Jason Koon

Biography Jason Koon is an American poker player with over $39 million in career earnings. Koon is a former GGPoker Ambassador and was a member of their Poker Integrity Council (PIC) Koon won his first WSOP bracelet in 2021, taking down the prestigious $25K Heads-Up Championship for $243,981. “Its one of those things when youre on an airplane and a person is like, Do you have a bracelet? Im just like, Nope.

Phil Ivey

Biography Phil Ivey is widely considered as one of the best poker players of all time, with over $32 million in live earnings as well as millions more in cash games and online. He is often referred to as the Tiger Woods of poker for his resemblance to the golf professional and also because he expects to win every time he performs to his greatest ability. Intro Phil Ivey was born on Feb.

Kyna England

Biography Kyna England is an American poker player with over $800,000 in career earnings who was named the 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Player of the Year. She can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. England, originally from Illinois, enjoyed a breakout year in 2021 after leaving her job in the insurance industry to pursue a professional poker career.

Ole Schemion

Biography Ole Schemion is a German poker player. He has won both World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker titles in a career during which he has amassed over $16 million in earnings. Schemion is a former Global Poker Index #1, having held the title for 18 weeks straight between December 2014 and April 2015. Poker Achievements Schemion shot to prominence in late 2012 after winning the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event for over 1.

Kitty Kuo

Biography Kitty Kuo is a Taiwanese poker player, and is one of Asia’s top female poker players. She has been a Natural8 Ambassador since 2016, and has amassed over $3.4 million in lifetime earnings. Kuo was the Global Poker Index Asia Player of the Year in 2013, the same year she was the runner-up in the Women’s Player of the Year category. Read More: Natural8 Ambassador Kitty Kuo Victorious in APT Taiwan Main Event

Dan Cates

Biography Dan Cates, better known by his nickname “Jungleman” is an American poker player. In 2021, he won his first WSOP bracelet. Cates can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. Cates is known for playing at the very highest stakes both online and live, and was a regular feature in the PokerNews Railbird Report during the mid-2010s. In 2015, he admitted that he lost $5,000,000 while playing in Manila.

Brian Rast

Biography Brian Rast is an American poker player and winner of six World Series of Poker bracelets, and a 2023 Poker Hall of Fame inductee. He is one of only two players to have won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship on three occasions, doing so in 2011, 2016 and 2023. Read More: Life in the Rast Lane: Brian Rast’s Incredible Poker Journey Biography Rast was born in 1981 in Denver, Colorado.

Sam Greenwood

Biography Sam Greenwood is a Canadian poker player and World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner with over $33.6 million in live tournament earnings as of September 2023. Sam Greenwood Background Greenwood is from Toronto, Canada and originally worked as a stock trader before making the jump to professional poker. He is the twin brother of professional poker player Lucas Greenwood and the younger brother of poker pro Max Greenwood.

Andre Akkari

Biography Andre Akkari is a Brazilian poker player, WSOP bracelet winner and PokerStars Ambassador. He is also the CEO and founder of FURIA, a Brazilian eSports organization. Akkari won his WSOP bracelet back in 2011, winning Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $675,117. In 2022, he narrowly missed out on a second finishing second in Event #52: $2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed for $135,848. Brazil Home to Online Poker “Elite” says PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari

Jake Schindler

Biography Jake Schindler is an American poker player and World Series of Poker bracelet-winner. He won Event #12: $50,000 High Roller at the 2022 WSOP, winning $1,328,068 in the process. Biography Born September 25, 1989, Schindler hails from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania but now resides in Florida. He began playing tournaments back in 2009, and four years later won the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) for nearly $150,000 under the screenname “CaLLitARUSH”.

Jack Treetop Straus

Biography Jack “Treetop” Straus was an American poker player who won the 1982 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Nicknamed “Treetop” as a result of him being 6'6", Straus died of an aortic aneurysm on August 17, 1988 while playing high-stakes poker at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Later that year, Straus was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1988. He holds the dubious honour of being one of three Poker Hall of Famers to die whilst playing cards, joining Tom Abdo and Wild Bill Hickok.

Ankit Ahuja

Biography Ankit Ahuja is an Indian poker player with over $2.1 million in live tournament earnings as of October 2023. A former tech consultant who worked for PokerStars, Ahuja took down the $1,100 Eureka Main Event at 2023 European Poker Tour Cyprus for a career-best $362,365. “I think this is the best win,” he said after the victory. “I mean, every win is very special … You know, the more you know, you get better, you learn things.

Punnat Punsri

Biography Punnat Punsri is a Thai poker player and ambassador for Natural8. A regular on the PokerGO Tour, he won two High Roller titles in two days to start 2022. Punsri exploded onto the poker scene in 2020 when he started playing high-stakes live poker tournaments. He captured his first six-figure prize in January 2022 by winning a $10,000 PokerGo Tour High Roller at the Venetian Las Vegas for $118,037. One day later, he won another $10,000 buy-in event for an additional $133,200 before finishing third in a $50,000 buy-in event one day after that for $593,481.

Jake Schwartz

Biography Jake Schwartz is an American poker player from New York with $3.8 million in live tournament earnings. The biggest score of Schwartz’ career came in December 2015 when he finished fourth in the $10,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $412,187. Many of Schwartz’ biggest scores have been earned on the WPT trail, including a second-place finish in the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble for $228,590 and another runner-up finish in the 2020 WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event for $177,680.

T.J. Cloutier

Biography T.J. Cloutier had been a great, well-rounded athlete upon entering college at the University at California at Berkeley with a scholarship to play both football and basketball. When things got rough for his family, Cloutier was forced to drop out of school and settle for a job to do his part. This lasted until he was drafted into the army and sent to fight for the country. It was with this tour of duty that T.

Nick Eastwood

Biography Nick Eastwood is a British poker player and member of the 888poker StreamTeam. Eastwood discovered poker while at university, and started out by playing sit and go’s and MTTs. He eventually moved on and now plays 6-max cash games. Read More: Introducing FIVE New Members of the 888poker StreamTeam “Im thrilled to have joined 888pokers StreamTeam!” said Eastwood. “I feel really optimistic about undertaking this journey with 888poker, and I cant wait to get going!

Nick Petrangelo

Biography Nick Petrangelo is an American poker player from Massachusetts who has earned two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and amassed $24.1 million in live tournament earnings, putting him second on the state’s all-time money list. Petrangelo, whose first cash dates back to 2009, earned his biggest score to date at the 2018 WSOP, where he took down the $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller for $2.9 million. The same year, Petrangelo finished third in the WSOP’s $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller for $720,103, proving himself to be a true crusher in the high roller fields.

Frank Lagodich

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris5,300 EPT Main Event 159th €11,400 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 34th $58,300 2023 NAPT Las Vegas$5,300 NAPT High Roller 18th $9,320 2023 NAPT Las Vegas$1,650 Main Event 105th $3,430 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona5,300 EPT Main Event 78th €20,550 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event 645th €2,630 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #90: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 16th $51,951 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty 9th $23,978 2023 BetMGM Poker Championship$3,500 Main Event 124th $5,155 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Deepstack 158th $1,788 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #4: Tournament of Champions 15th $7,800 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 1578th $1,424 2022 RGPS Cleveland$800 Main Event 26th $2,845 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #88: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’em 76th $2,590 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 250th $876 2022 PokerNews Cup Golden NuggetPokerNews Cup 113th $2,210 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 37th $16,827 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $1,000 PLO 6-Max 31st $3,279 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em 25th $38,231 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 849th $960 2022 MSPT Cleveland$1,110 Main Event 95th $2,111 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #81: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 75th $2,578 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty 19th $13,566 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #43: $1,000 Double Stack 5th $123,710 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main EventMSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event 66th $5,315 2020 Midway Poker Tour ChicagoMidway Poker Tour Chicago $1,100 Main Event 10th $5,290 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Bounty 337th $1,000 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino ColumbusMain Event 58th $3,067 Run It Up Reno VIII$1,100 Thursday Thrilla 6th $4,310

Ebony Kenney

Biography Ebony Kenney is an American poker player and streamer. The former model has over $2.3m in career earnings. In 2022, she entered the $200K Coin Rivet International alongside businessman Phil Nagy. She finished fifth for $1,700,000 narrowly missing out on setting the record for the largest live tournament cash ever by a woman. Ebony Kenney Discusses Her Love for the Game, Modeling, Acting, and Women in Poker PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #92: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 219th $1,603 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s 169th $1,305 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #89: $1,000 Flip & Go Presented by GGPoker 117th $2,000 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #16: $600 Online Deepstack Championship 169th $1,398 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty 33rd $8,057 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #82: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 15th $13,372 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em 829th $2,625 2021 Rungood All-Stars ProAm2021 Rungood All-Stars ProAm 4th $4,400 2021 MSPT Venetian$1,100 Main Event 126th $2,688 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #22: Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship 95th $1,633 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 113th $779 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed 649th $1,826 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold’em 2130th $901 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel ClubMain Event 56th $3,065

Daniel Dvoress

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 NL Hold’em II 1st €444,840 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 NL Hold’em I 7th €63,000 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 242nd $12,100 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #7: $50,000 Super High Roller 17th $93,200 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 18th $90,700 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #1: $1,500 Mystery Millions 46th $11,800 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #13: 10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship 109th €16,500 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #12: 50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller 3rd €266,000 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #8: 25,000 NLH GGMillion 1st €600,000 2023 PokerStars WCOOPWCOOP 98-H $10,300 NLHE (World Championship of NLHE / Main Event), $6M GTD 16th/sup> $49,894 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo5,300 EPT Main Event 76th €13,050 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo25,000 EPT High Roller 6th €220,800 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em III 4th €108,200 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em 3rd €160,400 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship 23rd $123,600 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 8-Handed 10th $75,300 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$100,000 PCA Super High Roller 6th $320,900 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague50,000 EPT Super High Roller 3rd €386,870 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague25,000 NL Hold’em I 3rd €95,080 2022 PokerStars EPT London25,000 Single-Day High Roller II 1st £196,170 2022 PokerStars EPT London50,000 EPT Super High Roller 6th £132,430 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo50,000 No-Limit Hold’em 5th €148,440 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo25,000 Single-Day High Roller 2nd €387,435 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #5: $75,000 Short Deck 5th $268,000 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #2: $100,000 NLH 8-Handed 5th $529,000 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague5,300 EPT Main Event 69th €14,720 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-92-M: $1,050 PLO 6-Max, PLO Main Event, $750K Gtd 91st $2,282 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE 8-Max, Super Tuesday SE, $650K Gtd 10th $11,481 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship 3-Stack 4th $63,918 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH, $5M GTD 50th $28,363 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH - $1M for 1st Final Day, $5M GTD 315th $3,377 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #3: $2,500 Limit Hold’em Championship 17th $4,670 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event 24th $6,849 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #20: $3,200 Main Event, $3m GTD 3rd $249,324 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #23: $10,300 WPT High Roller, $1m GTD 7th $37,676 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #29: $25,500 WPT Super High Roller, $1m GTD 6th $65,700 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-108: $10,300 Super MILLION$ 2-day event 5th $230,453 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-93: $25,500 Super High Roller 2nd $435,832 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-83: $10,300 Super Tuesday 20th $19,341 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller Bounty 9th $22,972 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-41: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million 20th $52,164 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-16: $25,500 Super High Rollers 9th $67,830 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-03: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event 4th $60,595 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ WeekEvent #30: Super High Roller $25,500, $2.

Koray Aldemir

Biography Koray Aldemir is a German poker player. He won the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for $8,000,000 and has amassed over $20 million in lifetime earnings. Biography Aldemir discovered poker in 2006 before playing online. He eventually moved to Vienna and picked up his first recorded cash in 2012. He spent most of the 2010s traveling around Europe to play, while also visiting the WSOP in Las Vegas.

Aliaksandr Shylko

Biography Aliaksandr Shylko is a Belarusian poker player who won the 2023 PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship for $3,121,838. He made a three-handed deal with with Germany’s Max Menzel (2nd - $2,859,990) and Brazil’s Philipe Pizzari (3rd - $2,524,871). Shylko described his four-day journey to the final table as smooth for the most part, but the penultimate day proved much harder. I had some very tough spots against Sam Grafton and another English player I made four hero folds which werent easy.

Pamela Balzano

Biography Pamela “Pamsi” Balzano is an Argentinian poker player and member of the GGPoker Twitch Squad. One of Latin Americas best-known poker content producers, Pamsi streams, commentates and hosts, always making things as fun as possible! Pamela Balzano Represents Argentinian Poker on Twitch, YouTube and Beyond She regularly streams on Twitch. In 2022, she finished 36th in the WSOP Ladies Championship for $3,886. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet?

Justin Liberto

Biography Before becoming a professional poker player, Marylands Justin Liberto worked in sales after graduating from Virginia Tech. A sports and music aficionado, Liberto has amassed over $4.5 million in lifetime tournament earnings (as of January 2023) according to the Hendon Mob. That includes a career-high $640,711 for topping a field of 1,043 entries to win the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem 6-Handed for his first gold bracelet at the age of 26.