Phil Ivey, the “Tiger Woods of Poker”, has quietly moved atop the leader board of the online poker world, slipping past Tom “durrrr” Dwan on the heels of an incredibly strong past week. The fact that Ivey’s accomplishment went virtually unnoticed by many poker fans is amazing, especially since poker’s top player is followed by so many of the game’s fans.
Since a $1.19 million drop two weeks ago, Ivey has been on a tear, picking up $1.66 in the past week to push his year-to-date total to $3,801,602 moving him just past Dwan’s $3,753,591. Ivey owes much of his upswing to Gus Hansen; the “Great Dane” has been dogged by Ivey’s strong play recently, handing over $1.1 million to “No Home Jerome” during the past week.
Dwan, like Hansen, has been bleeding green recently. Back in April, durrrr was sitting on a $6.6 million upswing for 2010, of which he has now given back almost $3 million. Hansen, for his part, has donated over $2.3 million back to other players at Full Tilt Poker nosebleed tables in 2010, securing his position as the second biggest loser for the year. (Brian Townsend has coughed up over $2.5 million over the same period)
Helping to secure his reputation as the world’s top poker player, Ivey has run his career online winnings to a stunning $19.5 million. Ivey has been incredibly efficient with his winnings in 2010; his gain has come over a mere 43,232 hands in 2010, while Dwan has labored through an amazing 260,345 to earn second spot on the list.
Already the top player in online poker, Phil Ivey has regained a familiar position by taking the top spot on this year’s list. With Dwan struggling through a Durrrr Challenge against Dan “jungleman12” Cates, Ivey is likely to pulling away from his top challenger even more, once again confirming his ranking as the game’s elite player
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Well, it was for sure that he can do that with his skills in playing the poker i bet he can take home the pot at no sweat.
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