Gus Hansen, Ilari Sahamies Lead Top October Best Cash Players at Full Tilt Poker

Gus Hansen shot in October at Full Tilt Poker... The Great Dane is up nearly $ 1.4 million since early October, making him the sole leader by a wide margin in this month's wins.

Hansen spent a lot of time playing Full Tilt Poker in October and has played 12,806 hands according to HighStakesDB.com. All of Hansen's winnings in October came from playing Omaha Hi / Lo and HORSE - Gus earned $918k playing Omaha Hi / Lo and added $500k to that on HORSE. With such a strong start in October, Gus returned to profitability at Full Tilt Poker, with a total of $570k this year.

Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies oiled up his impressive October start. Nonetheless, Ziigmund "is still doing a decent plus at 550$k in the first 10 days of playing at Full Tilt Poker." Ziigmund made a lot of noise at the high stakes No Limit Hold'em tables in October, winning some very big pots for which he owes be grateful to my friend Patrik Antonius In total 2008 "Ziigmund" is in the black at Full Tilt Poker $622k.

The Top 5 Players of the Month at Full Tilt Poker end as "notallthere11" (+ $474k), "EazyPeazy" (+ $413k) and Tom "durrrr" Dwan (+ $296k). The following players are also playing well in October: Phil Ivey (+ $231k), David Benefield (+ $201k) and Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond (+ $160k)

As mentioned, Patrik Antonius did not shine in the high stakes No Limit Hold'em games in October. He took part in several big pots with Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies and lost almost all of them. Patrik Antonius, considered by most people to be one of the top five players in the world, lost $ 740$k in the first 10 days of October at Full Tilt Poker. No Limit Hold'em has been tough for him this month - over 869 hands, he lost $ 1.06 million.

David Benjamin, who is almost always at the top of the list of top cash players, lost $ 560$k in October. Jani "KObyTAPOUT" Vilmunen, another successful Finnish player, lost about 460$k dollars in 1160 hands.

The top five losers in October are closed by "GrindMode" (-$401k) and "halfdozen999" (-$297k). Here are a few other notable poker players who missed their start in October: South (-$149k), Emil "whitelime" Patel (-$100k) and Mike Matusow (-$86k).

Cole Christopher "genius28" Lee also started badly, losing around $ 103$k in the first 10 days of October, but a strong session at the RailHeaven table last night allowed "Genius28" to enter the green zone.