Poker Players Database

Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Rousso
Roland de Wolfe
Lee Watkinson
Andy Black
Huck Seed
David Benyamine
Gavin Smith
Greg Mueller
Jeff Madsen
Viktor Blom
Erik Seidel
JC Tran
John Juanda
Allen Cunningham
Annie Duke
Phil Ivey

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

USA Clonie Gowen – Former Beauty Queen turned Poker Pro
Clonie Gowen is a former Beauty Queen turned Poker Pro who was one of the early faces of the TV poker boom thanks to her good looks and poker skills. [more...]

USA Jeff Madsen – Exploded into Poker Winning $1.4m at his First WSOP
Jeff Madsen borrowed money from his college fund and his Parents to go to the 2006 World Series of Poker. He came away with 2 Bracelets and $1.4million [more...]

USA Howard Lederer – The Most Hated Man in Poker?
A few years ago Howard Lederer was one of the most well known Poker Players. Now, after his full involvement in Full Tilt Poker and their near bankruptcy has been revealed he has been ousted from the poker community. [more...]

Canada Gavin Smith – The Liveliest Guy at the Table
Gavin Smith started life as a dealer and went on to be a successful and well know poker player with WSOP and WPT titles and $6million in winnings. [more...]

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...]

Norway Annette Obrestad – Humiliating Opponents as a 15 year old Girl
Annette Obrestad earned her fearsome reputation after humiliating opponents by beating them whilst she was still underage at the young age of just 15. [more...]