Poker Players Database

  • Robert Mizrachi

    Robert Mizrachi

  • Lee Watkinson

    Lee Watkinson

  • Joanne Liu

    Joanne Liu

  • Andy Black

    Andy Black

  • Clonie Gowen

    Clonie Gowen

  • Victoria Coren

    Victoria Coren

  • Howard Lederer

    Howard Lederer

  • Aaron Bartley

    Aaron Bartley

  • Phil Gordon

    Phil Gordon

  • Vanessa Selbst

    Vanessa Selbst

  • Annette Obrestad

    Annette Obrestad

  • Jennifer Harman

    Jennifer Harman

  • Carlos Mortensen

    Carlos Mortensen

  • Phil Ivey

    Phil Ivey

  • Allen Cunningham

    Allen Cunningham

  • 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

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...]

Carlos Mortensen

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...]

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...]

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...]

Max Pescatori

Italy Max Pescatori – Soccer or Poker? $3m says he made the right choice
In his youth, Max Pescatori was torn between playing soccer and poker. With over $3m in winnings as a Poker Pro, he thinks he made the right choice [more...]

Lee Watkinson

USA Lee Watkinson – Wrestling His Way to the Top of the Poker World
Lee Watkinson is a Wrestler where he has to use strategy to beat opponents, now he applies strategy on the poker tables with career winning of $4 million+ [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

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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

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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

  • John Cernuto

    John
    Cernuto

    3

  • Erick Lindgren

    Erick
    Lindgren

    2

  • Carlos Mortensen

    Carlos
    Mortensen

    2

  • David Benyamine

    David
    Benyamine

    1

  • Allen Cunningham

    Allen
    Cunningham

    5

  • JC Tran

    JC
    Tran

    2

  • Huck Seed

    Huck
    Seed

    5

  • Eddy Scharf

    Eddy
    Scharf

    2

  • Lee Watkinson

    Lee
    Watkinson

    1

  • Erik Seidel

    Erik
    Seidel

    8

Female Poker Players

  • Liv Boeree

    Liv Boeree

  • Annette Obrestad

    Annette Obrestad

  • Vanessa Rousso

    Vanessa Rousso

  • Jennifer Harman

    Jennifer Harman

  • Victoria Coren

    Victoria Coren

  • Clonie Gowen

    Clonie Gowen

  • Kathy Liebert

    Kathy Liebert

  • Vanessa Selbst

    Vanessa Selbst

  • Erica Schoenberg

    Erica Schoenberg

  • Sandra Naujoks

    Sandra Naujoks