Online Poker Player Ziigmund Wins $720K in Under 500 Hands

Written by:
Ace King
Published on:
Feb/21/2010

One of the leading online poker players, a gentleman who goes by the name of Ziigmund (real name Ilari Sahamies), managed to make a fast $720K in a high stakes poker match with Brian Hastings. 

From HighStakesDB.com:

Not a day of massive action, but it was headlined by a nice PLO $300/$600 heads-up match between Ziigmund and Brian Hastings in which the Finn won more than $720K in less than 500 hands. It was quite a wild session, with eight pots exceeding 400 big blinds or in another currency, two buy-in's from each player.

Ziigmund is a Swedish poker player born in 1983.  He mostly plays on Full Tilt Poker.

Winnings for Ziigmund in the last 7 days according to HighStakesDB.com are $933,348 (71 sessions).

Ace King, Gambling911.com

 

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