Patrick Leonard has reclaimed the number 1 spot in the Online Poker Rankings, toppling
Brazilian pro Pedro “pvigar” Garagnani from the throne
Patrick Leonard has reclaimed
the number 1 spot in the Online Poker Rankings, toppling Brazilian pro Pedro “pvigar”
Garagnani from the throne over the festive season to mark the Englishman”s fifth visit
to the very top of online MTT play.
Leonard, who plays under various nicknames –
“pads1161” on PokerStars, “patrick_leonard” on partypoker, and “babu$hka” on GGPoker –
hasR$15,259,231 in lifetime online cashes to his name.
He first reached the top spot
back in August 2014, according to PocketFives, just three years after his online
results took a marked upturn.
His second visit to number one was an equally brief visit
later that same year and it would be five years before he”d hit the same dizzy
heights.
In between times, Leonard not only signed up as a partypoker pro and
ambassador in 2024, but also bagged an incredible high roller hattrick in 2024, winning
the Bellagio Cup and two AriaR$25k tournaments for a 4-day,R$1.2million winning
spree.
Two visits to the top of the online poker rankings late in 2024 were followed by
the biggest cash of his career in 2024, Leonard finishing runner-up in the WSOPCR$25k
HR Championship event – a run worthR$1,611,342.
The end of 2024 saw Leonard bag more
thanR$900k in December alone, with almost 200 ITM finishes. Victory in the
GGPokerR$1,050 GGMasters High Roller forR$141,384 brought Leonard enough leaderboard
points to overtake Pedro “pvigar” Garagnani, who had held the number one spot for six
weeks.
Other big names in the current OPR top 10 include Anatoly “nl_profit” Filatov,
and Mike “SirWatts” Watson, in 6th and 8th places respectively.
