The action has been heating up quickly following a recent lull on the high stakes tables.

 The PokerStars blog recently discussed Isildur1's defeat by Isaac “PhilIvey2694” Haxton in the first ever Superstar Showdown. The two players had very different opinions about each other and the match itself and Isildur1 seemed to be something of a sore loser.

Playing at High Stakes tables isn't something to be taken lightly. The higher the stakes, the more likely you are to run into sharks who will chomp away at your bankroll until there is nothing left. While I wouldn't discourage you from taking a shot at the big times, I do think that you should be prepared to face off against some of the best in the business, including many poker pros that get paid to separate the average player from their money. After all, there is a reason why they’re called the nosebleed tables.

Playing at High Stakes tables isn't something to be taken lightly. The higher the stakes, the more likely you are to run into sharks who will chomp away at your bankroll until there is nothing left. While I wouldn't discourage you from taking a shot at the big times, I do think that you should be prepared to face off against some of the best in the business, including many poker pros that get paid to separate the average player from their money. After all, there is a reason why they’re called the nosebleed tables.

 The seventh season of GSN's “High Stakes Poker” will begin taping at the Bellagio this week. No members of the media will be allowed inside the poker room and the results of the event will remain a closely guarded secret until the show airs in February. “High Stakes Poker” will return to its regular Sunday Night time slots and PartyPoker pro Kara Scott will once again conduct interviews from table site while Gabe Kaplin provides commentary from the booth.

It must have something to do with the word hack in it, but the last name Haxton sounds a bit intimidating. Let’s just hope that nothing will intimidate online poker phenom and mystery Swede, Isildur1 as he gets ready to take on his first opponent for the SuperStar Showdown on PokerStars, Isaac “philivey2694” Haxton.

Isildur1 Makes Debut Appearance as a Team PokerStars Pro: 14 Hour Nosebleed Stakes Session

Isildur1 has gone straight to work on PokerStars earning a stunning $287,500 over an extraordinary 14 hour session. The poker phenom played four tables of high-stakes Pot Limit Omaha against a total of 75 opponents yesterday and this morning for a total of 6163 hands. His debut performance lived up to all expectations and hopefully he'll be able to keep up momentum in coming weeks.

The Durrrr Challenge may have resumed but that hasn't stopped Tom “durrrr” Dwan from making headlines over the past seven days with an entirely unrelated online battle. Dwan and Cadillac1944 have been involved in a week long $500-$1,000 pot-limit Omaha battle that has been garnering quite a bit of attention.

Gus Hansen had a very lucrative weekend on Full Tilt Poker. He won $123k during a relatively quiet weekend for the high stakes tables. The Great Dane, earned an additional $600k at the tables last week for a total of $723k in winning which has put a serious dent in his $3 million deficit for the year.

HighStakesDB.com has announced the biggest Full Tilt winners and losers list for 2010. Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “jungleman12” Cates were named the most profitable players at Full Tilt while Full Tilt Poker Pro Brian “sbrugby” Townsend and Gus Hansen were said to be the farthest in the red.