Thu, 02/24/2011 – 03:21 – PokerPages Staff

#5 – Peter Traply
This 23-year-old from Budapest became the first Hungarian ever to win a coveted WSOP gold bracelet on June 21st 2009 at the WSOP Shootout No-Limit Hold’em event.  His bravura performance put an extra $348,755 into his bank account and his total winnings currently stand at $776,414.

#4 – Valdemar Kwaysser
Another resident of Budapest, Valdemar Kwaysser showed the world his mastery of the game in 2010, when he, too, won a gold bracelet at the WSOP Pot Limit Hold’em Championship.  The victory brought the biggest of his 14 cashes to date, with a prize of $617,214.  His winnings now total $1,345,089.
 
#3 – Richard Toth
He began his working life with a degree in political science and a job in an IT company, but it wasn’t long before Richard Toth, who lives in Miskolc, discovered he was a wasting his poker talents.  He’s now proud of his status as a Team PokerStars Sponsored Pro and he’s won a total of $1,133,278; we’ll see a lot more of him in 2011.

#2 – Andras Koroknai
The guy from Drebecen, Hungary, seemed to come out of nowhere to take down the first prize at the World Poker Tour’s LA Poker Classic in February 2010.  His win instantly made him a millionaire, and although his subsequent performances haven’t been as spectacular, he’s got real potential.  His total winnings now stand at $1,827,411.

#1 – Denes Kalo
Top of the Hungarian poker talent poll, however, has to be this former Head of Trading at a Budapest brokerage firm.  Denes discovered his formidable poker mettle at the 2006 Austrian Classics, but had his most stunning win came in 2008, when he finished second at the EPT Grand Final PokerStars EPT.  This made him $1,545,221 at a stroke, and his total winnings now exceed $2 million.