But have you ever really thought where all that money came from? The answer is not "WSOP Sponsors you punk!", is it much more grim and obvious. Money for the winners come from other players - yes, from losers. And if someone wins like $1,000,000.00 in chips, on the opposite side of the table there sits a guy who just the same moment loses $1,000,000.00.
You see, we often notice these banners - "A MAN WON $X,234,567.89 LAST NIGHT!" But have you ever seen anything like "A MAN LOST $X,234,567.89 LAST NIGHT and was stubbed to death by his wife!" ?
Anyway, here's a comparison of BIGGEST poker winners and losers of 2007 at both Full Tilt Poker and the Microgaming Network - very popular online poker rooms. Just remember to those numbers when you'll be sitting up to the poker table next time...
Full Tilt Poker – NL Texas Hold’em – Top Five Winners
pr1nnyraid -- $2,191,671.61
Urindanger -- $1,276,276.71
Sbrugby -- $1,158,150.91
LucLongley -- $1,137,002.00
Genius28 -- $1,120,853.30
Full Tilt Poker – NL Texas Hold’em – Top Five Losers
Noataima -- -$3,456,166.50 (holy f*ck, I'd hang myself)
Ziigmund -- -$1,810,586.05
David Benyamine -- -$1,484,887.40
magicpitch1 -- -$1,207,884.36
KObyTAPOUT -- -$1,153,011.70
Full Tilt Poker – PL Omaha – Top Five Winners
KaiBuxxe -- $3,178,718.10
David Benyamine -- $2,634,209.70
KObyTAPOUT -- $1,542,019.25
Ballsrider -- $1,513,943.50
DanDock21 -- $1,333,905.85
Full Tilt Poker – PL Omaha – Top Five Losers
Noataima -- -$2,621,115.95
Niki Jedlicka -- -$1,624,034.14
Patatino -- -$1,239,715.15
trex313 -- -$907,140.95
Dustin Dirksen -- -$841,626.20
Microgaming – NL Texas Hold’em – Top Five Winners
LrsLzk -- $1,395,264.80
Terken89 -- $883,249.93
Undercover -- $709,586.26
Pucylucy -- $645,116.69
Zeus1976 -- $619,627.63
Microgaming – NL Texas Hold’em – Top Five Losers
flyingjet2 -- -$1,445,169.71
firkin -- -$821,108.26
Tommeh82 -- -$404,725.26
preflop_x -- -$330,146.72
P__Hellmuth -- -$326,092.69
Microgaming – PL Omaha – Top Five Winners
Pucylucy -- $488,417.44
Tunaeatr -- $367,622.41
-Colossus- -- $202,887.84
LrsLzk -- $120,561.70
BustaHustla -- $77,319.31
Microgaming – PL Omaha – Top Five Losers
Undercover -- -$527,235.09
Gosmos -- -$170,317.25
Cogaz -- -$158,378.24
Sutrakama -- -$105,130.50
_myst_ -- -$94,475.50
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