Wed, 09/21/2011 – 08:01 – PokerPages Staff

5. Donnacha O’Dea – Total Earnings of $1,249,442
As a respected and successful player, holder of a WSOP bracelet, poker runs through the Donnacha O’Dea’s family line.  Earlier this year, his son Eoghan O’Dea reached the last table of the WSOP Main Event, which is due to resume in November.

4. Fintan Gavin– Total Earnings of $1,386,452
Fintan Gavin has achieved three first place finishes on the poker circuit, and has earned over $1.3 million.  Gavin’s biggest win was at the EPT Barcelona Open in 2008, where he clocked up just over $1.1 million for coming second in the Main Event.

3. Padraig Parkinson– Total Earnings of $1,407,822
A native Dubliner, Padraig Parkinson is a shrewd operator at the poker tables.  Of his 40 cashes at the poker table, only one has been turned into a win, at the UKIPT Galway event in December 2009.

2. Martin Smyth – Total Earnings of $3,635,006
Martin Smyth has only achieved 15 cashes, but his win rate is impressive, winning five of these tournaments.  His biggest achievement at the poker table came in 2008, where a victory at the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII earned Smyth a cool $1,000,000.

1. Andy Black – Career Earnings of $4,102,861
Andy Black has cashed 48 times in a tournament, with one win to his name.  His biggest win came at the WSOP World Championship No Limit Hold ‘em in 2005, where a fifth placed finish earned Black a mammoth $1.75 million.

Thu, 09/08/2011 – 07:20 – PokerPages Staff

5. Kayvan Payman – UKIPT Earnings of $309,446
Kayvan Payman has been playing poker seriously since 2007, when he achieved his first cash in a tournament.  Payman’s only cash in the UKIPT was big enough to earn him fifth place on the all-time list, coming in last year’s end of season championship.

4.  Artur Wasek – UKIPT Earnings of $390,879
Artur Wasek has won just under $800,000 at the poker tables since turning pro in early 2010.  Wasek’s only cash in the UKIPT came in the 2010 Championship, and was worth $390,879.

3. Kyle Bowker – UKIPT Earnings of $488,599
Resident of Walton, New York, Kyle Bowker has been playing, and winning at the poker tables since 2005.  In a career that has seen 46 cashes and two first place finishes, his third place at the UKIPT main event in 2010 wins him third place on this list.

2. John Juanda – UKIPT Earnings of $887,622
Easily the highest profile player on this list, and lying in fifth place on the all-time poker winner’s list, is John Juanda.  Juanda earns his place by virtue of coming second in the inaugural UKIPT Championship event in 2010.

1. David Vamplew – UKIPT Earnings of $1,469,343
Scottish professional player David Vamplew managed to beat a fairly experienced field, including one of the all-time greats of the poker table on his way to winning the UKIP Championship in 2010.  This victory earned him almost $1.5 million.