Chris Moorman can now add another title to his growing legacy as one of the greats of our game after taking down the High Roller MILLION$ event on GGPoker. Chris Moorman is a British professional poker player residing in Brighton. Moorman was initially famous for his results at the online poker tables playing under the nickname “Moorman1” before he proved himself in live tournaments as well with a memorable performance at the 2011 World Series of Poker when he made three final tables, including a second-place finish at the WSOP.

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A player achieves the Triple Crown in online poker when he or she wins a poker event on three separate poker sites in a 7-day period. The UK’s Chris Moorman is the undisputed master of the Triple Crown, which poker statistics site PocketFives created as a way to honor online card players.

Recently, Chris Moorman won his 30th Triple Crown, which extends his record in the field. Moorman is the winningest online poker player in multi-table tournament history. As such, PokerFives month ago bestowed on him the 2018 PokerFives Legacy Award during its Global Poker Awards.

This time, he won events on PokerStars, AmericasCardroom, and Partypoker. The three events totalled around $25,000 combined, but the winnings helped Moorman added to another career record.

The prize money added to Chris Moorman’s record in online poker earnings, which sits at $15,936,453.

Online Poker Triple Crown Winners

When it comes to Triple Crowns, Chris Moorman has only one rival even in the same ballpark. Nicolas ‘PokerKaiser’ Fierro now sits at 21 Triple Crowns in his cardroom career. Only three other players collected double-digit Triple Crowns.

‘Belabacsi’ of Hungary holds 11 Triple Crowns. Meanwhile, ‘aces_up4108’ of Australia holds 10 Triple Crowns, while and Sam ‘TheSquid’ Grafton of the UK is tied with aces_up4108 at the 10 mark.

Readers can see that it is not easy to pad one’s count, even if the size of one’s winnings are not a factor. Winning three or more multi-table poker tournaments in a week’s time is a feat.

Top Ten Triple Crown Players

The remainder of the Top 10 list is full of famous online card players. Incidentally, the players list shows how global online poker is, since 9 of the 10 players hail from different countries. Only the United Kingdom has 2 players on the Top 10 list.

• Roman ‘MatveychukR’ Matveychuk – Russia – 9 Triple Crowns
• Mickey ‘mementmori’ Petersen – Denmark – 9 Triple Crowns
• Dara ‘Doke’ O’Kearney – Ireland – 8 Triple Crowns
• ‘alexd2’ – Bulgaria – 7 Triple Crowns
• Andreas ‘r4ndomr4gs’ Berggren – Switzerland – 7 Triple Crowns

Most Online Poker Career Winnings

Chris Moorman shows dominance in the most career earnings, too. His $15.9 million bests all other card players, though the race is a bit closer when it comes to career winnings. Three Swedish players sit in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place.

Second place is ‘lena900’, hold won just under a million dollars less than Moorman at $14.87 million. ‘C Darwin2’ holds third place with $12.56 million, while Johannes ‘Greenstone25’ Korsar stands just a bit behind at $12.42 million.

Finally, ‘p0cket00’ of Canada rounds out the Top 5 with $12.27 million in poker earnings. It is notable that Chris Moorman is the only player to appear on both lists.

Chris Moorman Describes Poker Success

Chris Moorman focuses on the process instead of achievements in his online poker career. When he joined Team 888poker in June 2016, the UK legend told Bluff Magazine, “I just want to play my absolute best, and hopefully, good things will happen. I will be in most of the No Limit events and some of the PLO as well.”

Chris Moorman strikes again, winning 888poker’s £2,000-entry High Roller at London’s Aspers Casino. No one doubts that he is a true living poker legend.

Chris Moorman Poker

The victory in East London earned Moorman his latest trophy. Moorman took it down against noted British player, Ben Winsor, heads-up.
Moorman was visibly delighted and couldn’t wait to share the news.

With Moorman’s latest high roller victory coming in the 39-entry £2,200 High Roller as part of the 888Live London festival, Moorman took it down against Ben Winsor heads-up, another extremely dedicated British player. For Moorman, it was another heads-up in an event put on by the brand he represents, with a Portugal showdown two months ago seeing his finish as runner-up to Miguel Lopes. That time, he may have missed out, but he battled heads-up for six hours against a partisan final table in Portugal.

Chris Moorman Poker Player

The high-profile player is widely known for high stakes tournaments and winnings of almost $6 million. It is said he has raked in $12 million online.

Stories and rumors about Moorman abound. They call him Chris Moneymaker! Witnesses recount his prowess at the Road to PSPC event in Dublin and another in Killarney in the Emerald Isle.

Reporters make mention of his phenomenal multi-tabling display of poker. The popular pro literally dashed between tables, using his running skills to prevail in two final tables at the same time. Wow!

Amateurs would like a peek inside the perennial winner’s brain. Moorman always gives his best on the drive to victory and he never gives up.

Clearly he is a top professional who knows how the game works, no matter the buy-in. Prizes, large and small, are welcome.

In fact, Moorman’s £27,000 top prize would only cover the tab if the pro took his poker pals out for a meal.

The best and most successful poker players are focused and tuned in. They always play heir A-game. They have the competitive instinct that keeps them at the heart of the matter and the insatiable desire to win.

Stephen King once wrote that talent is as cheap as table salt. It is no doubt true. But for Moorman, you see a combination of talent, hard work, dedication and discipline. These are the core ingredients in the recipe for success.

Chris Moorman Poker Book

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