It was no surprise to see many "young guns" emerge again to claim many of the past year's major poker tournament titles and fill most of the spots around the final tables. But 2015 saw the old guard well represented in many of poker's marquee events as well.
This year's World Series of Poker Main Event final table bucked the recent trend toward youth with both 72-year-old Pierre Neuville (who finished seventh) and 61-year-old Neil Blumenfield (who finished third) making the final nine. And three of the year’s European Poker Tour main event champions were aged 40 and above, starting with Jean Montury (aged 40) winning EPT11 Malta and ending with Hossein Ensan (aged 51) taking down EPT12 Prague last week.