Poker Players Database

  • Joanne Liu

    Joanne Liu

  • Phil Ivey

    Phil Ivey

  • Vanessa Selbst

    Vanessa Selbst

  • Victoria Coren

    Victoria Coren

  • Jennifer Harman

    Jennifer Harman

  • Erick Lindgren

    Erick Lindgren

  • Max Pescatori

    Max Pescatori

  • Erica Schoenberg

    Erica Schoenberg

  • Robert Mizrachi

    Robert Mizrachi

  • David Benyamine

    David Benyamine

  • Erik Seidel

    Erik Seidel

  • Kathy Liebert

    Kathy Liebert

  • John Juanda

    John Juanda

  • Greg Mueller

    Greg Mueller

  • Huck Seed

    Huck Seed

  • John Cernuto

    John Cernuto

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

Eddy Scharf

Germany Eddy Scharf – Airline Pilot Flying High at the Poker Tables
Eddie "Eddy" Scharf is a commercial airline pilot who is also one of the most experienced poker players in Germany with 2 WSOP bracelets to his name. [more...]

Viktor Blom Profile picture

Sweden Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom – Fearless Young Poker Whizz
Viktor Isildur1 Blom has earned his reputation through his aggressive no-holds-barred style and willingness to take on any opponent at any stake level. [more...]

Erik Seidel

USA Erik Seidel – One of the Few Remaining of the Old Generation of Poker
Erik Seidel will be remembered as a star of the movie Rounders and his incredible success with a staggering $20 million in career poker earnings. [more...]

Chris Ferguson

USA Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson – Poker God turned Poker Devil?
Chris Ferguson, the well branded poker player and the brains behind Full Tilt Poker but now faces growing animosity after the events of Black Friday [more...]

Annie Duke profile picture

USA Annie Duke – Controversy Runs in the Family
Successful poker player Annie Duke has had her fair share of controversy. With a brother like poker hate figure Howard Lederer guess it runs in the family! [more...]

Huck Seed

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...]

Top Earning Players

Erik Seidel

1st
USA Erik Seidel
$21,499,344

Phil Ivey

2nd
USA Phil Ivey
$17,649,220

John Juanda

3rd
Indonesia John Juanda
$15,113,768

Allen Cunningham

4th
USA Allen Cunningham
$12,031,743

Carlos Mortensen

5th
Spain Carlos Mortensen
$11,598,083

Gus Hansen

6th
Denmark Gus Hansen
$11,240,678

JC Tran profile picture

7th
USA JC Tran
$10,416,658

Erick Lindgren

8th
USA Erick Lindgren
$9,881,849

Mike Matusow

9th
USA Mike Matusow
$8,974,373

Chris Ferguson

10th
USA Chris Ferguson
$8,281,926

Vanessa Selbst profile picture

11th
USA Vanessa Selbst
$8,018,466

Paul Wasicka

12th
USA Paul Wasicka
$7,896,100

Huck Seed

13th
USA Huck Seed
$7,582,816

David Benyamine

14th
France David Benyamine
$7,047,146

Howard Lederer

15th
USA Howard Lederer
$6,571,538

World Series of Poker Winners

  • Erick Lindgren

    Erick
    Lindgren

    2

  • Carlos Mortensen

    Carlos
    Mortensen

    2

  • Eddy Scharf

    Eddy
    Scharf

    2

  • Gavin Smith

    Gavin
    Smith

    1

  • David Benyamine

    David
    Benyamine

    1

  • Howard Lederer

    Howard
    Lederer

    2

  • JC Tran

    JC
    Tran

    2

  • Lee Watkinson

    Lee
    Watkinson

    1

  • Annie Duke

    Annie
    Duke

    1

  • Robert Mizrachi

    Robert
    Mizrachi

    1

Female Poker Players

  • Liv Boeree

    Liv Boeree

  • Erica Schoenberg

    Erica Schoenberg

  • Annie Duke

    Annie Duke

  • Sandra Naujoks

    Sandra Naujoks

  • Clonie Gowen

    Clonie Gowen

  • Jennifer Harman

    Jennifer Harman

  • Annette Obrestad

    Annette Obrestad

  • Kathy Liebert

    Kathy Liebert

  • Vanessa Rousso

    Vanessa Rousso

  • Victoria Coren

    Victoria Coren