The summer edition of the 46th Annual World Series of Poker is nearing its end. A total of 67 gold bracelets have already found their owners and millions of dollars have been distributed among thousands of players. Apart from the winners of the prestigious piece of jewelry, there is a certain other category of tournament entries who also deserve to be paid a bit more attention. Here are the five players with the most in-the-money finishes at 2015 WSOP events.
Mark Radoja
The player made it to the money in a total of 10 WSOP events this summer. He captured $86,440 at those. However, he had no final table appearances. Due to his performance in the Series, he currently ranks 11th in the GPI WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard with as many as 1427.95 points.
Radoja has collected $1,906,953 in live tournament earnings since the beginning of his career. He holds two WSOP gold bracelets for winning Event #24: No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (2,000 Max) in 2011 and Event #16: Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em (512 player max) in 2013.
Eric Baldwin
Baldwin took his share of the prize pools of as many as 10 WSOP events. Similarly to Radoja, he did not appear at a final table this summer. Baldwin collected a total of $77,291 from this year’s edition of the Series as well as 1369.45 GPI WSOP Player of the Year points. He is 14th in the prestigious ranking.
Baldwin’s live winnings amount to $4,637,880. Back in 2009, he collected his first and only so far WSOP gold bracelet for winning a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event. He has also been quite profitable online. The player has won $1,363,836 so far under the screen name basebaldy.
Joe Kuether
The player had 10 in-the-money finishes this summer to collect the total amount of $53,330. He had no final table appearances. Currently, Kuether is 44th in the GPI WSOP Player of the Year with 1084.54 points.
Overall, the player has won $4,254,641 from live tournaments and $976,501 at online poker rooms. He could be spotted under the screen name daPHUNNIEman.
Mike Leah
The player has cashed in 8 events over the past several weeks. He made two final table appearances to finish 4th in Event #17: $10,000 Razz Championship and 7th in Event #23: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball. This summer, the the player added $150,278 to his poker bankroll.
Leah collected a total of 1293.63 points over the Series to rank 20th in the GPI WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard.
He has $4,750,028 in career cash. Furthermore, he is the holder of one WSOP gold bracelet, as he topped the field of the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific A$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em event in October 2014. Last year, he also captured two WSOP Circuit gold rings.
Shannon Shorr
Shorr made it to the money in 8 events to grab $87,196 this summer. He appeared at one final table to take 5th place in Event #11: $1,500 Limit Hold’em. Due to his 8 cashes in the 2015 WSOP, Shorr collected 1107.74 points and ranks 38th in the GPI WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard.
Up to now, the player’s career tournament earnings total $6,022,064. He has no gold bracelets but he has cashed in a total of 44 WSOP events so far.
