{"id":25249,"date":"2014-10-11T08:54:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T15:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=25249"},"modified":"2014-10-11T08:57:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T15:57:24","slug":"daniel-colman-alpha8-win-adds-sizzling-hot-poker-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/daniel-colman-alpha8-win-adds-sizzling-hot-poker-streak\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Colman Alpha8 Win Adds to Sizzling Hot Poker Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daniel Colman has done it again with a WPT Alpha8 win in London this week. (Image: WPT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Daniel Colman won the WPT Alpha8 event in London this week, capping a 12-month live tournament-winning streak that is unparalleled in the history of poker. The 24-year-old player from Massachusetts picked up \u00a3600,000 ($957,396) for his win in London,\u00a0which brings his tally to a staggering $22,209,549 in just under a year.<\/p>\n

From a Jack to a King<\/h2>\n

This time last year, Dan Colman<\/a> was largely an online player, using the names “mrGR33N13” and “riyyc225,” and had yet to make a significant dent on the live circuit, although he did have a very respectable $310,699 in live tournament winnings, since 2008.<\/p>\n

For the first 11 months of 2013, Colman didn\u2019t cash in a single live tournament, probably because he had his mind on other things, primarily online hyper-turbo tournaments. He became the first player ever to win $1,000,000 in hyper-turbo tournaments in a calendar year, a feat he accomplished in just nine months.<\/p>\n

Next, he turned his attention to live tournaments, specifically the partypoker Premier League VI in Khanawake, to which he had been invited because of his impressive online results. As a turbo specialist, the format suited him to a tee, and he came in third for $194,000. A cash in the PCA High Roller in the Bahamas preceded a first place finish in at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, where he picked up $\u00a02,127,398, before cashing in another side event there.<\/p>\n

Next up, the World Series of Poker. Colman wasn\u2019t exactly taking the early stages of the WSOP by storm, although he cashed in two events, making a final table in one and finishing third. But that was just the tip of the tournament cashing iceberg.<\/p>\n

The Big One for One Drop<\/a> was the second-richest poker tournament in history, and Colman stormed to victory, beating Daniel Negreanu heads up in the final, and earning himself $15.3 million.<\/p>\n

But Dan Colman wasn\u2019t done yet. Two weeks later, he turned up at the Aria $100k Super High Roller, where he came in third for $796,821. A month after that, he finished second in the EPT Barcelona for $1,118,479. Just three weeks later, he came in first in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, which allowed him to toss another $1,446,710 onto his now huge, steaming pile of money.<\/p>\n

On a Tournament Tear<\/h2>\n

Add to that his victory this week in London, and the picture becomes clear: Colman has amassed more live tournament earnings in 12 months than Phil Ivey has amassed in his entire live tournament career, according to the Hendon Mob database.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With four first-place finishes and nine final tables, we can\u2019t recall such a streak ever occurring in the history of poker, and if it did, it certainly didn\u2019t yield $22 million. Only two people, Daniel Negreanu and Antonio Esfandiari, have won more than Colman on the live tournament circuit, and it took them much more than a year (although the One Drop helped both).<\/p>\n

Colman has proved himself to be a something of a poker \u201canti-hero,\u201d due to his stony-faced reactions to these multimillion-dollar victories and a refusal to grant interviews to the poker press; the YouTube clip of him winning the One Drop even went viral due his apparent irritation at winning $15 million.<\/p>\n

Cheer up, Dan, worse things happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel Colman won the WPT Alpha8 event in London this week, capping a 12-month live tournament-winning streak that is unparalleled in the history of poker. The 24-year-old player from Massachusetts picked up \u00a3600,000 ($957,396) for his win in London,\u00a0which brings his tally to a staggering $22,209,549 in just under a year. 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