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Brandon Adams’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Brandon Adams is an American professional poker player and author. He was born on December 12th, 1978 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has also taught game theory and behavioral finance lectures at Harvard University. Adams has mainly played live cash games in his poker career. He played live cash on such … Read more
Dan Smith’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Introduction – Dan Smith is an American professional poker player. He was born on February 23rd, 1989 in New Jersey. Smith is one of the most successful live tournament players of all time. As of the time of writing this article, he sits in the 5th spot on the Hendon database’s All Time … Read more
Paul Phua’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Paul Phua is a Malaysian businessman and recreational poker player. He was born in 1964 in Miri, Malaysia. As a huge sports fan at a young age, Phua started his career in gambling as a sportsbook. He then moved on to operate VIP junkets with his business partner Richard Yong for … Read more
Maurice Hawkins’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Maurice Hawkins is an American professional poker player. He was born on February 2nd, 1980. He’s best known for winning more WSOP Circuit rings, 14, than any other poker player in history. Overall, he’s cashed for $4.1 million in live tournaments during his career. Hawkins is one of the most successful … Read more
Jason Somerville’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Jason Somerville is an American professional poker player and Twitch streamer. He was born on April 15th, 1987 on Long Island, New York. Somerville streams on Twitch on the Run It UP account, the account for an online poker content company he founded, with around 230,000 followers. That makes him one … Read more
Mikita Badziakouski’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Mikita Badziakouski. Credit: King’s Casino Rozvadov Mikita Badziakouski, sometimes alternatively spelled as Nikita Badziakouski, is a Belarusian professional poker player. He was born on February 6th, 1992. He’s achieved great success at the poker table at a very young age. He was cashing in mid-stakes tournaments in Ukraine by the time … Read more
Steffen Sontheimer’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Steffen Sontheimer is a German professional poker player. He was born on September 13th, 1990 in Gernsbach, Germany. Sontheimer started off as an online cash game player. He then moved on to achieve great success at the live tournament scene as well. He amassed over $13.7 million in live tournament cashes … Read more
Steve O’Dwyer’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Credit: PokerStars Steve O’Dwyer is an American professional poker player. He was born on April 6th, 1982 in Colorado Spring, CO. O’Dwyer is one of the biggest live tournament crushers in history. He plays high buy-in events regularly around the world. His lifetime tournament earnings exceed $30.4 million. That sum puts … Read more
Benny Binion’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Credit: Reviewjournal.com Lester Ben “Benny” Binion was an American poker player and casino executive. He’d also been convicted for murder and had a long history with organized crime. He was born on November 20th, 1904. He passed away on December 5th, 1989. One of the most iconic casinos in Las Vegas, … Read more
Andrew Neeme’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Andrew Neeme is an American professional poker player and poker vlogger. He is from the state of Michigan. Neeme started as an online cash game player, but now he focuses on live cash games in Las Vegas and California. He also has sporadic live tournament results. However, what he’s best known … Read more
Vanessa Selbst’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Vanessa Selbst is an American professional poker player. She was born on July 9th, 1984. She’s the only female player with 3 WSOP gold bracelets. Overall, she has cashed for $11.891 million in live tournaments during her career, more than any other female player in poker history. She started as an … Read more
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier is a French professional poker player and former professional eSports player. He was born on February 8th, 1981 in Melun, France. As an eSports player, he played the games StarCraft and Warcraft III professionally. He turned to professional poker in 2005. Grospellier honed his skill at the high … Read more
Isaac Haxton’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Isaac Haxton is an American professional poker player. He was born on September 21st 1981, in Westchester, NY. He’s best known for playing and regularly cashing in the highest buy-in tournaments around the world. His live tournament earnings exceed $27.6 million. Haxton also played high stakes online cash games under a … Read more
Chip Reese’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – David Edward “Chip” Reese was an American professional poker player. He was born on March 28th, 1951 in Centerville, OH. He passed away on December 4th, 2007. Reese won 3 WSOP gold bracelets. In 2006, he won the first event in the World Series’ history that had a buy-in over $10,000, … Read more
Adrián Mateos’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Adrián Mateos is a Spanish professional poker player. He was born on July 1st, 1994 in Madrid, Spain. In 2013, at only 19 years of age, he won the WSOP Europe Main Event for €1,000,000. Mateos went on to win three more bracelets at the World Series in Las Vegas, in … Read more
Jean-Robert Bellande’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Jean-Robert Bellande is an American professional poker player. He was born on September 17th, 1970. He’s also appeared on CBS’s reality show Survivor: China. Bellande, aka JRB or “Action Bob”, has won a WSOP gold bracelet in 2018. Overall, he has around $3 million in live tournament cashes. That number could … Read more
Robert Campbell’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Robert Campbell is an Australian professional poker player. He was born in 1984 in Melbourne, Australia. Before getting into poker, he was a professional eSports player and even a stand-up comedian. In 2019, Campbell won two WSOP gold bracelets. He was also awarded the Player of the Year after an infamous … Read more
Garrett Adelstein’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Garrett Adelstein is an American professional poker player. He was born on May 16th, 1986 in Tucson, AZ. He’s also appeared on the American reality TV show Survivor: Cagayan – the same show another famous poker, Jean-Robert Bellande was a cast member of. As a poker player, most people know Adelstein … Read more
Johnny Moss’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Johnny Moss was an American professional poker player and gambler. He was born on May 14th, 1907 in Marshall, TX. He passed away on December 16th, 1995. Moss and Stu Ungar are the only two players in the history of poker who have won 3 WSOP Main Events. However, Moss’ first … Read more
Bobby Baldwin’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Bobby Baldwin is an American professional poker player and casino executive. He was born in 1950. Baldwin won the WSOP Main Event in 1978. He also won 3 more bracelets during his career. As a casino exec, he first became a consultant for the Golden Nugget, then was appointed to be … Read more