Mon, 09/19/2011 – 07:31 – PokerPages Staff

5.  Surinder Sunar – Total Earnings of $3,592,607
Pride of the black country, Surinder Sunar is from the UK’s industrial heartlands in Wolverhampton. With 107 cashes behind him and five first place finishes, Sunar, characterized by a cool persona, is a force to be reckoned with at the poker table.

4.  Chris Bjorin– Total Earnings of $4,506,689
Originally from Sweden, Chris Bjorin makes this list by virtue of the fact he now resides in London.  An active player on the circuit since the late 1980s, Bjorin’s successes have been plentiful.  Amongst his 15 tournament victories include two wins in WSOP events.

3.  Roland de Wolfe– Total Earnings of $4,726,917
Born in London, Roland de Wolfe has been playing poker since 2004, where he achieved a second place in the Gutshot poker festival, earning $8,196.  The only way has been up since then for this player, as his successful tournaments continue to mount.

2.  Sam Trickett – Total Earnings of $4,848,793
Imaginatively nicknamed ‘Tricky’, Sam Trickett is a Nottingham born poker player.  Tricky has achieved 29 cashes and seven first place finishes, including a massive win at the Aussie Millions in 2011.

1.  Dave Ulliott – Total Earnings of $5,722,619
Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott has been playing poker seriously since the mid-1990s, and is the highest earning British poker star.  The proud owner of one WSOP bracelet, Ulliott has a reputation as a tough player to beat, with his consistency and longevity preceding him.

Wed, 09/14/2011 – 08:13 – PokerPages Staff

5. Hoi Cheung – Career Earnings of $97,872
Hong Kong’s fifth best poker player of all time has only been playing seriously since 2009.  In that time, Hoi Cheung has cashed in three times, with his biggest cash haul coming at the Aussie Millions in January 2009.

4. Justin Chan – Career Earnings of $107,489
Justin Chan has achieved 12 cashes in his poker career so far and one tournament victory which has left him on his way to having amassed a total of just over $100,000.  Chan’s victory came in the PokerStars Macau Millions, and netted him $35,479.

3. Patrick Kar Keng Lee – Career Earnings of $135,374
Hong Kong’s third greatest player is Patrick Kar Keng Lee, who has only achieved three cashes in tournaments so far. The reason for his high position in the list is for his victory at the No Limit Hold ‘em Red Dragon, where the prize money exceeded $134,000.

2. Elton Tsang – Career Earnings of $206,542
Elton Tsang has cashed in 10 times in his poker career, winning no tournaments as yet.  Tsang’s biggest night of his career came in March 2011 when he picked up $95,230 for coming second in the Asian Poker Tour Philippines event.

1. Chong Wing Cheong – Career Earnings of $269,381
Chong Wing Cheong is currently sitting pretty at the top of the Hong Kong poker list. This player’s only successful poker tournament was at the Main Event of the APPT Macau in 2010, where he scooped $269,381 for coming second.