On this planet of poker, there is just one scoreboard that issues – how a lot cash have you ever received? With this reality in thoughts (and earlier than the beginning of the 2025 World Sequence of Poker), Poker Information Every day has headed over to The Hendon Mob poker database with a vital query: Who’re the all-time cash leaders by state? In our first 4 components, we coated twenty states and the District of Columbia (alphabetically), so let’s preserve it going with the state of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts
That is the primary state now we have come to whose high three gamers are all within the eight-figure vary. In truth, the highest FOUR for Massachusetts are throughout $10 million in profession earnings, and the highest 9 are throughout FIVE million in earnings. The scoreboard for The Bay State may additionally rapidly change, because the gamers battling it out are all nonetheless energetic.
All of that stated, the highest participant for Massachusetts may shock some. Nick Petrangelo has a snug lead atop the all-time checklist for Massachusetts, with a $11 million lead over his closest competitor in Daniel Colman. Coleman himself has an ample lead over the third-place participant, Jonathan Jaffe, who’s trying to maintain off Anthony Zinno for the ultimate spot on the rostrum.
1. Nick Petrangelo (Feeding Hills, MA), $39,250,878
2. Daniel Colman (Holden, MA), $28,925,059
3. Jonathan Jaffe (Longmeadow, MA), $15,468,564
Michigan
Maybe not surprisingly, a few former World Champions are atop the checklist for the Wolverine State. 2009 World Sequence of Poker Championship Occasion (“Major Occasion”) winner Joe Cada scooped up over $8.5 million to make up a sizeable chunk of his profession earnings. What most don’t notice is that Cada has completed extra than simply that World Championship; he has received three different WSOP bracelets apart from the World Championship jewellery, along with his final title coming in 2018.
However that’s not sufficient to get to the highest in Michigan. Sitting within the first slot of the standings is one other World Champion, Ryan Riess, who used his 2013 victory to rack up over $8.3 million in earnings. Since then, Riess has additionally earned a World Poker Tour title and solely must win on the European Poker Tour stage to perform poker’s “Triple Crown.” Listed here are the highest three on the all-time cash leaders checklist (at the least for event poker) for the state of Michigan:
1. Ryan Riess (East Lansing, MI), $16,679,444
2. Joe Cada (Macomb, MI), $14,701,136
3. Dan Heimiller (Livonia, MI), $7,880,583
Minnesota
Extra surprises await once we have a look at the checklist of Minnesota’s high three gamers. Within the first place is a participant that many wouldn’t consider for the spot, Blake Bohn, who sits simply over 4 million in profession earnings. Bohn has been slowing down his taking part in schedule over the previous couple of years (solely $68K in earnings after a blistering $682,527 in 2023), however he absolutely want to make it to 200 cashes for his profession and prolong his lead.
If Bohn can’t do this, then Ryan Laplante is in place to take over the lead for the Land of 1000 Lakes. Laplante’s $3.5 million in earnings would imply that, ought to he replicate his work from 2023 and 2024 (and Bohn keep idle), he would take over the lead. Listed here are the highest three on the all-time cash leaders checklist (at the least for event poker) for the state of Minnesota:
1. Blake Bohn (Savage, MN), $4,156,980
2. Ryan Laplante (Brainerd, MN), $3,567,933
3. Anthony Hu (Plymouth, MN), $2,816,750
Mississippi
One of many veterans of the sport has the dignity of holding the #1 place for the state of Mississippi. ‘Captain’ Tom Franklin has been taking part in poker longer than many have been alive, and it exhibits once you have a look at his Hendon Mob resume. Franklin has over $3.4 million in profession earnings alone (with tournaments relationship again to the early Eighties), however you possibly can determine that Franklin made that a lot or extra via money sport play.
The 2 males behind Franklin have their work reduce out for his or her grinding types. Tyler Smith is in second, however he’s 1 / 4 million {dollars} behind the ‘Captain.’ William Stanford rounds out the Mississippi lineup, however anybody trying to catch Franklin must get occurring that aim. Listed here are the highest three on the all-time cash leaders checklist (at the least for event poker) for the state of Mississippi:
1. ‘Captain’ Tom Franklin (Gulfport, MS), $3,417,517
2. Tyler Smith (Smithdale, MS), $2,678,356
3. William Stanford (Tupelo, MS), $1,979,143
Missouri
You is perhaps shocked by the standard that exists atop the standings for the Present Me State. Main the best way (and maybe not surprisingly) for Missourians is the file holder for WSOP Circuit rings, Maurice Hawkins. For everything of his profession, Hawkins has earned over six million {dollars} – however he has additionally generated an excessive amount of controversy relating to those that have supported him previously.
After Hawkins are two veteran execs who powered their method to the highest within the “growth days” of the sport. Each Blair Hinkle and ‘Dutch’ Boyd made their bones in the course of the “poker growth” of the Aughts, incomes sufficient to have pushed them into the rostrum spots for Missouri. As Hawkins is energetic on the event circuit – and Hinkle and Boyd have slowed their taking part in schedules – it appears as if the “Ringmaster” goes to take a seat on high of the all-time cash leaders checklist (at the least for event poker) for the state of Missouri for a while coming:
1. Maurice Hawkins (St. Louis, MO), $6,358,608
2. Blair Hinkle (Kansas Metropolis, MO), $5,416,678
3. Russell ‘Dutch’ Boyd (Columbia, MO), $2,964,614
That brings us to the midway mark on our rundown of the highest three gamers in every state by event poker winnings. Have we hit your state but? Come again as we enter the final twenty-five states quickly!
