Momentum for Moorman – wins 25th Triple Crown and Sunday500

Pete - Tuesday, May 19, 2015, Written by- Tuesday, May 19, 2015, Online poker

He may not be making the headlines in the current Spring Championship of Online Poker festival, but make no mistake; Chris Moorman has still been crushing the games in May. Within the space of a week, the Brit somehow managed to accrue both a record breaking 25th PocketFives Triple Crown and a first ever title in the PokerStars Sunday 500.

For those who aren’t aware, online rankings site PocketFives awards a Triple Crown to any player who manages to win three different online MTTs (each must also have at least 100 runners and a prize pool of $10K or more) across three different sites in the space of a week.

No easy feat, but down the years Moorman has now managed this feat 25 times. His nearest rival ‘PokerKaiser’ in the all-time rankings “only” has 16.

His latest began with a victory in a $77 buy-in iPOPS event on Everest Poker for $15,000 on May 8th, then he managed to take down “The Crocodile” on 888poker for $6,900 just 24 hours later, and he completed the hat-trick on the final day possible, May 15th, by scooping the PokerStars $109 buy-in Turbo event for $2,800.

Evidently not satisfied with that particular $25,000 spree, Moorman was at it again just a few days later, taking down one of the few big events that had previously eluded his clutches – the massive PokerStars 500.

The likes of WPT World Champion Keven ‘Stammdogg’ Stammen (8th for $10,000) and former online MTT World #1 Andreas ‘mrAndreeew’ Berggren (9th for $5,750) stood in his way at a rock solid final table, but Moorman navigated his way to the top for a massive $87,000 pay day without cutting a deal – a rarity indeed with so much at stake:

Oi Oi won the @PokerStars Sunday 500 outright with no deals — Chris Moorman (@Moorman1) May 18, 2015