2009-01-04, at 03:46 - by DANIELLE

2008: The Biggest Winners in Online Poker
The largest online poker hand ever was won by Urindanger (Di Dang) and had a staggering pot size of $723,000.00. Also breaking a record was Ziigmond leaving one table with 1.4mil. It is probably not surprising who took home the most profit. He proves time and time again just how good he is:

Here are the largest winners of 2008, all on Full Tilt:

Largest winners 2008 Hands Profit
Phil Ivey 95248 +$7,54 million
OMGClayAiken 153907 +$6,97 million
durrrr 223044 +$5,36 million
Urindanger 168801 +$3,68 million
trex313 143818 +$3,45 million
David Benyamine 241499 +$2,93 million
howisitfeellike 46387 +$2,66 million
CHUFTY 138715 +$2,36 million
La Key U 77149 +$2,14 million
Patrik Antonius 102293 +$1,90 million


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