For a relatively short period of time, Anthony Zinno has managed to establish himself as a big name in poker. The player is only one of three poker pros to have won three WPT Main Event titles and was really close to winning a fourth such title not long ago.
Given his more than impressive performance on the live circuit over the past two years, it is not a surprise that Zinno made his debut atop the GPI leaderboard last summer and made himself comfortable there. And although Steve O’Dwyer has been occupying the ranking’s top position for 19 weeks now, Zinno has never been far from there since last July.
Following the latest weekly GPI update, the player is now taking 2nd place with a total of 4,197.65 points generated over the past 36 months. Zinno has not scored a major victory since the beginning of the year, but he has cashed in a number of events, thus adding points to his GPI score.
Most recently, the popular poker pro finished 3rd in the WPT Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event, collecting the a payout of €90,460 and 325.19 points. Prior to that, Zinno demonstrated skills and composure at the EPT Season 12 Grand Final festival in Monaco. There, he cashed in two high roller tournaments – the €10,300 one and the €25,750 one. He took 6th place in both events. The former secured him with a payout of €101,500 and 369.92 points. Finishing 6th in the latter event, the player added €276,750 to his poker bankroll and 437.61 points to his GPI score.
Last year was particularly successful for Zinno. He won two back-to-back WPT Main Event titles and a WSOP gold bracelet, and cashed in a number of other prestigious events. In February 2015, the player topped the field of the Fallsview Poker Classic WPT C$5,000 Main Event for C$380,021 and 172.47 points. Shortly after, he triumphed in the L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 Championship, scooping $1,015,860 in prize money and 249.19 points. During the 46th World Series of Poker, Zinno won the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller. He took home $1,122,196 for his victory and a gold bracelet, of course, and added 464.33 points to his GPI score.
So far, the player has a little less than $6 million in live tournament earnings and given the fact that this year’s edition of the WSOP is less than two weeks away, he is likely to boost his bank roll considerably.
