There are just hours left of 2015, plenty of time to make resolutions or plans to see in the New Year as it creeps towards the horizon. But alas not when it comes to changing the standings at the top of the PokerStars Tournament Leader Board. In answer to the question posed in the hedline the answer would appear to be "yes".

This isn't the last update from the 2015 TLB race, but between now and bell later today it looks like one player has the race sewn up. Again. Ismo won in 2013, and then did so again in 2014. Unless something miraculous happens in the next 12 hours or so he'll make it three in a row. It has been another stupendous year of, well, winning for the Fin.

Here's how the TLB looks with hours left to play.

Place	User ID	Points	Country	Previous Position	Recent Scores
1	ismo	61,859.52	Finland	1	3rd Hot $7.50, 3549 players, 636.10 points
2	Sifosis	58,990.85	Denmark	2	2nd $27 20K GTD, 1,461 players, 655.92 points
3	Aguskb	56,823.30	Mexico	3	1st $55 8K GTD, 161 players, 393.29 points
4	MARCIN123	54,050.64	UK	4	3rd $27 20K GTD, 1,039 players, 445.61 points
5	markovitsus	53,470.41	Estonia	6	1st $27 20K GTD, 1,334 players, 889.69 points
6	Breakchips	52,261.74	Netherlands	Outside top 15	1st $13.50 Knockout, 964 players, 653.73 points, 6th Big $5.50, 8,574 players, 650.26 points
7	Xodd	52,140.71	Thailand	5
8	FireFaux	52,035.75	Canada	9
9	eijseijs	51,693.56	Sweden	6
10	iWasDjWtf	51,595.71	Switzerland	13
11	rodrigorpv	51,536.72	Brazil	11
12	girafganger7	51,409.36	Belgium	10
13	guix2x	51,343.94	Brazil	8
14	AsjBaaaf	50,803.48	New Xealand	12
15	Fabaz	49,547.02	United Kingdom	14

The performance of Ismo

For instance the top five players have been in the same positions for weeks, apparently immovable. And while Breakchips has recorded a late run of form to leapfrog into the top ten, having previously been outside the top 15, the names on this list remain largely unchanged.

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On top of that you get an idea of the standard of these players by checking their recent results. A third place here, and second place there, and wins for three of the top six. These players win regularly, and do so when it matters. No wonder things at the top have been pretty static.

But as we said, there are still several hours to play. Who knows what could happen. After that the clock will stop and each player can stop checking the results of others, like some nervous twitch. Although after a year of checking it might take a few days for things to return to normal.

Congratulations to all the players at the business end of the TLB. Check back next week for the final results.

For details of the TLB competition, and the prizes involved, check out the TLB homepage.

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Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

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