The GPI leaderboard has been topped by American poker pro Byron Kaverman for a ninth consecutive week. The player has accumulated 4,415.13 points so far. After the ranking’s traditional Wednesday update, it could be seen that Jason Mercier is still 2nd with 4,415.13 points and Anthony Zinno is 3rd with 4,006.85 points.
Darren Elias, a Pennsylvania-born poker player with a number of achievements, both live and online, climbed 17 positions over the past week to rank 32nd. Elias has collected a total of 3,174.86 GPI points since the beginning of the year. Currently, he is also 68th in the GPI Player of the Year ranking with 2,511.83 points.
Elias is a well-known person in the world of poker. He gained quite a lot of popularity this time last year as he became the first player in the history of the WPT to win two consecutive Main Events during the same season.
In September, the player topped the field of the WPT Borgata Open $3,500 No-Limit Hold’em Championship. Apart from the title, the player also scooped the amount of $843,744 of the entire prize pool, his largest live cash so far. In November, the player emerged victorious in the Caribbean Poker Tour/WPT $3,500 Main Event held in St. Maarten. His share of the prize pool amounted to $127,680.
Elias’ live tournament winnings currently amount to $3,342,239. He has collected those in 70 different events over the span of the past seven years. It could be said that 2014 was his most profitable year as he added more than $1.3 million to his poker bankroll.
As for his performance in 2015, the player has collected $486,082 over the past eleven months. His best achievement this year was his 3rd place in the WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event. The player received $303,593 for his efforts. Elias cashed in 10 other events in 2015.
Apart from his performance in live tournaments, the player could boast of quite successful online poker career. He has a total of 199 online results and has won the overall amount of $3,642,443 so far. Elias has 24 first-place online finishes, 22 second-place ones, and 23 third-place ones. He could be spotted at the online tables of PokerStars, Full Tilt, partypoker, and WSOP NJ under the screen name ‘darrenelias’.
