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Barbara Enright
Biography Barbara Enright is an American poker player and three-time WSOP bracelet winner. In 2007, she became the first woman inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. The following year she was an inaugural inductee into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. Enright is the only woman to have made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in the tournament’s history. In 1995, she finished fifth for $114,180.
David Peters
Biography David Peters is an American poker player and four-time WSOP bracelet winner. As of June 2022, he sits sixth on the all-time money list with almost $40 million in career earnings. His most recent bracelet victory came in 2022 when he won Event #2: $100K High Roller Bounty for over $1.1 million. Biography Like many of his peers, Peters started playing poker after seeing Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.
Viktor Blom
Biography Viktor Blom, best known in the poker community by his online alias “Isildur1” is a Swedish professional poker player. He stormed into the online poker scene in late 2009, crashing the high-stakes games at Full Tilt Poker and challenging many of the top-class poker pros. Intro Blom was born in Sweden in 1990. He started playing poker around the age of 14 with his friends, and as soon as he turned 18 Blom started playing poker online.
Neymar
Biography Neymar Jr. is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain. He is widely considered one of the most talented footballers in the world. Not only that, but he is fanatical about poker. So much so, that he even named his dog poker! Neymar and Poker In May 2015, Neymar joined PokerStarsas a brand ambassador. At the time, he was joined by another legend of Brazilian football Ronaldo as a member of Team Sportstars.
Danny Tang
Biography Danny Tang is a Natural8 ambassador and WSOP bracelet winner. Consistently ranked as one of the best Asian players around, Tang has reached major heights throughout his career and continues to climb. Read More: Getting to Know Natural8 Ambassador and WSOP Champion Danny Tang Poker Achievements Tang spent much of his early career playing in England, including a 2nd place finish in the $1,100 partypoker WPT National Main Event for $130,263 in 2016.
Lee Wai Kiat
PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2017 partypokerLIVE Millions Dusk Till DawnMain Event 224th £5,000 2017 PokerStars Championship MacauHK$103,000 High Roller 23rd 192,000 HKD
Ronaldo
Biography Ronaldo Lus Nazrio de Lima, commonly known as Ronaldo, is a former professional footballer and is considered as one of the best forwards to ever play the beautiful game. The Brazilian icon has played for the likes of AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid and the Brazilian National Football Team. On top of an endless list of individual and club honours, Ronaldo has two FIFA World Cup winners medals (1994, 2002).
Adam Hendrix
Biography Adam Hendrix is an American poker player with over $2.9 million in career earnings. The largest cash of Hendrix’s career came in August 2019, finishing second in the EPT Barcelona National for $384,231. During his career he has won titles in both the Poker Masters and the US Poker Open. His 2022 US Poker Open victory saw him win $211,200 after defeating Jonathan Little heads-up PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open$1,500 Main Event 5th $59,910 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas$10,400 WPT World Championship 141st $34,100 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 369th $9,300 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #8: Mystery Bounty PLO (Online) 8th $17,787 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event 644th €2,630 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #19: $500 NL Hold’em Summer Saver 244th $873 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s 147th $1,414 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #17: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Championship 147th $1,685 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #71: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller 5th $570,671 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 134th $3,731 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 17th $48,800 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 142nd $2,409 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 715th $800 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,500 Monster Stack 131st $9,020 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 54th $7,001 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty 37th $17,635 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed) 30th $50,000 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 326th $4,680 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #1: $333 No-Limit Hold’em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off 118th $1,206 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty 42nd $4,650 The Return - A Borgata Championship Event$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed) 57th $14,124 2022 MSPT Venetian Winter$1,100 Main Event 49th $2,730 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #29: $1,000 NLH Championship 28th $2,926 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #26: $3,200 NLH High Roller 6-Max 17th $8,606 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #1: $400 NLH Kick-Off 10th $2,990 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $500 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Saver 118th $1,038 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #81: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 4th $211,295 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #77: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 151st $2,625 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 8-Max 8th $26,336 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty 18th $8,863 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty 780th $1,900 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 284th $876 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $600 Deepstack Championship 53rd $2,628 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $1,000 PLO 6-Max 122nd $1,426 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em 35th $31,033 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 611th $1,050 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout 8th $26,160 2022 The Lodge Championship SeriesEvent #9: $800 NLH 98th $1,589 2022 Wynn Millions$3,000 $1k Bounty $200,000 GTD 6th $14,963 2022 Wynn Millions$1,600 Mystery Bounty $1,500,000 GTD 209th $2,275 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 29th $20,176 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 37th $4,927 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed 85th $2,004 2021 Wynn Fall Classic$2,200 Mystery Bounty 236th $3,520 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #6: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed 8th $100,773 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #5: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 69th $2,625 2021 WSOP.
David Kaye
Biography David Kaye is an American poker player based in Michigan. He is a PokerStars Ambassador. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 NAPT Las Vegas$1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty 10th $2,500 2023 United States Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP)Sunday Special Championship ($150,000 GTD) 1st $29,343 2023 United States Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP)Sunday Championship ($130,000 GTD) 12th $959 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $400 Colossus 1038th $900 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #64: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship 226th $1,741 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #61: COLOSSUS - $400 No-Limit Hold’em 32nd $13,261 2010 World Series of PokerEvent #56: $2,500 No-Limit Holdem 59th $11,607
Johan Guilbert
Biography Johan Guilbert, who is also known under his ‘YoH ViraL’ moniker, is a French poker player and vlogger with over $4 million in live tournament earnings. He is also a regular in high-stakes cash games, and regularly makes appearances on poker live streams such as Hustler Casino Live and Live at the Bike. Guilbert can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel.
Rafael Moraes
Biography Rafael Moraes is a Brazilian poker player and PokerStars ambassador. He sits with over $1.8 million in cashes and is in the top 10 of the Brazilian all-time money list. According to fellow Brazilian and PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari, Moraes is one of the best poker players in the world. Moraes: “Neymar Doesn’t Play Poker for Money; He Just Wants to Win!” Live Poker Achievements The largest cash of Moraes’ career came in 2016, finishing third in the EPT Monte Carlo 25,000 High Roller for 568,200.
Georgina James
Biography Georgina James, better known by her online nickname “GJReggie” is a British poker player, Twitch streamer and PokerStars Ambassador. James graduated with a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bath but switched to poker full-time after leaving her Business Improvement Manager role behind and taking part in the Run It Up Platinum Pass Challenge. Low-Stakes Mixed Games “Definitely Beatable,” says PokerStars Ambassador GJReggie
Kevin Martin
Biography Kevin Martin is a Canadian poker player who first appeared on reality TV series Big Brother Canada. Originally from Calgary, Martin is best known as one of the earliest adopters of the Twitch platform, having streamed his play since 2015. Martin can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. He is currently a member of the GGSquad on GGPoker, having joined in October 2020.
Sean Winter
Biography Sean Winter is an American poker player with over $21 million in career earnings as of June 2022. He finished runner-up to David Peters in both the 2019 and 2021 US Poker Open before winning the Championship in 2022. In 2018 he finished second behind Ben Yu in a WSOP $50,000 High Roller, narrowly missing out on a bracelet but still bagging a seven-figure score. The largest cash of his career also came in 2018, finishing second in the $250,000 partypoker Caribbean Poker Party Super High Roller for $2.
Adam Friedman
Biography Adam Friedman is an American poker player and five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. After winning his first bracelet during the 2012 WSOP, Friedman then won the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship in back-to-back-to-back years (2018, 2019 & 2021), a feat no other player had ever accomplished. In 2022, he added a fifth WSOP bracelet in Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. Poker Achievements Friedman shot to prominence back in 2005 after an infamous hand in that year’s Main Event was shown on the ESPN broadcast.
Annette Obrestad
Biography Annette Obrestad is a Norwegian former professional poker player. In 2007, she won the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event for 1,000,000, aged just 18. Over the course of her career, she amassed over $3.9 million in career earnings, good enough for second on the Norwegian all-time money list behind Felix Stephensen. Poker Achievements Obrestad was born in 1988. She discovered poker at a very young age, and generated her initial bankroll from winning freeroll tournaments online.
Jinho Hong
PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 187th $13,900 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #11: $800 Flip & Go 31st $2,800 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #4: $1,000 Mini Main Event 218th $2,200 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$10,300 EPT High Roller 21st $33,600 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$2,200 Eureka High Roller 41st $7,775 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$1,100 Eureka Main Event 106th $3,875 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$10,200 Mystery Bounty 11th $11,850 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 553rd $32,500 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #85: $1,500 Shootout 90th $5,759 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty 29th $24,258 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 208th $5,253 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 4th $208,158 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 1252nd $1,684 2022 PokerStars EPT London2,200 UKIPT High Roller 31st £6,400 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty 1st $276,067 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #55: $1,000 Tag Team 55th $2,633 2022 Wynn Summer Classic$3,500 NLH Championship 1st $696,011 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 11th $52,414 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em 145th $8,701 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #75: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 137th $2,634 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #55: $400 Colossus 699th $910 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em 675th $2,085 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #5: $315 Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 93rd $902 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #6: $200 FLIP & GO NO-Limit Hold’em Go Stage, $1M GTD 200th $1,632 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #1: $50 The Return NLH Final Day, $1M GTD 76th $1,805 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #78: $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 137th $2,638 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #76: $400 FORTY STACK No Limit Hold’em 477th $960 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #69: $1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold’em 124th $3,776 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em 130th $1,475 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #65: $600 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship 284th $1,592 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #64: $840 Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 68th $1,804 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #59: $2,500 Double Stack No Limit Hold’em 97th $6,411 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #57: $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition Freezeout, $1M GTD 322nd $654 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague2,200 EPT National High Roller 108th €3,890 2019 PokerStars APPT Manila65,000 APPT Main Event 37th 231,500 PHP
Paul Phua
Biography Wei Seng Phua, orPaul Phua as he is more commonly known, is a mega-rich Malaysian businessman and poker player, who is usually found playing high-stakes cash games and tournaments in Macau, although he does frequent Super High Roller events that are part of the Triton Poker Series. Born in 1964, Phua, surprisingly, did not begin playing Texas Hold’em until he was in his 40s. Phua considers himself an amateur poker players despite amassing more than $25 million in live poker tournament winnings.
Alex Livingston
Biography Alex Livingston is a Canadian poker player, WSOP bracelet winner, and former WSOP Main Event final tablist. In 2019, he finished third in the WSOP Main Event behind Dario Sammartino and Hossein Ensan to win $4,000,000. He had previously finished 13th in the same event for $451,398 back in 2013. Three years later, Livingston won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud for $103,292. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 418th $8,500 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 29th $77,000 2023 The Grand Big Wrap10,000 Diamond High Roller 4th €170,000 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 35th $5,762 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #77: $777 Lucky 7’s 52nd $9,070 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship 2nd $227,193 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #54: $10,000 H.
Felipe Ramos
Biography Felipe “Mojave” Ramos is a Brazilian poker player and GGPoker Ambassador. He has over $2.6 million in lifetime earnings as a professional poker player. A close friend of Brazilian poker superstar Neymar, Ramos has a fanatical following of Brazilian poker players who follow his success on Instagram, Twitter and Twitch. Felipe Ramos: A Friendly Face in the “Sport” of Poker Background After graduating from college, Ramos’ first experience playing poker was playing against his boss.
Henrik Hecklen
Biography Henrik Hecklen is a Danish poker player with over $7 million in career cashes. In 2018, he won the PokerStars EPT Prague 10,300 High Roller for 503,700 The largest cash of his career came in 2022 after he won the Triton Madrid Main Event for $2,293,679. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #84: $50,000 High Roller 10th $132,181 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty 56th $13,570 2022 PokerStars EPT London5,300 EPT Main Event 32nd £14,800 2022 PokerStars EPT London50,000 EPT Super High Roller 1st £652,700 2022 PokerStars EPT London1,100 UKIPT Main Event 194th £1,620 2022 PokerStars EPT London10,200 Mystery Bounty 2nd £52,640 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona3,000 Mystery Bounty Championship 166th €3,010 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 33rd $13,059 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #83: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 12th $87,500 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 124th $6,022 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 94th $8,761 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #50: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 9th $414,815 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 155th $5,254 2022 UKIPT London1,100 Main Event 19th £4,477 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 39th €18,140 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 5th $434,523 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller 12th $83,951 2020 PokerStars Stadium SeriesStadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max, $5M Gtd 20th $35,232 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague5,300 EPT Main Event 100th €10,970 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 28th €21,770 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 108th $59,295 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 35th $17,575 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$100,000 PCA Super High Roller 2nd $1,284,260 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 1st €503,700 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague5,300 EPT Main Event 23rd €33,540 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 38th $189,165 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final BarcelonaMain Event 30th €40,000 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour PragueMain Event 6th €34,100 2015 Unibet Open CopenhagenMain Event 5th €20,109 2014 PokerStars.
Ali Imsirovic
Biography Ali Imsirovic is a Bosnia and Herzegovinian poker player known for his achievements on the High Roller scene. In 2021, he was named GPI Player of the Year as well as winning the first ever PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate Player of the Year Over the course of his career he has amassed over $17.5 million in total live earnings, and has won numerous High Roller tournaments including the 2018 Poker Masters.
Jack Dean
Biography Jack “JaackMaate” Dean is a British YouTuber, podcast host and internet personality. In August 2022, he was unveiled as an 888poker Cultural Ambassador. 888poker is the Perfect Site for Beginner Poker Players “I am truly privileged to become one of 888poker’s first creator ambassadors. I’ve only been working with them for a short time. But the poker lessons I’ve learnt and the experiences I’ve lived are already things I don’t think I’ll ever forget.
Stu Ungar
Biography Stu Ungar was an American poker player widely considered to have been the greatest player in history. He won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on three occasions (1980, 1981, 1997). He won two more WSOP bracelets in 2-7 Draw (1981) and Seven Card Stud (1983). His youthful looks often made him appear younger than he was, earning him the nickname “The Kid.” Ungar’s talent and powers of recall saw him excel not only at poker but blackjack and gin rummy as well.