Professional Poker Players

Below you’ll find links to all of our biographies for professional poker players. Under each poker stars bio you’ll find interesting background info, a profile and the games that propelled them to poker star status. We’ll be adding new poker stars all the time – maybe next year…you’ll be here!

	Allen Cunningham With 5 WSOP bracelets and a fourth place finish in the 2006 WSOP main event, Allen ‘Clever Piggy’ Cunningham is one of poker’s most consistent performers.
	Andy Bloch Andy Bloch is a member of the infamous MIT Blackjack team, computer programmer, game theorist and political activist who has studied for 3 University degrees.
	Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein is known as the 'Robin Hood of Poker' because he gives all of his tournament winnings to charity. Winner of the 2004 WPT World Poker Open
	Carlos Mortensen Spaniard Juan Carlos Mortensen won the 2001 WSOP main event and when he took the 2007 WPT World Poker Championship became the first player to win both events.
	Chris Ferguson Winner of 5 WSOP bracelets and part of the team that put together Full Tilt Poker. Bankroll management expert who turned $0 into $10,000 within a year.
	Chris Moneymaker 2003 WSOP main event winner and the first player to win after qualifying through an internet satellite tournament. His initial $39 stake won him $2.5million.
	Clonie Gowen Clonie Gowan is an ex member of the Full Tilt Poker team and winner of the 2008 WPT Bellagio Cup. She is also a TV poker pundit and former beauty queen.
	Daniel Negreanu Won his first WSOP bracelet in 1998 and was the youngest to do so at the time, hence the nickname 'Kid Poker.' In 2004 he was voted the ESPN Player of the Year.
	Dave Ulliot - Devilfish Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliot was the UK's most successful player with over $6 million in winnings. Won the first ‘Late Night Poker’ series in front of 1.5million viewers.
	David Williams The runner-up of the 2004 WSOP main event who switched to poker from the fantasy card-playing game 'Magic.' He considers himself to be a bit of a 'geek.'
	Erick Lindgren The 2004 WPT player of the year and winner of several high profile tournaments including a 2007 Aussie's Millions event. WSOP player of the year in 2008.
	Erik Seidel His second place finish in the 1988 WSOP main event was made famous in the film 'Rounders.' The former stock marker trader has since won 8 WSOP bracelets.
	Gavin Griffin Gavin Griffin became the youngest player to win a WSOP bracelet in 2004 and the first player to win poker's Triple Crown of WSOP, WPT and EPT events.
	Greg Raymer Highly recognizable in his comedy lizard-eye glasses, Greg Raymer won the 2004 WSOP main event and followed it up by finishing 25th in the 2005 main event.
	Gus Hansen Gus Hansen's aggressive and unpredictable playing style has won him 4 WPT tournaments. According to People magazine he is one of the 'Top 50 sexiest men alive'.
	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer was one of the founders of Full Tilt Poker and reverentially known as 'The Professor.' He is also a TV pundit and follower of Zen philosophy.
	Humberto Brenes The Costan Rican is known as the shark and has a lively sense of fun at the poker table. His 2 WSOP bracelets prove his comic antics disguise a serious ability.
	Isabelle Mercier Canadian Isabelle Mercier lives on the road, travelling from tournament to tournament. Her aggressive play has earned her the nickname 'No Mercy' Mercier.
	Jamie Gold With Johnny Chan acting as his mentor, talent agent and television producer Jamie Gold won a record $12million for first place at the 2007 WSOP main event.
	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman is holder of 2 WSOP bracelets and once won a $1.7million pot. She regularly plays 'Big Game' at the Bellagio casino for the highest stakes.

	Jerry Yang Jerry Yang won the 2007 WSOP main event bracelet. His psychology education helped the former Laos refugee analyse his way through the massive field of players.
	Joe Hachem Australian Joseph Hachem was crowned champion at the 2005 WSOP main event, taking home $7.5million. He also won the Bellagio Five Diamond Classic in 2006.
	John Duthie John Duthie is a British television producer who came up with the idea for the European Poker Tour. He won $1.8million at the Poker Millions tournament in 2000.
	John Juanda Indonesian John Juanda started with a $100 bankroll and has never gone broke. He is the holder of 3 WSOP bracelets and tournament winnings of over $6million.
	Johnny Chan Johnny Chan was the first player to win 10 WSOP bracelets and the last to take 2 WSOP main events back-to-back. He is immortalized in the film 'Rounders'.
	Liv Boeree Gorgeous Olivia 'Liv' Boeree, winner of the 2010 EPT San Remo and Ladies European Championship 2008 is now known to the poker world as “The Iron Maiden”.
	Martin Staszko Martin Staszko finished the 2011 World Series of Poker in 2nd place. Staszko made history as the first Czech to make a World Series of Poker final table.
	Mike Matusow Mike 'the Mouth' Matusow's vocal playing style has won him 3 WSOP bracelets and over $5million from tournaments. Reached the WSOP main event final table twice.
	Paul Wasicka Paul Wasicka was runner-up in the 2006 WSOP main event to Jamie Gold and his $6million payout is the most a Texan has taken in a WSOP Texas Hold'em event.
	Phil Gordon Phil Gordon is best known as the host of 'Celebrity Poker Showdown' but the self-made multi-millionaire plays poker too along with promoting several charities.
	Phil Hellmuth The man who stopped Johnny Chan winning 3 WSOP main events by defeating him in 1989 at just 24. He has a record 13 WSOP bracelets.
	Phil Ivey Highly-rated and feared player with 9 WSOP bracelets to his name, including 3 in the same year. A regular in the 'Big game' at Bellagio's for huge cash stakes.
	Raymond Rahme Raymond Rahme was the first player from the African continent to reach to WSOP main event final table and his 3rd place finish in 2007 earned him $3 million.
	Robert Varkonyi Robert Varkonyi won the 2002 WSOP main event whilst on a sabbatical from work. He trained his wife to play and lost his shirt during an Extreme Poker Challenge.
	Tom McEvoy In 1983 Tom McEvoy became the first person to win a WSOP main event after qualifying via a satellite tournament. Just 5 days earlier he had won his first WSOP bracelet.
	Tony G Antanus 'Tony G' Guoga was Lithuania's Rubik's Cube champion who seems to love playing Russians. The Australian is also known as 'the mouth from down under.'
	Tuan Lam Tuan Lam escaped from Vietnam when he was only 16 and settled in Canada. He plays online for Team Pokerstars Pro and came 2nd in the 2007 WSOP main event.
	Vanessa Rousso Vannessa Rousso has a dual nationality, is bi-lingual and splits her time between playing poker and studying law. She won TV's 'Poker After Dark' in 2008.
	Victoria Coren Victoria Coren is a member of Team Pokerstars Pro and is a journalist, writer and television presenter. Won the EPT European Poker Championship in 2006 and 2014.
	Viktor Blom - Isildur1 Who is Isildur1? The poker scene noticed this mysterious and certainly gifted player playing online, we now know the man behind the name is Viktor Blom.