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Niklas Astedt’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Niklas Astedt, better known by his PokerStars screen name “Lena900”, is a Swedish professional poker player. He was born on October 21st, 1990. Astedt was the biggest online MTT winner in poker history. As of writing this, he’s cashed for over $23 million in online tournaments. He overtook Hungary’s Peter “Belabacsi” … Read more
Annie Duke’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Annie Duke is an American former professional poker player. She was born on September 13th, 1965 in Concord, New Hampshire. Her maiden name is Lederer – she is the younger sister of 2-time WSOP gold bracelet winner and disgraced Full Tilt boss Howard Lederer. Duke is a WSOP bracelet winner herself. … Read more
Kevin Hart’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Kevin Hart is an American comedian, actor, recreational poker player, and poker ambassador. He was born on July 6th, 1979 in Philadelphia, PA. Hart rose to prominence as a stand-up comedian in the early 2000’s. That landed him many television and movie roles. The first blockbuster hit he starred in was … Read more
Sasha Barrese’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Sasha Barrese is an American actress and poker player. She was born on April 24th, 1981 in Maui, Hawaii. As an actress, she’s best known for her role as Tracy Garner-Billings in the comedy trilogy Hangover I-III. As for poker, she honed her skills in typical Hollywood home games before she … Read more
Haralabos Voulgaris’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Haralabos Voulgaris is a Greek-Canadian professional sports bettor and poker player. He was born on April 7th, 1975 in Winnipeg, Canada. He is the most successful bettor in NBA history. By the time he reached 25, he made millions on the basketball league and was staking 7-figures on any given game … Read more
Daniel Dvoress’ Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Daniel Dvoress is a Soviet-born Canadian professional poker player. He was born on July 12th, 1988 in the Soviet Union. Dvoress is both a prolific live and online tournament player. Online, he’s amassed over $2.7 million in MTT cashes on PokerStars and Full Tilt, mostly playing on PokerStars under the screen … Read more
Jason DeWitt’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Jason DeWitt is an American professional poker player. He was born on September 30th, 1983. He is from the state of Indiana. DeWitt is a 2-time WSOP gold bracelet winner. He took down the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $818,959 in 2010 and the famous $1,500 Millionaire Maker NLHE event … Read more
Samantha Abernathy’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Samantha Abernathy is an American graphic designer and poker player. She was born on May 11th, 1991 in Atlanta, Georgia. She’s best known for her deep run at the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event, as well as for regularly appearing on the TV show Poker Night in America where she mostly … Read more
Vincent Van Patten’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Vincent Van Patten is an American actor, tennis player, WPT commentator, and recreational poker player. He was born on October 17th, 1957 in Bellerose, New York. He is the son of Hollywood actor Dick Van Patten. Vincent Van Patten started out as a child actor. He has appeared in a vast … Read more
Eli Elezra’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Eli Elezra is an Israeli professional poker player and businessman. He was born on November 24th, 1960. Elezra has 4 WSOP gold bracelets – 3 of which are from 7-Card Stud events. He’s among the 50 players in the World Series’ history to have at least 4 bracelets. Overall, he cashed … Read more
Chance Kornuth’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Chance Kornuth is an American professional poker player. He was born on June 24th, 1986 in Denver, Colorado. Kornuth is a 2-time WSOP gold bracelet winner. He took down the $5K Pot Limit Omaha event for $508,090 in 2010; as well as an online event, the $3,200 WSOP.com online NLHE high … Read more
Guy Laliberté’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Guy Laliberté is a Canadian entertainment mogul, circus performer, and recreational poker player. He was born on September 2nd, 1959. He’s best known for founding the world-famous circus troupe Cirque du Soleil. Their success propelled Laliberté to immense wealth. Forbes estimates his net worth to be around $1.1 billion. However, poker … Read more
Gavin Smith’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Gavin Smith was a Canadian professional poker player. He was born on September 4th, 1968. He passed away on January 14th, 2019. Smith won a WSOP gold bracelet in 2010 in the $2,500 Mixed Hold’em event for $268,238. He also cashed in the WSOP Main Event in six different years. He … Read more
Johnny Chan’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Johnny Chan is a Chinese-American professional poker player. He was born in Guangzhou, China in 1957 and moved to the United States at the age of 11. Chan has won 10 WSOP gold bracelets which means he’s tied in second place with Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey on the all-time WSOP … Read more
Jennifer Tilly’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Jennifer Ellen Chan, better known by her stage name Jennifer Tilly, is an American actress and recreational poker player. Tilly is her mother’s maiden name. She was born on September 16th, 1958. Tilly is the long time partner of famous professional poker player Phil Laak. The couple has been together since … Read more
Joe McKeehen’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Joe McKeehen is an American professional poker player. He was born on June 28th, 1991 in the state of Pennsylvania. He’s best known for winning the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2015. He bested a 6,420-player field and won $7.683 million. He has two other WSOP gold bracelets: from … Read more
Scotty Nguyen’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Thuận B “Scotty” Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player. He was born on October 28th, 1962 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. He’s best known for winning the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event. In addition, he has 4 WSOP bracelets, including one from the $50K H.O.R.S.E. in 2008, for which … Read more
Sam Greenwood’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Sam Greenwood is a Canadian professional poker player. He was born on October 11th, 1988 in Toronto, Canada. After starting off as an online player, he’s become outstandingly successful in live tournaments, cashing for over $22.5 million during his career. He has won one WSOP gold bracelet so far, in the … Read more
Peter Traply’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Peter Traply is a Hungarian professional poker player. He was born on March 27th, 1987 in Budapest, Hungary. He’s better known as his online poker moniker “Belabacsi”. Under that screen name, he’s racked up millions and millions in online MTT winnings on PokerStars. When he decided to make his results public … Read more
Kane Kalas’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Kane Kalas is an American professional poker player and singer. He was born on May 11th, 1989. As a poker player, Kalas is best known for his appearances on Poker Night in America, a show that airs taped cash games on CBS Sports, and for playing in Triton Poker’s super high … Read more