Poker Players Database

Jeff Madsen
Huck Seed
Howard Lederer
Sandra Naujoks
Robert Mizrachi
Max Pescatori
Viktor Blom
Paul Wasicka
Gavin Smith
Phil Gordon
Annie Duke
Gus Hansen
Lee Watkinson
Carlos Mortensen
Vanessa Selbst
Liv Boeree
Mike Matusow

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 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...]

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...]

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...]

Taiwan Joanne Liu – Late Starter becomes a Leading Female poker player
Joanne Liu is the highest placing female in any World Poker Tour Championship event, but she didn't even know what poker was until later on in her life. [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...]

USA Vanessa Rousso – Poker too much of a Draw away from boring Law Career
Vanessa Rousso has always been a high achiever leading her to Law School, but Poker was too big of a draw. She has now established a successful poker career [more...]