Tue, 09/13/2011 – 07:23 – PokerPages Staff

Online phenomenon Mickey ‘mement_mori’ Petersen has become the latest player to join Team PokerStars Online. The Dane has established himself as one of the most talented multi-table tournament specialists having won over $4 million on the virtual felt.

Petersen reiterated his desire to extend that dominance to the live arena and spoke of his excitement at representing the world’s largest online poker site, in a statement released on Monday. “I see signing with world’s largest online site as the next logical step in my career and hopefully I’ll be able to build on my resume live as well as online and promote both PokerStars and the game in a positive light.”

Petersen’s best career score in live tournaments came last year when he finished 4th in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo event. Petersen, who earned over $100,000 for that deep run, has taken down $233,516 during his short career.

However, those achievements pale in comparison to his online record where he has won over $500,000 in PokerStars Spring Championship of Online events and finished third in the Sunday Warm-Up. That success led him to becoming a CardRunners coach and the youngster remains one of the most active grinders in the game.

Petersen joins a Team Online roster which includes recent triple PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker bracelet winner, Anders ‘Donald’ Berg, high stakes cash game regular Randy Lew, Shane Schleger, Dale Philip and Andrew Brokos.

Wed, 09/07/2011 – 07:26 – PokerPages Staff

5. Michael Martin – EPT Earnings of $2,537,080
Hailing from Long Island, New York, Michael Martin has won just over $2.5 million from EPT events.  The lion’s share of these winnings came in the EPT London event in 2008, with a $1,985,309 prize pot awarded for first place.

4.  Bertrand Grospellier – EPT Earnings of $2,628,173
French poker star, Bertrand Grospellier has found a good deal of success in EPT events, most notably in the EPT Caribbean Adventure in 2008.  This tournament saw Grospellier pick up a win and $2,000,000 in prize money.

3. Glen Chorny – EPT Earnings of $2,727,452
Glen Chorny is originally from Waterloo, Ontario, and has only been playing professionally since 2008.  Since then, Chorny has reached third in the all-time EPT list.  This is largely thanks to his win at the Grand Final of the EPT in 2008, winning $2.6 million.

2. Poorya Naazari – EPT Earnings of $3,000,000
Relatively new to professional poker, Poorya Naazari has only cashed twice at a poker table.  One of those cashes was for $510, but it’s the other that we’re interested in.  In the Caribbean Adventure of 2009, Naazari won $3,000,000 for winning the tournament.

1. Pieter de Korver – EPT Earnings of $3,287,305
Dutch master Pieter de Korver is the most successful man in the history of the EPT.  The majority of his winnings from the EPT came in the 2009 Monte Carlo event, which de Korner won, pocketing an impressive $3.2 million.