 Poker
Pros to Watch at
2008 WSOP
So just who are some
of the hottest poker
players at the 2008
WSOP? Well,
look no further than
the 2008 Player of
the Year rankings
being updated
throughout the World
Series of Poker
compiled by
CardPlayer.com.
Throughout the 2008
WSOP and beyond,
Gambling911.com will
be taking an in
depth look at some
of the best and
brightest stars on
the poker scene
today, as well as
some of the more
infamous
Erik Seidel -
CardPlayer had this
poker pro ranked
number one on the
year even though
John Phan was
climbing thanks to
his impressive 2008
WSOP performance.
Seidel, who
appropriately comes
to us from Las
Vegas, has amassed
$1,965,715
year-to-date
winnings.
Seidel made the
final table of WSOP
Event #14, the $10K
Seven-Card Stud
World Championship.
Seidel, looking for
his ninth gold
bracelet, finished
in fifth place for
just over $90K.
Michael Binger -
His 2008 winnings
are $720,667 to
date. Binger
graduated from North
Carolina State
University before
receiving a Ph.D. in
theoretical physics
from Stanford
University in 2006
and has since
settled in Atherton,
California.
John Phan - At
press time, John
Phan was among the
hottest players on
the WSOP circuit
having won two
bracelets.
David Chiu -
Based in Rowland
Heights, California,
who has won four
World Series of
Poker bracelets and
is the winner of the
2008 World Poker
Tour's WPT World
Championship.
He has had 7 first
place finishes.
Allen Bari -
Bluff Magazine
only ranks Bari at
120 on the year.
Card Player has him
ranked number 5.
The West Orange, NJ
native has life time
winnings of $729,470
and he won the
No-Limit Hold'em
Championship Event
14 at the Borgota
Hotel June 24, 2008
walking off with a
cool $500,250.
Dario Minieri -
Dario Minieri is a
professional poker
player from Italy
who has won a
bracelet at the 2008
World Series of
Poker at the age of
23. He plays
for Poker Stars
exclusively.
His year-to-date
winnings total
$979,950, making him
the 6th ranked
player at
CardPlayer.com.
Vinny Pahuja -
Lifetime winnings of
$466,947 and most of
that has been won in
2008. He
finished 2nd at the
2008 Borgata Summer
Open.
Michael McDonald -
$1,487,214
year-to-date
winnings and ranked
8th according to
CardPlayer.com.
McDonald comes to us
from Waterloo,
Canada. The 18
year old plans to
invest some of his
money in a new hot
tub for his
townhouse.
Bertrand Grospellier
- Grospellier has
amassed $2,133,075
over this year thus
far. He's a
multi-national
player who was born
in France and
currently resides in
South Korea.
Brandon Cantu - From
Las Vegas, Cantu has
made it to five
final tables this
year.
$1,069,694 is his
total winnings thus
far for the year.
Upon winning a World
Series of Poker
bracelet in 2006,
Cantu relocated to
Las Vegas, Nevada.
On March 14, 2007,
Cantu became one of
only 27 players to
ever win both a
World Series of
Poker bracelet
(2006) and a World
Poker Tour
championship (2008).
----
Christopher
Costigan,
Gambling911.com
Publisher
CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com
Originally published
June 26, 2008 7:32
pm EST
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