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Sulsky 2012's Biggest Winner In Web Cash Games

Gus Hansen Biggest Loser Despite Only Playing Since November

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Poker professional Ben “Sauce 123” Sulsky won nearly $4 million at the high-stakes online card tables in 2012, which made him the top earner across all sites.

The 25-year-old New Hampshire native won $3,581,763 on PokerStars, to go along with $367,981 on Full Tilt after it relaunched in early November, according to data from HighstakesDB.

His largest pot of the year was worth about $265,000. It come in November at $200-$400 pot-limit Omaha on PokerStars.

While Sulsky was the most profitable, Gus Hansen fared the worst, though his losses came after he was reunited with millions languishing in his Full Tilt account. Hansen dropped more than $3.1 million on the software in less than two months, according to HighstakesDB.

The bleeding made the Dane by far the biggest loser on the virtual felt in 2012.

In addition to Sulsky, Jens “Jeans89” Kyllönen ($2.4 million), Ben “Ben86” Tollerene ($1.9 million), Sebastien “Seb86” Sabic ($1.7 million), Sven “ragen70” Heinecker ($1.6 million), Alexander “Kanu7” Millar ($1.5 million), Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond ($1.4 million), Ronny Kaiser ($1.4 million) and Rob “Vaga_Lion” Akery ($1.1 million) all had great years.