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Finland’s Patrik Antonius has enjoyed ample success during his relatively short time as a professional poker player, having banked more than $2.8 million in career tournament earnings. Antonius has also impressed the online poker elite with his 11 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and 7 World Poker Tour (WPT) cash finishes, whilst his single European Poker Tour (EPT) title earned him further kudos. A player of Antonius’ calibre very often cleans up when playing mere mortals online. However, the Finnish star’s virtual fortune of late has proved somewhat disappointing. In fact, Patrik Antonius has emerged as one of the major losers on Full Tilt Poker tables during the start of 2010, having lost over $674,000 in January – a fact that is likely to have satisfied Gus Hansen, who won more than $500,000 on the same tables.

Nevertheless, keeping an online poker star of Antonius’ quality down is certainly no easy task, which was evidenced in style on Full Tilt Poker’s infamous Nosebleed tables on ‘Super Bowl’ Sunday. With several major defeats behind him and having reportedly just recovered from an illness, Antonius played aggressively to secure a profit of around $577,000. Starting on his $500/$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha table, Antonius won consistently throughout his 16 hands with ‘World1969′, who would have been more than a little disappointed to have retired almost $200,000 down. Antonius continued his comeback against several other top players, who proved no match for the Finnish professional on a night that saw the perceived underdogs win the Super Bowl. Although Antonius’ massive win paled in comparison to the world record pot of £1,356,946 that he won last year against ‘Isildur1′, he will no doubt hope that it signals a return to form that he will be able to sustain throughout the year.