. Amit has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker, the first in the 2005 Pot limit Omaha event and the second in 2007 in the $1,000 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball with rebuys event. As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $940,000.
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!P0krparty¡ was a brand new addition to the high-stakes scene this past week, building his bankroll quickly in $10 / $20 PLO. Following a massive hot streak, he brought his profits up to the $50 / $100 stake level and engaged in 14,780 hands over the course of 36 hours, winning $247k of his weekly profits in a single lengthy sitting.
Although it is known that !P0krparty¡ hails from Canada, his actual identity remains unknown. Rail birds are speculating that he may be a former Full Tilt player named Harry Kaczka, otherwise known as ugotabanana. He apparently has the skills to back up his newfound fame, as he took down a $112k pot against socutiesf and a $102k against Davin “mTw-DaviN,” all within the same week.
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The worst players of the week were also some of the most famous. Niki “RealAndyBeal” Jedlicka played 50 sessions and 2,089 hands to lose $229k, making him the biggest loser of the week. Rui Cao and Jens Kyllonen didn’t fair much better, losing $205k and $196k, respectively.