Winner: Philipp Gruissem
No surprise in this category as the only trouble in this award was which tournament performance to choose. Thee High Rolling German of the High Rolling Germans, Gruissem cashed for a massive $ 4,605,401 in 2013. That included two seven-figure scores when he won back to back WPT Alpah8 $100,000 events in October and November of this year. He also won the $50,000 WSOP Asia-Pacific High Roller.

Nominated: Barny Boatman (England), Philipp Gruissem (Germany), Roger Hairabedian (France), Marvin Rettenmaier (Germany) and Ole Schemion (Germany).

Past winners: Davidi Kitai (2012), Pius Heinz (2011), James Bord (2010), Jeff Lisandro (2009), Peter Eastgate (2008), Annette Obrestad (2007), Victoria Coren (2006), Rob Hollink (2005), Martin de Knijff (2004), Gus Hansen (2003), Barny Boatman (2002), Simon Trumper (2001)

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