The alpha male of tournaments in 2014, Colman racks up another massive score in London.

We are simply running out of superlatives to describe Daniel Colman's run of form in 2014. As implausible, improbable and incomprehensible as it may be, the 24-year-old has now won over $22,000,000 in live poker tournaments this year alone.

Granted, a large proportion of that figure - $15,306,668 to be precise - came via his famous victory in the $1m entry Big One for One Drop event, but his record across all high roller tournaments this year has been second to none.

Another gleeful winner's pose...

Yesterday, he added to his trophy cabinet by taking down the second edition of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Alpha8 event in London for £600,000 ($957,390).

If the exchange rate had been ever so slightly kinder, we would be hailing Colman's fifth seven-figure haul of the year.

He's also pocketed a milly or more for wins in the EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller ($2.1m) and the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open main event ($1.4m), as well as his runners up run in the recent EPT Barcelona Super High Roller ($1.1m).

Altergott, Shakerchi and Haxton ITM

Only 17 players - compared to last year's turn out of 20 - anted up the £60,000 buy-in at London's Palm Beach Casino, and just four of those 17 competitors would finish with a return on their investment.

Nosebleed cash game guru Ike Haxton squeezed into the money finishing fourth for £160,000, while hedge fund manager turned poker maestro Talal Shakerchi - who also won the EPT London High Roller event in 2013 - came in third place for a £224,000 score.

Altergott vs. Colman heads-up

Of course, as is customary for anyone who wishes to take down a high roller event, Colman had to get through at least one German in the finale.

That man was Max Altergott, who outlasted fellow Germans Phil Gruissem (who won this event last year), Igor Kurganov, Fabian Quoss and Christoph Vogelsong, but ultimately couldn't stop Colman, and had to settle for second place and a £350,000 pay day.

Is this the best run ever in live tournament poker? Has Colman mastered the small field high roller format? Or is he just enjoying an extended run of positive variance? Let us know in the comments box.