Viktor Blom goes on huge upswing
In the High Stakes Round-up we have all the latest from the virtual felt and a rare sighting of Gus Hansen.
It is always quiet at the online high stakes felt during the WSOP, with the exception, as always, at Viktor Blom's table.
The Swedish star is on one of his trademark upswings and is currently crushing July to the tune of $582,782 ($524,556 on Full Tilt and $58,202 on PokerStars).
To put that win in the context of the current action at the online felt, the next biggest winner is up $63,683 this month, almost a tenth of Blom's winnings.
Blom has been winning big at the PLO tables courtesy of players like Jens Kyllonen, but hasn't been having it entirely his own way. He dropped almost $300,000 to Cort Kibler-Melby at the $1,000/$2,000 Triple Draw tables on Full Tilt.
In true Blom style, 2015 has been another year of big upswings and big downswings. He is down $1,094,260 on his Full Tilt account this year, but up $697,068 on PokerStars, giving him an overall annual loss of $397,192.
The biggest loser of the year is still Phil Ivey with $2,181,124 in combined losses, whereas 2015's biggest winner is currently 'bbvisbadforme' with $965,770.
Gus Hansen sighting
Ivey now has the unfortunate mantle of biggest online loser in no small part due to Gus Hansen managing to avoid the high stakes action in 2015.
However, Gus is still active and courtesy of Phil Hellmuth's Twitter, we actually have a rare sighting of the Great Dane at the tables:
PIC: the man, the myth, the legend: Gus Hansen in @AriaPoker! Great at backgammon, great at poker and golf: Gussy! pic.twitter.com/dDxc4g04rC
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) July 16, 2015
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Will we see Gus return online? Can Blom end the year in profit? Let us know in the comments.
