Poker's Breakout Performances Of 2010

[Canuckickstan 2]

Not everyone can win when it comes to poker, especially poker tournaments. Many players will record less than ideal years, but for a select few, 2010 proved to be an enormous success. So successful in fact, that these players are now notables, having had breakout performances in this year. Looking back on this past year on the felt, which players have had breakout performances? Well, everyone knows Jonathan Duhamel burst onto the poker scene with the biggest win of all by winning the World Series of Poker Main Event, but who else stormed onto the scene?Here at PokerNews, we pride ourselves in finding the star before he is a star. Although Duhamel may be the brightest star of them all right now, here are a group of players who's names you may not know and faces you may not recognize, but they’ve all had some pretty amazing results on the felt in 2010. Our suggestion? Get to those these names and faces if you love poker, because they’ve all got game.Harrison Gimbel■$2,570,190 won in 2010After winning a super satellite to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, Harrison Gimbel went on to capture the title after beating out a field of 1,529 entrants. He took home a whopping $2,200,000 for that victory at the ripe old age of 19. Being that Gimbel is so young, he still can’t play much of the live tournament circuit within the United States. Still, he traveled over to San Remo and finished 39th in the Main Event that stop on the European Poker Tour. Then, when the World Poker Tour held its event in Hollywood, Florida, where the age to play poker is 18, Gimbel entered, and after 297 players hit the rail, he was the last one standing, taking home the first-place prize worth $330,000. Two big wins and not that many live events played. The poker world better watch out when this kid turns 21 and can play everything.Poker News

[dna4ever 2]

so much for Gibs being able to lay low and stay under the radar.nice article

[rcgs59 15]

he has talent that is for sure. Wtg Kimmy and here is to your future success.:)Can't wait to meet you and have that Lunch Gibler, it will be nice to rail you live instead of on line.

[Merby 3]

I liked another name on there. Dwyte Pilgrim$1,563,947 won in 2010Before 2010, Dwyte Pilgrim was considered to be the best minor league grinder in the business. He had a handful of WSOP Circuit championship rings, various other “small” titles and tons of cashes along the grade-B circuit. In September 2010 though, Pilgrim “shocked the world” when he won the largest-ever WPT event, the 2010 Borgata Poker Open. Pilgrim conquered a field of 1,042 entrants to take home $733,802 and silence the critics. Although it may have taken Pilgrim many years in the minor leagues before he finally made it to the big leagues, there’s no telling how the high the ceiling of success is for this guy.I think his problem is that he's just not promoted well.