Who Are the Top Online Poker Players in Thailand?
There are quite a few heavy-hitting online poker players in Thailand. When you sort the nations of the world by Average PLB Score, Thailand comes up #4 and, in terms of our standard PLB ranking, it can be found at #33 worldwide. There are 110 registered PocketFivers in Thailand who have won nearly $10 million in combined online MTT earnings. Let’s take a look at the top 10 players in Thailand sorted by PLB score.
10. notashark– The #5 ranked player in Phuket, notashark, who goes by Carter, won over a quarter of a million dollars in 2010 in a SCOOP $2,100 NLHE Two-Day tournament. He won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up one year prior.
9. SeaKing – MagicOcean on Full Tilt. He has 1,173 tracked cashes on PocketFives and just received his $250,000 badge.
8. benjaphon – The #3 player in Bangkok, benjaphon has been a member of PocketFives since 2008. That year, he final tabled the Warm-Up for nearly $100,000.
7. billygstar – Real name: Matthew Griffiths. His largest tracked score was worth $15,000 and came by virtue of winning the Full Tilt Poker $30,000 Guaranteed in 2011.
6. MRJ0FF4 – Another Bangkok resident, MRJ0FF4 is 31 years of age and closing in on $250,000 in tracked online poker cashes. He could also soon re-enter the top 1,000 of the Rankings worldwide.
5. Tiltattack – The top ranked player in Bangkok, Tiltattack is nearing $500,000 in tracked cashes. He was the runner-up in a mid-stakes SCOOP tournament in May for $19,000.
4. TiltTheBho– CrazyB15 on PokerStars. He is at #666 worldwide and won the PartyPoker Sunday Major earlier this year for $39,000. That score occurred two weeks removed from a win in the PokerStars Big $162 for $22,000.
3. Alex0r – asiancutiee on PokerStars. Alex Ward won the Full Tilt Multi-Fifty last month and came away with $10,000, his largest tracked cash to date. He currently sits at #572 worldwide.
2. JWPRODIGY(pictured) – The “JW” in his user name stands for his real name, Jordan Westmorland. He has $1.3 million in career online MTT earnings and won the PokerStars Super Tuesday one week ago for $117,000 officially. He is at #100 in the PocketFives Rankings, his highest mark ever.
1. whereisdonny– With $3.5 million in career earnings spread across 3,334 cashes, whereisdonny rules the roost in Thailand. He owns one of Thailand’s two Triple Crowns and cashed for over $118,000 in a tournament on Ongame earlier this year.
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