Legends of Poker

Inspiring life stories of the most famous and most talented Poker Players of all time.

Martin Jacobson’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Martin Jacobson is a Swedish professional poker player. He was born on June 30th, 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden. He’s best known for winning the WSOP Main Event in 2014 for $10 million. He also has a runner-up finish in the EPT...

Matt Berkey’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Matt Berkey is an American professional poker player. He was born on January 29th, 1982 in Leechburg, Pennsylvania. He has $4.162 million in live tournament earnings. As for live cash games, he appeared on Poker Night in...

Artur Martirosyan’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Artur Martirosyan is a Russian professional poker player. He was born in 1997. He has collected $1.166 million in live tournament cashes. That includes an EPT (European Poker Tour) Main Event title which he won for $325,316...

Dominik Nitsche’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Dominik Nitsche is a German professional poker player. He was born on October 11th, 1990 in Minden, Germany. He is a 4-time WSOP gold bracelet winner, the most for any player from Germany. The biggest out of his 4 bracelet...

Billy Baxter’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Billy Baxter is an American professional poker player and sports bettor. He was born in 1940 in Augusta, Georgia. He has won 7 WSOP gold bracelets. He’s one of the 2 players to have won 7; and one of the 8 players to have...

Sami Kelopuro’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Sami Kelopuro, better known by his online moniker “LarsLuzak”, is a Finnish professional poker player. He was born in 1987 in the Scandinavian country of Finland. He rose to prominence in 2007, when he started playing high stakes...

Andrew Robl’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Andrew Robl is an American professional poker player. He was born on September 27th, 1986 in Okemos, Michigan. He’s a regular in super high stakes cash games and tournaments alike. As for tournaments, he has $5.780 million in...

Nick Schulman’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Nick Schulman is an American professional poker player and poker commentator. He was born on September 18th, 1984 in New York City. He has won 3 WSOP gold bracelets so far; as well as a WPT title in 2005. Overall, he has $13.118...

Jonathan Duhamel’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Jonathan Duhamel is a Canadian professional poker player. He was born on August 24th, 1987 in Boucherville, Canada. He’s best known for winning the 2010 WSOP Main Event for a staggering $8.944 million. He has two other bracelets:...

Kevin Martin’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Kevin Martin is a Canadian professional poker player and streamer. He was born on January 3rd, 1993 in Calgary, Canada. Martin has the distinction of having been a sponsored pro for three major online poker rooms: PokerStars,...

Tyson Apostol’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Tyson Apostol is an American cyclist, reality TV star, and recreational poker player. He was born on June 17th, 1979 in Provo, UT. Between 2003 and 2007, Apostol made his living as a professional cyclist. In 2009, he got cast on...

Damian Salas’ Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Damian Salas is an Argentinian poker player and lawyer. He was born in 1975. Salas is best known for winning the 2020 WSOP Main Event. That year, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the event was held as an online-live...

Upeshka De Silva’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Upeshka De Silva is a Sri Lankan-born American poker player. He was born in 1988 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is a 3-time WSOP gold bracelet winner. In 2015, he took down the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event for his first bracelet and...

Will Kassouf’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Will Kassouf is a British professional poker player. He was born on December 19th, 1981. He’s best known for his habit of constantly speaking through hands he plays live, something he likes to refer to as his “speech play”. This...

Jonas Mols’ Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Jonas Mols, better known as his online moniker “OtB_RedBaron”, is a Belgian professional poker player. His exact age is unknown, but he’s estimated to be in his early 30’s. Mols is widely regarded as one of the best online cash...

Andras Nemeth’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – Andras Nemeth, better known as his online moniker “probirs”, is a Hungarian professional poker player. His exact age is unknown, but he’s estimated to be in his late 30’s. Nemeth is one of the biggest online tournament winners of...

David Oppenheim’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – David Oppenheim is an American professional poker player. He was born on March 7th, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA. Oppenheim has mostly played live cash games during his career. He’s a regular in the world famous high stakes cash room at...

David Benyamine’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

– General Introduction – David Benyamine is a French professional poker player and former professional tennis player. He was born on July 5th, 1972 in Paris, France. He is a WSOP gold bracelet winner. He won the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split event for $535,687...

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