Very little is more exciting than the sight of a monstrous pot brewing on the high stakes cash tables. While many a poker player gains satisfaction from bringing in a $200 pot, other players are not satisfied if they’re not playing a game where the blinds are over $200. When thinking of high stakes poker games online, the first two places one naturally looks are PokerStars and FullTilt. While Stars and Tilt have tons of traffic, as well as a vast number of high stakes poker players, which poker room produces the best high stakes poker games?

High Stakes Poker by the Numbers

If having the best choice of high stakes poker games means having the most tables running throughout the day on average, then the advantage goes to PokerStars. PokerStars has a minimum of 110 high stakes cash tables in action throughout the majority of the day, compared to FullTilt Poker, who sports an average of 80-85 tables throughout the day on average during non-peak playing times.

On the other hand, if having the best selection of high stakes poker means having the biggest games in terms of stakes, the advantage swings FullTilt Poker’s way. While Stars high stakes offerings begin to thin out above the $25-50 level, FullTilt regularly holds high stakes cash games up to the $300-600 levels.

During peak times, FullTilt opens up $500-1000 tables regularly as well. Clearly, the advantage goes to FullTilt if the biggest factor in the best high stakes cash game search is table stakes.

Maybe the deciding factor of the best cash games for high stakes is pot size, not just table stakes. If this is the case, FullTilt is ahead by a landslide. FullTilt’s high stakes poker tables consistently generate pots well over $100K in size. In fact, FullTilt has recorded 87 pots over $250K in size over the past thirty days alone, while PokerStars does not register on the $250K+ pot meter.

Further adding to FullTilt Poker’s case as the champion of the high stakes poker arena is the numerous big losers out of the FullTilt camp. Cash games are often judged by how many big losers are produced. FullTilt has plenty. This month alone, FullTilt has three players who have lost over one million dollars. Moreover, eight players during August have spewed over $250K, while ten players have lost more than $100K on the high stakes poker tables of FullTilt.

PokerStars compares over the same timeframe with three players in six digit negative figures. While one could argue that the tougher cash games may be at PokerStars, we cannot argue with the numbers. Clearly, more players are pocketing bigger money at FullTilt.

On the winner’s side of the equation, the high stakes cash game tables of Tilt have 12 players taking in over $100K in profit, two of which well over one million on the month (the most profitable high stakes player this month on FullTilt is Tom “durrr” Dwan, who has brought in a little over $2 million via Tilt’s high stakes tables. For the month, PokerStars has six players profiting $100K or more, with the biggest winner on the high stakes tables bringing in around $220K.

While PokerStars may be home to the biggest collection of online poker players, FullTilt is by far the home of the high stakes poker games.