January high stakes cash games finished off with a flurry. Di "Urindanger/ilvdnfl" Dang was the biggest winner with $898k in profit on Full Tilt and $797k on PokerStars. Gus Hansen continued his momentum from the last few months of 2010, though more swingy, to record a big $904k profit month on Full Tilt. Scott "URnotINdanger2" Palmer held steady from his fast start in the first couple weeks to finish with $862k. Patrik Antonius also had a strong month with $835k in profit on Full Tilt while playing a lot at the Aussie Millions.
On the losing side of things for the month of January finds NEKOTYAN (-$837,000), Phil Ivey (-$612,000), Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky (-$579,000), and Richard "Kpederson" Lyndaker (-$543,000)
In the final week of January, Daniel "jungleman12" Cates gave back $403k of his earlier winnings and lost roughly $52k in the Superstar Showdown to Viktor "Isildur1" Blom while new PCA $25k High Roller winner Will "molswi47" Molson put some of his $1,072,850 won in that event to work on PokerStars winning an additional $233k.
