jungleman12 Crushing the Nosebleed Stakes, Up $5 Million This Year
jungleman12 is considered a relative newcomer among the regulars of the nosebleed stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker. That however, has not stopped him from emerging as the top dog there, with over $5 million in winnings in 2010.
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Daniel "jungleman12" Cates (pictured right) shot into prominence when he agreed to take on Tom "durrrr" Dwan in the durrrr Challenge. Since then, he has emerged as an unstoppable force in the nosebleed stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker.
After completing just 6,820 of the 50,000 hand challenge, jungleman12 has already opened up a $691k lead. While the challenge is far from over, he has definitely proved to the world that he is more than capable of taking on the best.
Only his fourth year playing poker
Want to find out more about jungleman12? Here are some quick facts:
- Daniel Cates, 20 years old
- Economics student at the University of Maryland
- Was working in McDonalds before making big bucks in poker
- Started playing poker in 2007 while in high school
- Lost $3,000 playing online that summer
- Most respected players: Phil Ivey and close friend Scott" UrNotIndanger2" Palmer
- Twitter: junglemandan
Biggest winner in 2010 so far
Outside the durrrr Challenge, jungleman12 has also been dominating the action in both the high stakes No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha tables. According to PokerTableRatings, players who have made significant contributions to his bankroll include durrrr ($1.47 million), Phil Ivey ($227k), Ziigmund ($385k) and Rami "Arbianight" Boukai ($270k).
Based on the results compiled by HighStakesDB, jungleman12 is the clear leader at the top of the high stakes leaderboard for the year. $4,893,930 in winnings after 117,109 hands, he is almost $1 million ahead of second placed durrrr who has played more than twice the number of hands.
Most of his winnings have come from playing No Limit Hold'em Heads-up but he has started to venture more into Pot Limit Omaha as players stopped giving him enough action on the Hold'em tables. Despite not having as much experience in it as most of his opponents, he is also doing really well there.
Check out jungleman12's really impressive lifetime results graph from PokerTableRatings:
