Wed, 03/23/2011 – 23:05 – PokerPages Staff

#5 Sam Trickett
Trickett who is seventh in the ProRank1 standings, has won $1,340,735 so far this year.  The Englishman has entered two tournaments during 2011, with $1,278,269 coming from his January victory in the Aussie Millions No Limit Hold’em 100,000 Challenge.
 
#4 Gregory Brooks
Brooks is also a one-hit wonder as far as earnings this year are concerned.  The $1,654,120 won during 2011 so far was all gained following his victory in the LA Poker Classic No Limit Hold’em Championship in February.  Brooks currently occupies 9th place in ProRank1.

#3 Eugene Katchalov
Sitting in third spot in the PokerPages ProRank1 standings, has boosted his bank balance by $1,689,920 so far during 2011.  Katchalov won the lion’s share of that money in his opening tournament of the year.  A first place finish in the PCA No Limit Hold’em Super High Roller on January 6 saw him pocket $1,500,000.

#2 David Gorr
Gorr has earned $1,676,418 from poker this year, and remarkably it was all won in one tournament.  Gorr, who currently is in 10th spot in ProRank 1, earned his mammoth winnings with a first place finish in the Aussie Millions Main Event – No Limit Hold’em in January.

#1 Erik Seidel
Seidel has already earned $1,759,971 in 2011 so far, even though the year is in only its third month.  Seidel, who is runaway leader in the ProRank1 standings, has been no slouch on the tournament poker circuit so far this year, having entered six.  His most lucrative appearance came in early March when victory in the NBC National Heads-up Poker Championship earned him $750,000.

Wed, 02/16/2011 – 01:13 – PokerPages Staff

#5 – Doyle Brunson versus Annette Obrestad, 2008
Billed at the time as the “King versus the Queen,” this special heads-up match pitted the doyen of “old school” American poker against the rapidly rising – and very youthful – star of European poker.  Doyle won the match 2-0, even though Annette began each hand with the best cards.

#4 – Daniel Negreanu Becomes Top Earner in Poker History, 2009
‘Kid Poker’s’ dramatic second-place finish at the WSOPE Main Event in London in 2009 earned him $800,000 and put him ahead of Phil Ivey, who had only just become the top tournament poker moneywinner.  Phil got the title back again shortly afterwards, when he finished fifth in that year’s WSOP November Nine.

#3 – John Paul Kelly wins first gold bracelet on home ground
It took three years of the tournament’s existence for a Brit to win any WSOPE first events on home ground.  But the A-lister from Aylesbury, J.P. Kelly, managed to do so in 2009, adding another glittering gold bracelet to the one he claimed in Las Vegas earlier in the year.

#2 – John Juanda’s Marathon, 2008
When Juanda emerged victorious at the 2008 WSOP Europe Main Event, it was after the most epic battle ever to have occurred in any tournament anywhere in the world to date.  It took a grueling 22 hours and 484 hands for him to get that coveted first place finish.

#1 –Youngest Gold Bracelet Winner Ever – Annette Obrestad, 2007
This was the first year of the championship and no one could have foreseen that the victor would turn out to be a teen.  A very intelligent and fearless teen, undoubtedly, but a teen all the same.  Then only 18 years-old, Norwegian Annette Obrestad went down in poker history at the 2007 Main Event.