A key for any successful poker player is knowing the game can be a roller coaster. Whereas most people with “regular’ jobs still bring home a paycheck even when they have a bad day, week, or month, a poker player gets food taken off the table if he has a sub-par performance.

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Now, imagine how high-stakes online poker player Rhjemust have felt at the end of July. According to figures provided by HighStakesDB, Rhje lost over $630,000 from July 24 to July 29. It was just a lackluster stretch, highlighted by one day in which he lost $180,000, followed by another during which he lost $261,000.

But give up Rhje did not. Since then, he has been on a significant upswing, making just about all of those losses back. The capper came on Monday, when he won $394,300 on Full Tilt Poker playing $400/$800 No Limit Hold’em.

In his biggest winning hand, he raised from the cutoff pre-flop to $2,000 and got just one caller, HelicopterBen82, from the big blind. On the 5-7-Q flop, HelicopterBen82check-raised Rhje’s $3,445 bet to $10,400 and Rhje was content to call. The turn produced the 4, prompting HelicopterBen82 to lead out with a $19,200 bet, which Rhje again called.

HelicopterBen82 went all-in for $62,919 after the 2 was dealt on the river and Rhje flat-called once more. HelicopterBen82 showed first, flipping over 9-8 for pure nothing. Rhje had T-Q, good for top pair, enough to win a $189,438 pot.

In another similarly huge pot, Rhje began by raising under the gun to $2,400 and getting one caller, Tight-Man1. The flop was Q-9-6 and Tight-Man1 check-called a $4,225 bet by Rhje. With a 7 on the turn, Tight-Man1 check-called once again, this time for $14,400. The river brought a Q and again, Tight-Man1 check-called a $70,000 bet by Rhje. Rhje turned over pocket nines for a flopped set and a rivered full house; Tight-Man1 simply mucked, giving the $184,000 pot to Rhje.

With that fantastic Monday, Rhje is up $1,716,672 on the year, according to HighStakesDB, his high mark for 2013. His yearly total is arguably more impressive when you consider that his profits have been flat for most of the year and negative for the last few months. Rhje now ranks as the fifth biggest online cash game winner this year behind cottonseed1, Isildur1, PostflopAction, and Bttech86. He is up $1.9 million in the last two months.

Not on the list of top winners is Phil Ivey (pictured), who goes by the screen name “Polarizing” on Full Tilt. Ivey has struggled this year on the virtual felts, down a whopping $2,980,086 in 2013. That makes him the second biggest online loser this year, behind only the founding member of Full Tilt Poker’s Professionals team, Gus Hansen.

Hansen has outdone Ivey and then some, losing $3,878,527 in 2013. The most recent dent to Ivey’s bankroll came on August 1, when he lost over $330,000. Since July 26, he has lost $559,000 on Full Tilt Poker.

Overall, though, Ivey is still the biggest online cash game winner of all-time. HighStakesDB has recorded $19,242,743 in total lifetime profit for Ivey, putting him miles ahead of Patrik Antonius, who has won $11,315,548. Phil “OMGClayAiken” is next with $9,246,145, followed by Dan “jungleman12” Cates with $7,873,896 in career profits and Di “Urindanger” Dang with $7,411,126.

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