Six-Figure Swings – High Stakes Online Returns Post-WSOP

Notable names winning and losing more than you make in a year.

No sooner than a day after the WSOP settled the November 9, the high stakes online cash games were back in action.

Online mainstays Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Cort “thecortster” Kibler-Melby, “Trueteller”, Chun “samrostan” Lei Zhou, “Follow The Hawk”, and German pro “SanIker” were involved in a series of nosebleed $1,000/$2,000 Fixed Limit Triple Draw games and 8-Game sessions jumpstarting the online cash games back to life.

Yesterday, Lei Zhou (aka samrostan) played 2 sessions winning $508,489 , a sum which is roughly in line with taking 10th in the WSOP Main Event.

Read: Online Nosebleed Degen “samrostan” Reveals His Identity, Never Quits

One session of Triple Draw produced $221,006 with a large chunk of that coming from fan-favorite Viktor Blom; while Zhou collected another $287,483 in a heads-up dual against “Trueteller” on the 8-Game tables.

More Isildur: Jungleman to Isildur – “Pay Your Debts Scumbag”

“Trueteller”'s loss to was a surprise as he had been on a heater, fighting hard to become a $417,819 winner over Monday and Tuesday’s processions; while the biggest hit to the bankroll came to Cort “thecortster” Kibler-Melby was in for a heart-stopping $620,366 loss.

This action has been a huge improvement on the latest showings coming from the online high stakes cash games, which have been overshadowed by the recent shenanigans in the WSOP.

Read more high stakes action from pokerfuse: High Stakes Online Cash Report: Haxton Scores Big*

Now with the WSOP coming to an end, and the November 9 settled, the high stakes cash games should start to spill over the edges once more as the players get back to business as usual.

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