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Ziigmund finds himself $5 million down at the Bellagio

Temperamental Finn Illari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies may have enjoyed a meteoric rise through the online stakes, but his recent exploits at the Bellagio have left him down over $5 million in the red.

The World Series of Poker has seen pros such as Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson and David Benyamine gravitate to the ‘big game’ at Bobby’s Room in the Bellagio, where the $4000/8000 mixed games make for spectacular action.

PLO specialist Ziigmund, known for his hot headed behaviour on the tables (he refers to Gus Hansen as a fish) and relentless aggression, found himself losing a $2.4 million pot, and down over $3.6 million down in Chinese Poker. The latter is a 32 card points game, based nearly entirely on luck.

Ziigmund is not the only pro to feel the brunt of variance at these nosebleed stakes, with veteran Doyle Brunson also reporting a $2 million deficit. It seems the action junkies are in poker heaven, as Brunson mused on his Twitter page, ‘Stayed up all night. Louise (Doyle's wife) called me crazy when I came in at 7:30 this morning. I don't know why, but I haven't felt this good in years’.

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