Poker has had a very strange year. Kicking off with the big tours almost tripping over each other to put a massive festival out there, the live poker tournament landscape was changed for months with the Coronavirus outbreak in March. Condemning many live poker tours to the bin and forcing players to play online poker form home in other converted tournaments, that impacted poker results.

But how has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the popularity of poker? By the clicks made on The Hendon Mob website, a reliable gauge of interest in professional poker player records, we took a look.

The results are perhaps surprising, but let’s talk about the top 10 by breaking down the groups of players.

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