Poker Players Database

Erik Seidel
Jeff Madsen
JC Tran
Huck Seed
Clonie Gowen
Max Pescatori
Viktor Blom
Robert Mizrachi
David Benyamine
Annette Obrestad
Eddy Scharf
Paul Wasicka
Liv Boeree
Erick Lindgren
Vanessa Rousso
Andy Bloch
Victoria Coren

Poker Players

Poker Players become well known for many reasons. Maybe they have won a major tournament, appeared on televised poker shows, are authors of well read poker books, are legends of poker that have told us many a tale of times gone by or just a darn good player that has earned the respect of their peers in the poker community.

We have researched and interviewed popular players and collated data on their poker career. The result being our Poker Players Database containing detailed written profiles of the poker player and their life stories together with the stats behind their poker career

Find out where your favourite player ranks in one of our top lists, from the Top Earning Players to WSOP Bracelet Winners. Alternatively just search through our A-Z listing of all Player Profiles to discover things you never knew about the players we see at the poker tables.

Player Profiles

Spain Carlos Mortenson – First Ever to Win both the WSOP & WPT Championships
Carlos Mortenson is the first player to ever win both the WSOP and WPT world championship events. Known for the imaginative way he arranges his chip stacks [more...]

USA Mike Matusow – Drugs, Jail and the WSOP Main Event Final Table
Mike Matusow is the ‘bad boy’ of poker and the poker world loves him for it. Having served time in Jail for drug offences he turned his life around and made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in 2005 [more...]

USA Huck Seed – Basketball Geek turned Poker World Champion
Huck Seed was a former College Basketball player and star of the TV documentary Quantum Hoops. Now he is a Poker World Champion with 5 WSOP bracelets [more...]

Ireland Andy Black – The Monk – Mixing Poker and Buddhism
Andy Black is known in poker circles as “The Monk”. After 5 years away from Poker living monastic life as a Buddhist devotee he returned to great success. [more...]

USA John Cernuto – Air Traffic Controller now controls the Poker Tables
John Cernuto has been around the professional poker circuit for over 18 years. After packing in his job as an Air Traffic Controller and moving to Las Vegas [more...]

USA Vanessa Selbst – Giving the Men a Run for their Money
Vanessa Selbst isn't just a female poker player, she is one of the best poker players on the planet and represents a growing community of female players with the skill and ability to take on their fellow players and win big. [more...]