An online poker "perfect storm" so to speak, and something not easily replicated or topped.

Then came October.

Fueled by the launch of a second $500/$1,000 Hold'em table at Full Tilt (dubbed "GusHeaven" and with a reserved seat for Gus Hansen, complementing the existing "RailHeaven" with a reserved seat for Patrik Antonius) and another traffic surge across the board, you can likely guess what the story of this past month has been:

More online poker record-shattering, including a new standard - at a head-spinning $723,938 - for biggest pot ever won online.

Several impressive online poker marks were hit thoughout Oct., but none more notable than the record-breaking pot just a few days ago on Oct. 26. But more than just the one pot, the session surrounding it turned into online poker's biggest night ever.

#img: john-juanda_25479.jpg: left: Has anyone had a better two months than John Juanda?#

In fact, the record for biggest pot was broken no less than four times that night, including a $617k pot won by Tom "durrrr" Dwan, a $678k pot won by ((John Juanda)) and a $687k pot scooped by ((Phil Ivey)) - all capped off by the $723k monster won by Di "Urindanger" Dang.

(Click the links above to watch all the hands in the PokerListings.com Hand Replayer.)

Unfortunately for Dwan: Despite winning one of the ginormous pots, he was actually on the losing end of the top three, including two of the sickest AA vs. KK coolers you can imagine. (Read that story here.)

Amazingly enough though, despite taking a shellacking in the huge pots, Dwan not only managed to come out even for the session he also managed to book a record-breaking Hold'em profit for the month - an awe-inspiring $1,996,174, putting him easily at the top of the monthly moneymakers list.

See the full list of biggest pots online this month with complete hand histories here, and the rest of the top 10 moneymakers and money losers lists below.

Top 10 Online Hold'em Moneymakers in October:

Rank Player Poker Room Total 1. durrrr Full Tilt $1,996,174 2. trex313 Full Tilt $1,284,233 3. Urindanger Full Tilt $947,840 4. John Juanda Full Tilt $739,919 5. Ozzy 87 Full Tilt $616,166 6. David Benyamine Full Tilt $520,208 7. Ziigmund Full Tilt $442,413 8. OMGClayAiken Full Tilt $416,708 9. BeepBeepImaJeep Full Tilt $312,875 10. La Key U Full Tilt $287,729

Top 10 Online Hold'em Losses in October:

Rank Player Poker Room Total 1. elmariachimacho Full Tilt (-$1,820,589) 2. lady marmelade Full Tilt (-$1,225,467) 3. LarsLuzak Full Tilt (-$1,093,920) 4. Patrik Antonius Full Tilt (-$805,902) 5. Ansky451 Full Tilt (-$557,362) 6. Brian Hastings Full Tilt (-$405,911) 7. lolzcapaneo Full Tilt (-$316,366) 8. Matt Hawrilenko Full Tilt (-$303,344) 9. KPR16 Full Tilt (-$296,338) 10. Nuts78 Full Tilt (-$289,741)

More monthly numbers of note:

Online Poker Traffic Report

About the only poker room that didn't show an increase in traffic this month, surprisingly, was overall traffic leader PokerStars.

The $30 million WCOOP likely had something to do with the astonishing traffic numbers put up in Sept., so perhaps it was only natural traffic at Stars would settle back down to a more "normal" level - a still more than substantial 16,200 players on average over each 24 hour period, but overall a 13% drop.

The rest of the top 10 poker rooms seemed to pick up the slack however, with virtually all showing slight to moderate traffic increases, led by Everest Poker's 21% increase to 2,813 players on average.

Next biggest jump was PartyPoker, rising 15% to 4,915 players. Rounding out the list are UltimateBet (up 10% to 1,312); Full Tilt Poker (up 8% to 8,674 players and including its busiest day of the year so far, with 9,085 players on Wed., Oct. 15); DoylesRoom (up 6% to 1,696); Titan Poker (up 5% to 5,273); Absolute Poker (up 4% to 1,038); and Paradise Poker (up 3% to 1,688).

See the full traffic report here.

For more key online poker industry markers for October, jump to the MarketPulse section.

More big online poker stories this month:

[ul][li]Antonius the new RailHeaven fish?[/li][li]Durrrr blows past $2m mark, heads for $3m[/li][li]Durrrr pushing $2m in Hold'em profit for Oct.[/li][li]Pennies from GusHeaven; FTP adds new table[/li][/ul]
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