In 2005 it was Max Pescatori and in 2006 Roland de Wolfe; this year you can add Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott as he has won the 2007 European Player of the Year (EPoY). Ulliott took the lead in December with a third place finish at the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic and never looked back.

Chris Bjorin was the leader most of the year and it took a strong late run for the “Devilfish: to over take him. This has capped of a very successful tournament poker year for Dave as he has earned $1.2 million dollars and making five major final tables.

Rounding out the top 4 were the poker phenom Annette Obrestad in third place after her WSOPE Main Event win and second in the European Poker Tour Dublin and Alexander Kravchenko finished fourth winning a WSOP bracelet and a WSOP Main Event final table appearance in 2007. He also just recently won the 2008 Aussie Millions.

The top 10 European players of 2007 are from (CardPlayerEurope.com):

1. David "Devilfish" Ulliott -- Hull, GBR -- 3,446 points
2. Chris Bjorin -- London, GBR -- 3,375 points
3. Annette Obrestad -- Stavanger, NOR -- 2,608 points
4. Alexander Kravchenko -- Moscow, RUS -- 2,579 points
5. Juan Carlos Mortensen -- Madrid, ESP -- 2,496 points
6. Rene Mouritsen -- Copenhagen, DNK -- 2,472 points
7. Mark Teltscher -- London, GBR -- 2,344 points
8. Florian Langmann -- Dresden, DEU -- 2,040 points
9. Gus Hansen -- Copenhagen, DNK -- 2,034 points
10. Jeffrey Lisandro -- Salerno, ITA -- 1,964 points


- 2008-01-23