Cao, who was born in China but currently lives in France, had been having a positive year with many swings. He was up nearly $1 million in profit before last night's $737k loss.
Antonius, who chose not to play in the WPT World Championship or the $100k High Roller, has been the hottest online high stakes cash player since online poker’s Black Friday. He is now up a total of $2.8 million and has officially passed Hansen as the biggest winner on the year. Hansen gave back some of his earlier wins but is maintaining a $2.7 million profit on the year.
There haven't been many other big runs by other high stakes players. On PokerStars, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom continues his swingy play booking a $183k win yesterday. He played a big session against gavz101 that saw him go down by more than $140k but then battle back and finish almost even, losing just $15,000. With the SuperStar Showdown diminished, Blom hasn't been able to maintain momentum in his cash games.
