Professional Poker Players can win massive amounts of money, but this can also be a very costly game. The buy-ins for some of the bigger tournaments exceed tens of thousands of dollars, and only a handful of the hundreds of entrants will take home any prizes at the end of it. here are some of the more successful players.....

TJ Cloutier

Annie Duke

Annie Duke is one of the most famous female poker players in the world holding the current record for the most finished 'in the money' at WSOP tournaments. Her winnings to date exceed $3,500,000 and her play continues to get stronger. Annie Duke was born in New Hampshire where she grew up with her brother and now pro-poker player Howard Lederer, she also hit the media a few years back after it became known she was poker coach to Hollywood Actor Ben Affleck. Read More

Phil Hellmuth

Known as the Brat of Poker, Phil Hellmuth became the youngest player ever to win a World Series of Poker tournament. Aged just 24, Hellmuth defeated the 2 times heads up champion Johnny Chan in the 1989 WSOP.
Since this win, Hellmuth has won many tournaments and became the champion of the 3rd season of Late night Poker and won the first ever National Heads-Up Poker Championchip. Read More

Howard Lederer

Dave Ulliott

Dave Ulliott began playing a variety of card games as a small child with his family and was frequenting Casinos in his late teens, playing card games like 3 Card Brag. It wasn't long before he was taking part and winning in tournaments. His most notable win to date was the 2003 World Poker Tour where he eliminated Phil Ivey to take home a $589,175. Ulliott currently holds a WSOP bracelet for beating Chris Truby with a straight on the river in 2007. Read More

Erik Seidel

Erik Seidel is a hugely successful player, with poker winnings now approaching $10,000,000. He holds a massive 8 WSOP bracelets spanning 15 years of successful tournament finished including most recent the 2007 World Championship No-Limit Tournament where he took home a massive $538,835 playing Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball. Seidel’s latest major achievement was winning first place in the Aussie Millions tournament 10k Main Event, where he took home $1,000,000 (AUD) Read More

Doyle Brunson

With 50 years of poker under his belt, Doyle Brunson is probably one of the most experienced players in the field. He holds many records including the first person to earn a million dollars from poker tournaments and is part of the first father-son duo to both win bracelets at the WSOP, with his son Todd winning the 2005 Omaha Hi-Lo Event. Brunson has won a total of 10 WSOP bracelets to date, beaten only by Phil Hellmuth who now has 11. Read More

Daniel Negreanu

Canadian born Daniel Negreanu is probably best known for his outstanding ability to read his opponents, making sometimes bizarre twists in his game, purely because he has successfully managed to read his opponents hands and realised he needs to change direction. His skilful play has led to the winning of four WSOP bracelets and 31 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP and 16 at the WPT. Read More

Rolande De Wolfe

Roland De Wolfe is yet to win his first WSOP bracelet, but its only a matter of time, he has already finished in the money 10 times and has also managed a fantastic first place win in the WPT  back in 2005 as well as coming 3rd in the WPT $25,000 championship event in 2006, netting over a million dollars. London born De Wolfe is known by many nicknames including The Sheep, The Edge, The Wolfman, The Werewolf and Chopper. Read More

Chris Moneymaker

A relative newcomer to the poker scene, Chris Moneymaker is already making a big impact and has already claimed his first WSOP and earned almost $3,000,000 in just a couple of years. Chris is the author of the book and autobiography “Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker” which was a top selling book charting his success and explains how he went from a $39 satellite tournament to winning the WSOP. Read More