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Jonathan Duhamel’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Credit: CTV News 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: he won the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop event … Read more
Kevin Martin’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Credit: PokerStars 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, partypoker, and Natural8-GGNetwork. He has a little over 100,000 followers on Twitch, where … Read more
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 the reality show Survivor: Tocantins – The Brazilian Highlands, airing … Read more
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 tournament hybrid with international and domestic segments. Salas won the international … Read more
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 won $424,577. In the same year, he made … Read more
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 certainly drew a lot of attention to him, especially during his … Read more
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 game players in the world. According to the online high stakes … Read more
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 all time. While his results are no longer public on the online … Read more
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 the Bellagio, Bobby’s Room (now renamed Legends Room) where he … Read more
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 in 2008. In the poker world, he’s best known for his … Read more
Olivier Busquet’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Olivier Busquet is an American professional poker player. He was born on August 22nd, 1981 in New York. He started his career as an online heads-up Sit&Go specialist, winning millions of dollars on the format on Full Tilt. His screen name on the now deficient poker site was “livb112”. Then, he … Read more
Davidi Kitai’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Credit: Winamax Davidi Kitai is a Belgian professional poker player. He was born on September 28th, 1979. He was the first player from Belgium to win a WSOP gold bracelet. In 2008, he took down the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event for $244,583. He then went on to capture two more … Read more
Rob Yong’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Rob Yong is a British casino owner and recreational poker player. His exact age is unknown, but he’s estimated to be in his early 50’s. He’s best known for founding and still running one of UK’s premier cardrooms, Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. It has been the venue for such major … Read more
Dan Harrington’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Dan Harrington is an American professional poker player. He was born on December 6th, 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He’s best known for winning the WSOP Main Event in 1995. He has an amazing 3 other, a total of 4, final tables finishes in the WSOP ME – a 6th palace in … Read more
Dario Sammartino’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Dario Sammartino. Credit: WSOP.com Dario Sammartino is an Italian professional poker player. He was born on April 5th, 1987 in Naples, Italy. He’s best known for finishing 2nd in the WSOP Main Event for $6 million in 2019. He lost the heads-up battle for the title to Hossein Ensan from Germany. … Read more
Brad Owen’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Brad Owen is an American professional poker player and poker vlogger. He was born in 1988. Owen specializes in low to mid-stakes cash games, mainly in the Las Vegas area. He records himself playing these sessions, along with footage of his preparation and commentary, then uploads these vlogs to his popular … Read more
Leon Tsoukernik’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Leon Tsoukernik is a Czech casino owner, antique and furniture dealer, and recreational poker player. He was born on November 7th, 1973. In the poker world, he’s best known for running the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, which has been the venue of many high profile poker events – such … Read more
Sammy Farha’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Ihsan “Sammy” Farha is a Lebanese-born American professional poker player. He was born in 1959 in Beirut, Lebanon. Farha played a major role in what was one of the biggest watershed moments in poker history: Chris Moneymaker winning the 2003 WSOP Main Event. Bringing about a worldwide poker boom after, Moneymaker … Read more
Amarillo Slim’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Amarillo Slim. Credit: The Telegraph Thomas Austin Preston Jr., better known as Amarillo Slim, was an American poker player and gambler. He was born on December 31st, 1928 and passed away on April 29th, 2012. His nickname comes from the city of Amarillo, TX where he grew up with his … Read more
Patrick Leonard’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Patrick Leonard is a British professional poker player. He was born in 1989 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is one of the biggest online MTT crushers out there. He’s collected over $13.1 million in online tournament cashes. In the early 2010’s, he also started to play live events around the … Read more