Andy Hills wins the Hendon Mob 'flag' rankings
That passport got stamped in 2019 as our friend Andy Hills cashed in 19 different countries last year.
You may recall last year we interviewed Andy Hills who came 2nd in the 2018 Hendon Mob flag rankings (for most cashes in different countries).
It was an impressive feat which sparked a number of NSFW 'flag' jokes from his poker friends and it would be remiss of us not to mention he came 1st in the rankings for 2019.
Andy cashed in 19 different countries in 2019, easily beating his nearest rivals by eight flags. Not quite the biggest flag haul in a single year, that still sits with Henri Ovaska with 21. He also now sits in 5th for the most countries cashed lifetime rankings with 29, quite a way behind Casey Kastle with 44.
In that time Andy cashed in Slovenia, England, the US, Aruba, France, Malta, Latvia, Italy, Jersey, Serbia, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Estonia, the Netherlands, Spain, Romania, Ukraine and San Marino. This included five outright wins and over $218,608 in cashes.
💰 46 live cashes (a personal best),
mostly in ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ¥ó ®ó §ó ¿+🇺🇸
[38% of gross winnings]🎠won a tourney on my 41st birthday
🆠two Unibet titles
âœˆï¸ 51 flights (total cost: £3800)
🌎 55,000 air miles😬(SORRY WORLD)(cont…)
— Andy Hills (@GrindFromBehind) December 31, 2019
The Hendon Mob flag rankings are quietly one of the most coveted accolades in live poker. Few people overtly say they are trying to get more flags but everybody is very precious about getting their first flag in a country.
Good luck to Andy this year, he probably will need it as a Brit with Brexit looming, as traveling to all those countries might not be as easy.
How many flags do you have on your Hendon Mob profile? Let us know in the comments:
