Four months after the beginning of great international tournaments of poker hold in different towns of the world, organizers can already assess some probable successor of the Canadian player John Phan. Holder of the best Card Player Trophy in 2008, this title will be played again this year. At the end of the fifth season of the European Poker Tournament, the first estimation of the future possessor of this prize is already done. A temporary list of the 10 best players of the year is already available by considering the buy-in, the number of players and the position of each player at each tournament.

The canadian player Poorya Nazari gets the best position at the moment. Winner at the Main Event of Poker Caribbean Adventure in Bahamas, he won $ 3,000,000 at this unique tournament. The Irishman Jude Ainsworth who gets the sixth position at the PartyPoker Irish Open Championship on January 3rd, then third position during the Gold Championship at Euro Finals of Poker, thirteenth position at Wynn Classic during a side event and first position at the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker during the Main Event High, received $ 963, 338. After him, Chris Moore from Chicago who was placed at the third position at the WPT 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star by winning $ 291, 500, then second at the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic on February with $190,000 of gain is also well placed for this trophy. The Australian Stewart Scott, the American Steve Brecher, the Norwegian Pieter de Korver, the young Dutch Constant Richkenberg, only 20 years old, the Ukrainian Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Anthony Gregg and Cornel CImpan belong also to this list of convincing future holders of the trophy of the best CardPlayer 2009.

Source:  Poker777.com

Wednesday, 13 May 2009