ICYMI – In Case You Missed It…

Think you may have missed something during the holiday period? We’ve got you covered…

SOME ACTION ON THE FELT

The good news if you were away for the holidays is that you didn’t miss much on the felt. Following Julian Thomas’ win (yes, ANOTHER German!) at WPT Prague, there were only a few events presented on the live tournament circuit including the Colorado Poker Championship:

The Golden Gates Casino & Poker Parlour in Black Hawk, Colorado played host to the 8th edition of the CPC as Frank Yakubson (GPI#8408) defeated 2-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Bryan Devonshire (GPI#1477) heads-up to win the Main Event. Thomas Fuller (GPI#950) and John Holley (GPI#363) were amongst the list of players who cashed in the event.

Christmas Poker Week at Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg, Sweden ended with Mohamad Kowssarie (GPI#2284) taking the CPW Main Event crown. Kowssarie’s career accomplishments include a 3rd place finish at the 2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship.

Over in the Netherlands, Jan Jansma (GPI#5730) won the Valkenburg Series of Poker at the Holland Casino in Amsterdam, defeating fellow Dutch player Kevin Lemmens heads-up for the title.

Visit The Hendon Mob for a full list of results from the holiday season.

KID POKER PLAYER OF THE DECADE

The Global Poker Index ran its Player of the Decade project last week. Taking player results from the past 10 poker seasons (since the Moneymaker boom), the GPI determined that current World #1 Daniel Negreanu was also the best of the decade.

Kid Poker would finish ahead of Erik Seidel and Michael Mizrachi in the Top 3 … here is our full Top 9 Final Table:

#9 ››  Phil Ivey  |  5,422 points
#8 ››  J.C. Tran  |  5,569 points
#7 ››  Shannon Shorr  |  5,578 points
#6 ››  ElkY  |  5,778 points
#5 ››  John Juanda  |  6,261 points
#4 ››  Barry Greenstein  |  6,457 points
#3 ››  Michael Mizrachi  |  6,553 points
#2 ››  Erik Seidel  |  6,953 points
#1 ››  Daniel Negreanu  |  7,377 points

ANDESRSON EARNS POKETFIVES PLB AWARD

Calvin “cal42688” Anderson (GPI#144) won the PoketFives 2013 Yearly PLB (PocketFives Leaderboard Race) title. Anderson, who also enjoyed success on the live felt in 2013, crossed the 5M USD mark in tracked online winnings in 2013, is currently ranked #12 on the PocketFives rankings.

#1 ››  cal42688  |  18,510.04 points
#2 ››  pessagno  |  17,932.86 points
#3 ››  Vinkyy  |  17,782.55 points
#4 ››  moorman1  |  17,633.64 points
#5 ››  eisenhower1  |  17,558.30 points
#6 ››  Sheater  |  17,494.88 points
#7 ››  lena900  |  17,275.02 points
#8 ››  inhoo  |  17,264.99 points
#9 ››  jdpc27  |  17,233.86 points
#10 ››  lukethafluke  |  16,801.24 points

Our friends at PocketFives have the full article for you to read.

FINGER ON THE TRIGGER

It’s time! The 2014 poker season officially kicked off on Sunday with the start of the 100K Super High Roller event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. There were 51 entries on Day 1 (player can still register/re-enter to start Day 2) and it’s German bracelet winner Martin Finger (GPI#21) who leads the way. Here are the Top 5 chip counts from Day 1:

#1 ››  Martin Finger  |  829,000 chips
#2 ››  Max Altergott  |  707,000 chips
#3 ››  Isaac Haxton  |  594,500 chips
#4 ››  Bryn Kenney  |  562,000 chips
#5 ››  Jason Koon  |  551,000 chips

Chip counts courtesy of PokerNews.

Day 2 play in the Super High Roller event kicks off at 12pm ET, you can catch the live stream on PokerStars.TV. The Main Event at the PCA starts on Tuesday.

Have a great 2014 poker season!

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