High-stakes online poker pro Daniel “jungleman12” Cates took the top spot on the earnings list for online poker pros in 2010. poker player Dan Cates brought in over US$5 million from the virtual tables at Full Tilt Poker. Dan Cates won over $500,000 in one marathon session of $300/$600 half no-limit Texas Hold'em/half pot-limit Omaha cash games.
Early in this session, Daniel Cates lost about US$250,000 to his opponents, including the top poker player in the world Patrik Antonius. Dan Cates quickly rebounded and finished the session with double that amount in profits, closing off a career year for the online poker sensation.
Poker pro Daniel Cates also earned over US$500,000 in the “Durrr Challenge”, a series of heads-up no-limit Texas Hold’em matches with young online poker wizard Tom “durrr” Dwan. Daniel Cates and TomDwan have played just over thirteen thousand hands against each other, with the winner of the matches to be determined after fifty thousand hands.
