Antanas Guoga “Tony G’s” Life: Biggest Profits and Losses, Private Life and Net Worth

Tony G - real name Antanas Guoga - is an Australian-Lithuanian professional poker player, businessman, and politician born on December 17, 1973 in Kaunas, Lithuania. He has significant live tournament earnings, a career in high-stakes televised cash games that has made him one of the most recognisable personalities in poker, and a business portfolio - including founding PokerNews.com and TonyBet - that extends well beyond the felt. His estimated net worth is between $30 million and $50 million.

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He served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Liberal Movement between 2014 and 2019, and has also held the position of Public CIO to the Mayor of Vilnius. He founded PokerNews.com in 2002 for $6,000 in domain costs and built it into one of the most visited poker sites in the world. His biggest live tournament score to date is $1.196 million from winning the $100,000 No Limit Short Deck Hold’em event at the Super High Roller Bowl Europe in Cyprus in 2021.

Tony G | Key Facts (2026)

Who Is Tony G?

Guoga was born in Kaunas and moved to Melbourne with his family at age 11. Before the move, he had already become the Rubik’s Cube champion of Lithuania. In Melbourne he played chess and poker with his family, worked jobs including car washing and sewing machine repair, and eventually studied accounting and finance at college before working in investment banking with Citibank in Hong Kong.

He created PokerNews.com in 2002, buying the domain for $6,000 and building the content himself. He began competing seriously in live tournaments around the same time, and gained wider attention at the WSOP from 2004.

At the table, he is one of the game’s most theatrical presences - verbally aggressive, relentlessly entertaining, and capable of genuine elite results in high-stakes fields. Off the table, he has built a career in business, politics, and philanthropy that is arguably as impressive as anything he has done with cards.

What Does Tony G Do for a Living?

Guoga earns across poker, business, and public life - with business and media likely generating more than poker at this stage of his career.

• Live Tournaments: An active tournament player across the WSOP , WPT , EPT , Triton Super High Roller Series , and Aussie Millions across two decades, with his biggest results coming from high-roller and short deck events since 2017.
• Televised Cash Games: A fixture on partypoker’s Big Game, Triton live streams, the Premier League Poker series, and Celebrity Cash Games. His on-camera presence has made him one of the most recognisable figures from the televised poker era, particularly in Europe.
• Business: Founded and sold PokerNews.com, built TonyBet from scratch and sold the Lithuanian business to Betsson for €6 million in 2016 (the site closed in July 2020), founded Blockchain Centre Vilnius, owns Rate Detective (a life insurance company in Australia), and has significant real estate and trading investments.
• Politics and Public Life: Served as a Member of the European Parliament for Lithuania between 2014 and 2019 and as Public CIO to the Mayor of Vilnius. He has described his political work as an extension of his commitment to creating opportunities for Lithuanians.

Tony G Net Worth 2026 - What the Numbers Actually Show

The $30 million to $50 million estimate reflects a career built across multiple income streams, most of which are not captured in any poker database. A 2014 report in the Lithuania Tribune put his net worth at over $36 million at that point in time - before the Betsson sale of TonyBet’s Lithuanian operations for €6 million in 2016 and several more years of business activity.

His poker earnings alone - live tournament results, televised cash game appearances, and the partypoker sponsorship - represent only a portion of the picture. The PokerNews business, TonyBet’s run across Europe, the Blockchain Centre, real estate, and other ventures collectively represent a broader entrepreneurial career than almost any other figure in professional poker.

The $1.886 million in WSOP earnings and the $1.196 million Cyprus Super High Roller Bowl win are the most transparent data points. What the full business picture looks like in 2026 is harder to quantify - but the Lithuanian Tribune figure of $36 million in 2014, combined with the subsequent business activity, suggests the current number is meaningfully higher.

Tony G’s Tournament Record – Top Career Scores

The Cyprus Double: In August 2021, Tony G won two Super High Roller Bowl Europe events in Cyprus within days of each other - the $25,000 No Limit Short Deck for $382,500 and then the $100,000 No Limit Short Deck for $1,196,000. The latter is his biggest single live score and came against a field of elite short deck specialists.

The Cash Game Career

Tony G’s televised cash game appearances are among the most memorable in the history of the format. His style - aggressive, loud, and psychologically dominant - has produced some of the most replayed hands in poker broadcasting history.

His major televised appearances include partypoker’s Big Game (2007 and 2018, where he won a $500K pot), the Premier League Poker series against Tom Dwan (2009), Celebrity Cash Games with all winnings donated to charity (2016), and a €2,000/€4,000/€4,000 Triton cash game in Montenegro (2019).

Tony G against Tom Dwan at the Premier League:

The Business Career

Guoga’s business career runs in parallel with his poker career and predates much of his public poker profile.
He founded PokerNews.com in 2002 for a $6,000 domain investment, hiring programmers and writing the content himself before building it into one of the most visited poker news and information sites in the world.

He founded TonyBet in 2009 - an international betting company operating with UK and Estonian gaming licences across the European market. In September 2016, Swedish company Betsson acquired the Lithuanian TonyBet business for €6 million. The site closed operations entirely in July 2020.

In 2017, he initiated Blockchain Centre Vilnius, described as the first blockchain technology centre connecting key stakeholders in Asia and Europe. He also owns Rate Detective, a life insurance company in Australia, and maintains trading and real estate investments in London and elsewhere.

The Political Career

From 2014 to 2019, Guoga served as a Member of the European Parliament for Lithuania, representing the Liberal Movement. He has described the role as an extension of his commitment to creating economic opportunity for Lithuanians. He also served as Public CIO to the Mayor of Vilnius, working on digital and innovation-related initiatives for the city.

He is the only Lithuanian and one of the few poker players to appear on Richtopia’s list of the top 200 philanthropists and entrepreneurs in the world.

The Unanswered Questions

The public record only goes so far. Here is what we genuinely do not know:

• What PokerNews was worth at the time of any sale or restructuring: Guoga built it from $6,000. The eventual scale and value of that exit is not publicly documented in full.
• What TonyBet’s total return was across its full lifespan: The €6 million Betsson sale covered the Lithuanian business. The full picture of TonyBet’s European operations and their combined return is not publicly available.
• What his real estate and trading portfolios are worth in 2026: He has been consistently active in these areas but the scale is not publicly documented.
• Whether a WSOP bracelet arrives: He has 20 cashes and results at the highest buy-in levels. The bracelet has not come, but his short deck results in 2021 suggest he remains capable of winning against elite fields.

Tony G Career Timeline

What Is Tony G’s Outlook in 2026?

At 52 in 2026, Guoga remains one of the most active and multifaceted figures to have emerged from the poker world. His 2021 Cyprus double demonstrated that he can still win at the highest level when the format suits him - and short deck appears to be one of those formats.

His business career continues across multiple industries. His political work gave him a platform that few poker players have approached. His philanthropic commitment to Lithuania through the A. Guoga Foundation, basketball sponsorship, and direct charitable giving is ongoing.

Whether more major tournament results follow, whether new business ventures emerge, or whether his public role in Lithuania evolves further - Tony G has always been harder to predict than his table persona might suggest. The Rubik’s Cube champion of Lithuania who became a European poker icon and member of the European Parliament has never been easy to put in a box.

Social Media & Online Presence

• The Hendon Mob Profile
• X (Twitter) Profile
• Instagram Profile
• Facebook
• Official Poker Website
• Official Personal Website

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