FullTilt September Leader a Role Model for Poker Players Everywhere
Proving that, with enough time, diligence, and dedication (and, of course, a handy portion of luck) you can indeed climb your way out of even the deepest of holes.
Finnish poker wunderkind Ilari Sahamies, who goes by the handle “Ziigmund” at Full Tilt Poker, started out the month down over 1 million dollars, and in just one month’s time (and 3,000+ hands), he managed to win himself an unbelievable $1.9 million – all at FullTiltPoker.com alone – making him up about $600k now for the year. He probably made more money in rakeback this month than an average poker players does from just playing.
Known as a Pot Limit Omaha specialist, Zigmund notched most of his winnings this past month in Full Tilt Poker’s illustrious RailHeaven tables (a favored feeding ground of this month’s 2nd highest earning player, poker pro and Team Full Tilt member Phil Ivey), the high-stakes $500/$1000 No Limit Holdem cash games. From this he earned $900,000 of his $1.9 million.
This should come as comforting news to all us amateur players out here who need a little hope that turnarounds can indeed happen.