Saturday, January 6, 2018, was Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky's lucky day, as he was crowned the first prize winner at the PokerStars high stakes tables. He won a total of $110,744 at PokerStars $1k/$2k 8-Game tables, playing heads-up against Russian poker pro Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov.
It was a Saturday late afternoon, and the two played for 1 hour 18 minutes. It was the 30-year-old Sulsky who was dominating most of the time, and it was pretty clear he's set on nabbing his very first six-figure win for 2018.
This most recent win has pushed Sulsky's overall high-stakes profits record at PokerStars up to $5.254 million, just $35,000 shy from Jens "Jeans89" Kyllönen as the biggest ever high-stakes winner at the PokerStars site.
The second person on that day's high-stakes leaderboard was GiveMeUP, who joined the $50/$100 NLHE 6max tables, played 765 hands across 3 tables, played simultaneously across 3 hours 40 minutes in the wee hours of Sunday morning, and he closed his day with a satisfying profit of $51,124!
Third place on the biggest winners list on Sunday goes to ActionFreak, who took down $37,948 as he played at the $25/$50 and $50/$100 PLO tables from late morning to mid-afternoon. He put in 711 hands against players such as Trueteller, Sean "Nolez7" Winter, Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas, and Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro. The 4th place on the biggest winners list also came from the same PLO tables, omaha4rollz, who won $37,766 from a whopping 1,214 hands he put into the day at the $25/$50, $50/$100 and $100/$200 tables.
Actually, the biggest pot of that day was between the third and fourth biggest winners of the day during a short-handed stint at the $50/$100 PLO table Laomedon III - All the money goes in on the flop, with omaha4rollz having a pair of six while ActionFreak has a pair of kings. The draws made ActionFreak the winner, letting him take the pot of $41,769.88.
Biggest Winners of January 6, 2018 (Saturday) at PokerStars
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Player
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Sessions
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Hands
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Winnings
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Sauce123
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1
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230
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$110,744
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GiveMeUP
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3
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765
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$51,124
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ActionFreak
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8
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711
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$37,948
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omaha4rollz
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17
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1214
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$37,766
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Sulsky is primarily considered as an online cash game specialist, who rarely plays live tourneys. As "Sauce123", he has about $5,425,000 on his PokerStars account as of now. However, he is down over $400,000 as Sauce1234 on his Full Tilt account. He became much more active on the live tournament area during the 2015 WSOP, where he finished 4th place in both the $50K Poker Players Championship and the 100K One Drop tourney, winning over $1,400,000. As of 2016, his total live winnings exceed $1,700,000.
Source:
https://www.highstakesdb.com/8409-ben-sauce123-sulsky-wins-110744-at-8-game.aspx
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