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Kristen Bicknell’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Kristen Bicknell is a Canadian professional poker player. She was born on December 29th, 1986 in St. Catharines, Ontario. She has three WSOP bracelets, one from the 2013 Ladies Event, one from the 2016 $1,500 Bounty No Limit Hold’em event, and one from the 2020 $2,500 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed online … Read more
Daniel Cates’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Daniel “Jungleman” Cates is an American professional poker player. He was born on November 14, 1989 in Bowie, Maryland. He made a name for himself as an online cash game player, becoming one of the best online heads-up players in the world. He’s over $10 million in profit in cash games … Read more
Chris Moorman’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Chris Moorman is a British professional poker player. He was born on July 12, 1985 in the United Kingdom. He currently still resides in his home country, in Brighton. He’s best known for holding the record for the most money won in online MTT’s until being taken over by Peter … Read more
Joe Ingram’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Joe Ingram, aka “Chicago Joey” is an American professional poker player and podcast host. He was born on June 24, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout his professional poker career, he stuck with his favorite poker format, online Pot Limit Omaha cash games, rarely venturing into anything else, be it tournaments or … Read more
Lex Veldhuis’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Lex Veldhuis is a Dutch professional poker player and Twitch streamer. He was born on December 29th, 1983 in Vlissingen, Netherlands. He started off as a StarCraft player, but Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier convinced him to try online poker. Evidently, poker took over his life eventually. He mainly plays online, his live … Read more
Phil Galfond’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Phil Galfond is an American professional poker player. He was born on January 16, 1985. He has been very successful in both online and live poker. He has won 3 WSOP gold bracelets. He’s also won almost $7 million on online cash games on the late poker site Full Tilt. Galfond … Read more
Shaun Deeb’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Shaun Deeb is an American professional poker player. He was born on March 1st, 1986 and grew up in Schenectady, New York. He is a very successful live tournament player, with over 150 individual cashes, over $9 million in live tournament earnings, and 5 WSOP gold bracelets. His success isn’t limited … Read more
Maria Ho’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Maria Ho is a Taiwanese-born American professional poker player, show host and commentator. She was born on March 6th, 1983 in Taipei, Taiwan and moved to the United States with her family at the age of 4. She started off playing Limit Texas Hold’em cash games in California casinos during her … Read more
Liv Boeree’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Olivia Boeree, better known as Liv Boeree, is a British professional poker player. She was born on July 18th, 1984 in Kent, United Kingdom. She comes from a scientific background, and science is a subject that she still talks about habitually. Boeree got her start in poker on a Channel 5 … Read more
Matthew “Aussie Matt” Kirk’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Matthew “Aussie Matt” Kirk is a professional poker player from Perth, Australia. His exact birthday is unknown. However, a 2015 article refers to him as “a 28-year-old” which means he was born either in 1987 or 1986. According to himself, he hardly ever plays online. His specialty is high stakes live … Read more
Jason Koon’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Jason Koon is an American professional poker player. He was born on August 14th, 1985 in Weston, West Virginia. Coming from an online poker background, now he regularly plays the biggest high rollers, be it Triton tournaments, Poker Masters, or any other huge buy-in events. He’s also appeared on PokerGO’s revived … Read more
Doug Polk’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Doug Polk is an American professional poker player born on December 16th, 1988 in Pasadena, California. He rose to prominence as an online high stakes heads-up cash game player. Then, he went on to have success in the live tournament scene as well – his most notable achievement there being his … Read more
Mike Sexton’s Life: Net Worth, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Mike Sexton was an American professional poker player and poker commentator. He was born on September 22nd, 1947 in Shelby, Indiana. He passed away on September 6th, 2020. He is known throughout the poker community as a poker player, but better still, as a commentator and one of the greatest ambassadors … Read more
David Peters’ Life: Net Worth, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – David Peters was born on 16th April 1987 in Toledo, Ohio. He still lives in his hometown. In his life as a high roller poker pro, he travels the world as a nomad to play the game he loves and explore new places. He lives a fairly private life and his … Read more
Patrik Antonius’ Life: Net Worth, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Credit: WSOP..com Patrik Antonius is a Finnish professional poker player, former tennis player and model. He was born on 13th December 1980 in Helsinki, Finland, but grew up in a city called Vantaa. He is one of the most famous poker players around. It wasn’t the looks of the former model, … Read more
Chris Moneymaker’s Life: Net Worth, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Credit: WSOP.com Chris Moneymaker is an American professional poker player. He was born on November 21, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the one poker player that has been the most significant for the poker industry. His name and his story of a simple accountant getting into the biggest poker tournament … Read more
Antonio Esfandiari’s Life: Net Worth, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Antonio Esfandiari is an Iranian-American professional poker player. He was born on December 8th, 1978 in Tehran, Iran. He’s best known for holding the world record for most money won in a poker tournament between 2012 and 2019. In July 2012, he took down the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop … Read more
Stu Ungar’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Stu “The Kid” Ungar is considered the best No Limit Hold’em (and Gin Rummy) player that has ever lived down to pure natural raw talent and “card sense”. He won a total of 5 WSOP gold bracelets, placed first in a total of 10 poker tournaments with a buy-in of $5k … Read more
Doyle Brunson’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Doyle Brunson – Photo WSOP.com The prolific poker legend Doyle Brunson (aka “Texas Dolly”) was born on August 10th, 1933. The American poker star and Poker Hall of Famer has published multiple books on poker throughout his 50-year career, the most famous one being his 1979 influential strategy book Super/System. In … Read more
Antanas Guoga “Tony G’s” Life: Biggest Profits and Losses, Private Life and Net Worth
– General Information – Source: tonygpoker.com Known in the poker world as Tony G, Antanas Guoga is a man of many hats. Born in Kaunas, Lithuania on December 17, 1973, this Australian-Lithuanian poker star is also a businessman, politician, and philanthropist. In addition to being the Public CIO to the Mayor of Vilnius, Remigijus Šimašius, … Read more