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The Online Railbird Report seeks to maintain you updated at the high-stakes cash action that occurs on PokerStars, and in contrast to the month of March, this week's edition doesn't touch much on Alexander "joiso" Kostritsyn nor Viktor "Isildur1" Blom.

Instead, this week belonged to "cumicon," who finished because the week's biggest winner after profiting $132,810 in 3,549 hands over 30 sessions. Other winners included "Ravenswood13" (+$112,270 in 18 sessions/2,322 hands), Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion (+$96,841 in 39 sessions/4,418 hands), and "RaulGonzalez" (+$90,878 in 22 sessions/3,246 hands).

On the opposite end of the spectrum, nobody did worse than "flong78," who lost $197,828 in 7,388 hands over 50 sessions. Likewise, it was a nasty week for Dani "supernova9" Stern (-$143,651 in 32 sessions/3,618 hands), Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky (-$107,769 in 8 sessions/1,051 hands), and "omaha4rollz" (-$100,623 in 6 sessions/186 hands).

"RaulGonzalez" vs. "flong78"

On Friday, April 1, "RaulGonzalez" and "flong78" squared off on the $400/$800 8-game tables. The duo played for 4.5 hours over three different sessions, and in step with HighStakesDB, "RaulGonzalez" won $54,600 over 542 hands within the first.

A half hour later, the 2 were back at it and "RaulGonzalez" won an extra $15,000 in only HALF-HOUR. Within the last session, which lasted an hour, "RaulGonzalez" won another $30,500.

Stern vs. "cumicon" Part 1

On Sunday, April 3, Stern and "cumicon" played pot-limit Omaha for 5 hours within the early-morning hours. Stern, who had lost $72,000 the day before, managed to win $78,300 in that match. Then, within the early morning hours of Monday, the 2 were back at it for an additional 4.5 hours. It proved a swingy affair, but in spite of everything Stern won $112,800.

In the most important hand of the match, "cumicon" ($67,598.87) raised to $680 at the button after which called when Stern ($50,907.50) three-bet to $2,120. The flop saw Stern lead out for $3,237.75, "cumicon" called, and the appeared at the turn.

Stern proceeded to check-call a raffle of $8,100 after which check-called considered one of $26,992.50 at the river. "cumicon" tabled the for trip sevens, and it was adequate to win the $81,060.50 pot as Stern simply sent his hand to the muck.

Stern vs. "cumicon" Part 2

On Thursday, April 7, Stern and "cumicon" were back at it, but this time it was the latter who walked away the winner to the tune of $186,400, which was good enough to make him the day's biggest winner.

According to HighStakesDB, the 2 played for 725 hands over 4.5 hours, though they did not account for the most important pot of the day. Instead, that happened in a game of $200/$400 PLO, which ran for almost an hour and included the likes of Ben "Ben86" Tollerene, David "Deldar182" Eldar, and "TheFish77," simply to name a few.

"TheFish77" was the largest winner within the $200/$400 PLO game, winning $71,600 and finishing second at the daily leaderboard. He also won the largest pot of the day.

It happened during five-handed action when "TheFish77" ($48,936.35) opened for $1,200 under the gun and was met by a three-bet to $4,200 from "omaha4rollz" ($47,395) within the cutoff seat. The players at the button and within the blinds all folded, "TheFish77" called, and it was heads-up action to the flop.

"TheFish77" checked, "omaha4rollz" bet $5,200, and "TheFish77" check-raised to $24,595. "omaha4rollz" then moved all in for $43,195 total and "TheFish77" called to create a $95,390 pot.

"TheFish77": "omaha4rollz":

"TheFish77" flopped a suite of tens to tug prior to "omaha4rollz's" aces, however the turn gave the latter a flush draw to compliment his straight draw. Unfortunately for him, the river was a blank and he watched the pot pushed to his opponent.

The Two Biggest Pots of April Thus Far

While the above hands were nice, they weren't the largest of the month. In fact, there have been two bigger, both won by Sulsky through the PLO round when he was playing $250/$500 mixed. Check them out.

Hand #1: Within the biggest hand of April thus far, action was heads up when Kostritsyn ($68,319.72) opened for $1,500 and was met by a three-bet to $4,500 by Sulsky ($81,282.28) at the button. Kostritsyn pushed back for $13,500, Sulsky popped it to $40,500, and Kostritsyn moved all in.

Sulsky made the decision and the board was run out twice, coming and , respectively. Sulsky tabled the , and it proved adequate to win both run outs as Kostritsyn mucked. Ship the $136,639.44 pot to Sulsky.

Hand #2: Within the second-biggest hand of April thus far, Sulsky ($49,900) raised to $1,500, Kostritsyn ($79,958) called, and the flop came down . Kostritsyn bet $1,978.02, Sulsky called, and the peeled off at the turn. Kostritsyn bet $3,476.52, Sulsky raised to $14,349.84, and Kostritsyn three-bet to $53,479.08. Sulsky called off his $32k and change, which created a $103,276.52 pot.

Kostritsyn: Sulsky:

Kostritsyn held two pair and was representing the nut flush, nevertheless it didn't work as Sulsky held some spades of his own. Kostritsyn was trying to pair a deuce or seven, but that did not happen as neither the river at the first run nor at the second helped him.

Biggest Winners/Losers from March 31-April 6

Winners Profit   Losers Loss

"cumicon"	$132,810		"flong78"	$197,828
"Ravenswood13"	$112,270		Dani "supernova9" Stern	$143,651
Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion	$96,841		Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky	$107,769
"RaulGonzalez"	$90,878		"omaha4rollz"	$100,623

Biggest Winners/Losers of 2016

Winners Profit   Losers Loss

Andres "Educa-p0ker" Artinano	$629,611		Alex "Kanu7" Millar	$589,123
"Cobus83"	$452,244		Viktor "Isildur1" Blom	$373,621
Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky	$403,969		"candela2005"	$272,077
Mikael "ChaoRen160" Thuritz	$272,363		"flong78"	$238,820
Dani "supernova9" Stern	$228,563		"ClockWyze"	$205,526
Isaac "philivey2694" Haxton	$178,566		Daniel "w00ki3z." Cates	$185,150

Data and hands obtained from HighStakesDB.com.

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