Matt Staples

Biography Matt Staples is a Canadian poker player and PartyPoker Ambassador. The popular Twitch streamer joined PartyPoker in 2019 and is mid & high stakes MTT regular. The Staples Brothers Have Some Tips for Streaming on Twitch - Check Them Out! In 2018, Staples famously won a $150,000 Weight Loss Bet against Bill Perkins. “The Audience Loves the partypoker MILLIONS” says Twitch Streamer Matt Staples PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2021 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #7: $5,300 Main Event 145th $11,217 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #32: $210 WSOP Bounty Double MILLION$ Final Day, $2M GTD 27th $4,048 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #1: $50 The Return NLH Final Day, $1M GTD 320th $568 PokerStars SCOOP 2021SCOOP-33-M: $530 NLHE 8-Max, Sunday Million SE, $1.

Daiva Byrne

Biography Daiva Byrne is a Lithuanian poker player. She is also the owner of the Fantastic Ladies in Poker (FLIP) Global Female Community Daiva Byrne on Exploring Australia and Encouraging Ladies Poker In 2022, she made the PSPC Women’s Platinum Pass Tournament Final Table at EPT Barcelona, finishing third. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry! Sign up through PokerNews and to receive an exclusive bonus.

Teun Mulder

Biography Teun Mulder is a Dutch professional poker player, not to be confused with the Netherlands’ world champion cyclist of the same name. Mulder has more than $6 million in online poker tournament winnings, the bulk of which stems from his play at PokerStars, where he is known as “tinnoemulder.” Mulder has online poker tournament cashes dating back to 2013 but it is in recent years where the Dutchman’s skills have been there for all to see.

Chris Moorman

Biography Chris Moorman is a British professional poker player residing in Brighton. Moorman was initially famous for his results at the online poker tables playing under the nickname Moorman1 before he proved himself in live tournaments as well with a memorable performance at the 2011 World Series of Poker when he made three final tables, including a second-place finish at the WSOP Europe 10,000 Main Event in Cannes, France. Intro

Joao Vieira

Biography Joao Vieira is a professional poker player from Portugal with three World Series of Poker bracelets and just over $7.8 million in career earnings, according to the Hendon Mob. Vieira has also won nine WCOOP titles on PokerStars under the name Naza114. Joao Vieira Background The Portuguese-born player is one of the best online players in the world with nine WCOOP titles on PokerStars, including three wins in 2019 and 2022.

Pedro Garagnani

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 16th $90,000 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 52nd $52,700 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #6: $3,000 6-Handed 13th $20,900 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 901st $22,500 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #90: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 34th $28,938 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #84: $50,000 High Roller 26th $80,920 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (6-Handed) 4th $289,819 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker$10,300 Main Event 71st $23,045 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris5,300 EPT Paris Main Event 198th €9,250 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em II 7th €62,950 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris10,200 Mystery Bounty 3rd €59,250 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship 100th $46,500 2023 PokerStas Caribbean Adventure$3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty 31st $6,150 2022 PokerStars EPT London5,300 EPT Main Event 25th £19,600 2022 PokerStars EPT London10,200 Mystery Bounty 6th £17,110 2022 Mediterranean Poker Party$10,400 MPP High Roller 16th $25,000 2022 Mediterranean Poker Party$5,300 MPP Main Event 145th $10,000 2022 Mediterranean Poker Party$2,200 MPP Warm Up 92nd $6,000 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona25,000 No-Limit Hold’em I 5th €102,040 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ Week WSOP Ring EventsEvent #2: Super MILLION$ Main Event, $10,300 Day 2, WSOP Ring 5th $421,907 2021 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #7: $5,300 Main Event 61st $16,207 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-80-H: $10,300 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller, $750K Gtd 7th $25,015 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-51-H: $2,100 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE, $800K Gtd 52nd $2,138 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha 32nd $2,830 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-22-H: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller, $750K Gtd 2nd $71,712 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-04-H: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max, High Roller, $1M Gtd 1st $195,690 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH, $5M GTD 46th $28,363 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH - $1M for 1st Final Day, $5M GTD 255th $3,945 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #20: $3,200 Main Event, $3m GTD 36th $13,523 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-106: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event 10th $12,929 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-72: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event 25th $8,528 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller Bounty 10th $18,289 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-49: $25,500 Super High Roller 10th $50,014 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-41: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million 8th $146,119 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-05: $10,300 Super MILLION$ 2-Day Event 2nd $451,925 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-06: $25,500 Sunday Five Million 2-Day Event 10th $66,011 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ WeekSuper MILLION$ Main Event $10,300, $10M Gtd.

Fedor Holz

Biography Fedor Holz is a German poker player and WSOP bracelet winner. He is also a GGPoker Ambassador. Holz can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’s Game of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. Over the course of his career he has amassed over $36 million in lifetime earnings and sits top of the German all-time money list. He has since embarked on a career outside of poker, including the mind coaching app Primed Mind and the poker-teaching platform Pokercode.

Mikhail Yakovlev

Biography Mikhail Yakovlev is a Russian poker streamer who is a member of the GGPoker OmahaSquad He streams on his Twitch channel and also uploads regularly to his YouTube channel. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry! Sign up through PokerNews and you will receive a welcome bonus worth up to $600. Your first deposit is matched 100% up to a maximum of $600! The bonus releases into your account in $10 increments each time you earn 6,000 Fish Buffet Points, which is the equivalent of $60 in rake or tournament fees.

Bertrand Grospellier

Biography Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier is a French poker player and GGPoker Ambassador. His is also a Triple Crown winner, having won a World Series of Poker bracelet, as well as World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour titles. He is also a former PokerStars Team Pro, having represented the site from 2006-2018, and a former partypoker pro having represented the site from 2018-2020. Biography Grospellier was born in Melun, France. Before he started playing poker, he was a world-famous StarCraft player under the name ‘ElkY’.

Andrijana Gligoric

Biography Andrijana Gligoric is a Serbian poker player and member of the GGPoker Twitch Squad. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #6: $200 FLIP & GO NO-Limit Hold’em Go Stage, $1M GTD 156th $1,876 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #1: $50 The Return NLH Final Day, $1M GTD 1112th $211

Ana Marquez

Biography Ana Marquez is a Spanish poker player with over $1.9 million in career earnings. As of May 2022, she is 12th on the Spanish all-time money list. In 2011, she narrowly missed out on the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure final table, finishing tenth for $155,000. Two years later, she won Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event for over $320,000. The largest result of her career came in June 2019, where she finished third in the partypoker MILLIONS Vegas for $445,000.

Bryn Kenney

Biography Bryn Kenney is an American poker player with over $65 million in career earnings, and is the All-Time Money leader for live tournament earnings. He is also a WSOP bracelet winner, having won Event #63: $1,500 Six-Handed 10-Game Mix at the 2014 WSOP. In April 2022, Kenney was accused of running a cult-like cheating operation by Martin Zamani. Kenney denied the claims on Twitter. Poker Achievements Kenney’s first recorded poker cash came in the late 2000s.

Jan Wagner

Biography Jan “HansiWurst” Wagner is a German poker player and DJ. He is also a member of the GGPoker Twitch Squad. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid550 Main Event 69th €1,000

Kara Scott

Biography Kara Scott is a Canadian-British poker player, presenter and broadcaster best known for presenting on some of poker’s biggest shows. In 2016 she was named as the latest 888poker Ambassador, having previously served as an ambassador for partypoker. She left 888poker in 2023. Over the years, Scott has appeared on Poker Night Live, Sky Poker, the European Poker Tour, High Stakes Poker and the World Series of Poker. At the tables, Scott has nearly $700,000 in live tournament cashes.

Arlie Shaban

Biography Arlie Shaban is a Canadian poker player, Twitch streamer and PokerStars Ambassador. In 2022, Shaban won an astonishing five ONCOOP titles while streaming his success on Twitch. Did you know? PokerStars Ontario - check out more online poker sites in Ontario here! Joining Team Online In 2017, Shaban quit his job to become a full-time online poker player. He turned to streaming and eventually achieved a record of 125 consecutive days streaming - a total of 1,000 hours!

Shaun Deeb

Biography Shaun Deeb is an American professional poker player. He is the owner of six World Series of Poker (WSOP) titles, as well as eight PokerStars WCOOP and five SCOOP titles. In 2018, he was also named World Series of Poker POY after recording 16 cashes and winning two bracelets. He has also won POY titles in both the SCOOP (2012) and WCOOP (2015) festivals. As of June 2023, he has amassed over $12 million in live earnings.

Matthew Wantman

Biography Matthew Wantman is an American poker player with over $4 million in career earnings. He is a former WPT champion, winning the Aria Summer Championship in May 2019 for $443,475. At the Wynn High Rollers in December 2020, Wantman made the final table in the first three events. First, he finished fifth for $39,200 in the first high roller, and he followed it up with another fifth-place finish for $51,200 in the second one.

Josh Manley

Biography Josh Manley is a British poker player and member of the 888poker StreamTeam. Manley has been playing poker since he was 18 years old, graduating from play money into real money cash games and tournaments. “Streaming Was My Girlfriend’s Idea!” says 888poker Stream Team’s Josh Manley “I am very happy to be joining 888poker to team up with one of the best sites out there is a dream come true for me,” said Manley.

JJ Liu

Biography J J Liu is a poker player with over $3.5 million in career earnings. She is third on the Taiwanese all-time money list behind James Chen and Pete Chen. In 2012, she was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. During her career, she has won several tournaments including at the Borgata Fall Poker Open and APPT Macau. The largest cash of Liu’s career came in 2007, when she finished second in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship for $600,000.

JJ Liu

Biography J J Liu is a poker player with over $3.5 million in career earnings. She is third on the Taiwanese all-time money list behind James Chen and Pete Chen. In 2012, she was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. During her career, she has won several tournaments including at the Borgata Fall Poker Open and APPT Macau. The largest cash of Liu’s career came in 2007, when she finished second in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship for $600,000.

Michael Wang

Biography Michael Wang is an American poker player and two-time WSOP bracelet winner. His first bracelet came in 2015, winning Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $466,120. He defeated Bryn Kenney heads-up. His second bracelet came in one of the last events of the 2022 WSOP. It was another $5k bracelet, winning Event #87: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $541,604 a new career highest score. Other victories for Wang include the 2022 Stairway to Millions Event #5 for $219,300 and the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open Event #20 $1,560 Purple Chip Bounty NLH.

Cherish Andrews

Biography Cherish Andrews is an American poker player who was named 2022 Global Poker Index (GPI) Female Player of the Year. Andrews went head-to-head with Angela Jordison down the stretch for the title. However, Andrews wrapped up the year with three deep runs at the WPT World Championship for combined cashes of close to $500,000. In 2022, Andrews cashed for $758,513, doubling her previous earnings, including a sixth-place finish in the Wynn Mystery Bounty and a final-table finish in the WSOP Ladies Championship.

Ian Simpson

Biography Ian Simpson is a British poker player and 888poker ambassador, having joined the site in May 2022. He had previously served as an ambassador for Unibet Poker. 888poker: Ian Simpson’s Top Tips for Transitioning to Live Poker from Online Poker In 2012, he finished fourth in the Irish Open Main Event taking home 107,500, before winning the same event the following year for 265,000. Ian Simpson Wins 2013 Irish Open; Proposes to Girlfriend

Michael Addamo

Biography Michael Addamo is an Australian poker player and four-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. He is also a former WPT World Online Championships Super High Roller (2021), Super High Roller Bowl (2021) and Poker Masters (2021) champion. As of December 2021, he has amassed over $17.7 million in lifetime earnings and is top of the Australian all-time money list. Early Poker Achievements During the early 2010s, most of Addamo’s cashes came in A$200 weekly tournaments at the Crown Casino, Melbourne in his native Australia.