It took nine months but the first tracked nosebleed cash game player with seven figures in winnings is Ben Sulsky.

Ben Sulsky

It has been a very quiet year for the nosebleed stakes online cash games for a number of reasons, including major changes at Full Tilt and PokerStars replacing heads-up cash with Zoom.

Last week we brought you the news that Gus Hansen had returned to the online felt and at the time we speculated that might bring more big game players out of the woodwork.

Perhaps it had some impact on today's news as we can reveal that finally a tracked player has reached the seven-figure status for the year. Ben 'Sauce123' Sulsky has made (at the time of writing) $1,002,043 in 2016.

This takes his lifetime PokerStars earnings to $5,039,245.

At the other end of the spectrum the biggest tracked loser so far this year is Alex 'Kanu7' Millar with $607,654 in losses, with Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom just behind him with $559,121 in losses.

For it to take nine months for any player, winner or loser, to reach the seven-figure threshold is unprecedented for the nosebleed games online. Normally that happens in the first half of the year.

It is important to remember, however, that these rankings (Provided, as always, by www.highstakesdb.com) only include the players who have chosen to remain opted in to results tracking. There could well be bigger winners and losers who have chosen to opt out.

Biggest winners and losers in 2016 so far

TOP WINNERS Ben Sulsky Profit: $1,002,043 'Educa-p0ker' $714,228 Isaac Haxton $632,200 TOP LOSERS Alex Millar

Loss: $607,654 Viktor Blom $559,121 'bodamos' $546,381

Will we see another seven-figure winner or loser this year? Share your views in the comments.

Barry Carter Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2. Twitter

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