A poker participant’s schedule may be exhausting. Simply ten hours after one event, you are strolling into the event venue able to do it once more.
However Daniel Dvoress may simply have walked into EPT Paris right this moment with a sure spring in his step after taking down the €25,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Heat Up for €286,040 within the early hours of Sunday morning.
And a very good time do it additionally, with the €100,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler beginning right this moment with a number of the greatest poker gamers in Europe.
Again on the Grind
Regardless of not taking part in poker because the WSOP Paradise pageant within the Bahamas, Dvoress has proven no indicators of rust following the two-month hole.
“It is good to get again into it and instantly safe some cashes”
The €25,000 win was his second money of the pageant, having completed fourth in a €20,000 event someday prior behind compatriot Mike Watson, and the Spanish pair of Adrian Mateos and eventual winner Juan Pardo — not a foul group of gamers.
It is a pageant that he is beforehand loved success at. Three of his 4 EPT titles, affectionately often called Spadies, have now are available in Paris. Along with the €25,000 Heat Up title, he gained two titles on the final EPT pageant held within the French capital two years in the past.
“I attempt to deal with every pageant and every event individually,” Dvoress mentioned en path to taking his seat within the Tremendous Excessive Curler. “However you wish to get issues began in the proper path.
“It is good to get again into it and instantly safe some cashes.”
Getting Prepared for the 12 months Forward
Though Dvoress cashed for over $8 million final 12 months, the sheer dimension and scale of Excessive Curler tournaments on supply all over the world meant he completed twenty first within the 2025 Cash Listing, trailing Jesse Lonis who topped the listing with $13.3 million
Nevertheless, the Canadian’s consistency has seen him surpass $6 million in every of the final 4 years. His largest money throughout this era was in December 2024, ending fourth within the Triton Million for $4.39 million — the biggest money of his profession.
Knowledge courtesy of The Hendon Mob
Dvoress can also be no stranger to the European Poker Tour, notching a pair of podium locations in Excessive Rollers at EPT Monte-Carlo in 2024 for mixed cashes of over €600,000. He admits that, trying forward, it is a packed 2026.
“There’s simply a lot poker arising. There’s Triton Jeju after which EPT Monte-Carlo. Then there’s Triton Montenegro. I am planning on doing all of it. So, it is very important take it one step at a time, however it is usually good to get off on the proper foot.”
Belief the Course of
With over $46.8 million in whole reside earnings, Dvoress is an achieved event participant, sitting sixteenth on the all-time cash listing and the second-highest-ranked Canadian. You aren’t getting to the place he’s with out being pushed, motivated and goal-oriented.
Nevertheless, Dvoress maintains a peaceful manner and says that, with a lot out of his management, his major focus is on the general course of somewhat than goal-setting.
“In case you have a look at a 12 months as a event participant, it might look like a very long time, however in the case of the variety of tournaments when it comes to pattern dimension that you simply really play, it is fairly low.
“So when you set your self a purpose, execute issues very well and do the whole lot proper, however do not obtain the purpose, that may be a bit of detrimental. Typically, you are taking part in these tournaments drained, jet-lagged or no matter. So you may’t actually be harsh on your self for making dangerous choices.”
If his decision-making stays stable, there is not any cause why Dvoress cannot add much more poker accolades to a listing that features two Triton titles, 4 EPT titles and two WSOP bracelets, and safe one other seven or eight-figure 12 months.
“In December [2026], I wish to look again on my 12 months and go ‘I made actually good choices, I made just a few errors right here and there — however no huge torches and no huge punts’. After which hopefully, within the stability of issues, that reveals up in outcomes.”
Will Shillibier
Managing Editor
He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.
