Trust the Process: Dvoress Surpasses $47M in Career Earnings with Paris Win
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A poker player's schedule can be exhausting. Just ten hours after one tournament, you're walking into the tournament venue ready to do it all over again.
But Daniel Dvoress might just have walked into EPT Paris today with a certain spring in his step after taking down the €25,000 Super High Roller Warm Up for €286,040 in the early hours of Sunday morning.
And a good time do it also, with the €100,000 Super High Roller starting today with some of the best poker players in Europe.
Back on the Grind
Despite not playing poker since the WSOP Paradise festival in the Bahamas, Dvoress has shown no signs of rust following the two-month gap.
"It's nice to get back into it and immediately secure some cashes"
The €25,000 win was his second cash of the festival, having finished fourth in a €20,000 tournament one day prior behind compatriot Mike Watson, and the Spanish pair of Adrian Mateos and eventual winner Juan Pardo — not a bad group of players.
It's a festival that he's previously enjoyed success at. Three of his four EPT titles, affectionately known as Spadies, have now come in Paris. In addition to the €25,000 Warm Up title, he won two titles at the last EPT festival held in the French capital two years ago.
"I try to treat each festival and each tournament individually," Dvoress said en route to taking his seat in the Super High Roller. "But you want to get things started in the right direction.
"It's nice to get back into it and immediately secure some cashes."
Getting Ready for the Year Ahead
Although Dvoress cashed for over $8 million last year, the sheer size and scale of High Roller tournaments on offer around the world meant he finished 21st in the 2025 Money List, trailing Jesse Lonis who topped the list with $13.3 million
However, the Canadian's consistency has seen him surpass $6 million in each of the last four years. His largest cash during this period was in December 2024, finishing fourth in the Triton Million for $4.39 million — the largest cash of his career.
Data courtesy of The Hendon Mob
Dvoress is also no stranger to the European Poker Tour, notching a pair of podium places in High Rollers at EPT Monte-Carlo in 2024 for combined cashes of over €600,000. He admits that, looking ahead, it's a packed 2026.
"There's just so much poker coming up. There's Triton Jeju and then EPT Monte-Carlo. Then there's Triton Montenegro. I'm planning to do all of it. So, it is important to take it one step at a time, but it is also nice to get off on the right foot."
Trust the Process
With over $46.8 million in total live earnings, Dvoress is an accomplished tournament player, sitting 16th on the all-time money list and the second-highest-ranked Canadian. You don't get to where he is without being driven, motivated and goal-oriented.
However, Dvoress maintains a calm demeanour and says that, with so much out of his control, his main focus is on the overall process rather than goal-setting.
"If you look at a year as a tournament player, it may seem like a long time, but when it comes to the number of tournaments in terms of sample size that you actually play, it's quite low.
"So if you set yourself a goal, execute things really well and do everything right, but don't achieve the goal, that can be a little detrimental. Often, you're playing these tournaments tired, jet-lagged or whatever. So you can't really be harsh on yourself for making bad decisions."
If his decision-making stays solid, there's no reason why Dvoress can't add even more poker accolades to a list that includes two Triton titles, four EPT titles and two WSOP bracelets, and secure another seven or eight-figure year.
"In December [2026], I want to look back on my year and go 'I made really good decisions, I made a few mistakes here and there — but no big torches and no big punts'. And then hopefully, in the balance of things, that shows up in results."
