
Phil Ivey
At the age of 27, Phil has become the ‘force’ to be taken seriously. Popular as Tiger Woods of Poker, although he says he does not deserve such comparison, Ivey is the representative of next generation of poker players. It would not take much longer for his vocation to get big boost up, when he got his 1st three WSOP title at 23. During the year 2006, the pro played heads up with ‘Andy Beal’, mathematician who was popular at his challenge of big poker pros. At the end of 3-days heads up match, Phil had taken home 16.6 million dollars from Beal.
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu, a resident of Toronto, in his earlier life recognized his knack for ‘gambling’, specifically Poker. With 2 1st place finish at World Poker 1997 finals held at Foxwoods, the player took the entire poker world by storm. Since then, he has added 2 WPT titles, 3 WSOP bracelets and over 30 wins in different tournaments.
Jamie Gold
A professional poker pro from Malibu of California is said to be the biggest star in poker world. His victories after World Series of Poker event, in which the pro took part in tournament 2006, totaled more than 12 million dollars bringing worldwide acclaim as biggest victory in the history of poker.
Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate, born on 13th April , 1985 is a resident of Dalum of Denmark. In early life, he left school to get engaged in poker game, and built online poker ‘bankroll’ that permitted him to participate in high stakes cash game where the pro excelled in heads up and short handed play.
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty was commemorated in WSOP 1998, saying to another pro Kevin McBride, ‘you call this one, and it is all over baby!’ Kevin called and thereafter it was over. This was 1, 000, 000 dollars hand of Scotty Nguyen and 2nd WSOP bracelet.
Joseph Hachem
Joe Hachem defeated nearly 5, 618 players, incorporating the 2nd place holder ‘Steve Dannemann’ to get the Main Event at WSOP 2025. His winnings earned him the record exceeding $7.5 million.
John Juanda
The poker pro John Juanda, born in ‘Indonesia’ came to US in the year 1990 to be present at Oklahoma University. Respected by other poker pros for calm behavior at tables, John has 3 bracelets of WSOP and has even appeared at 5 WPT final tables.
Allen Cunningham
He started playing the game serious whilst pursuing a degree in civil engineering at UCLA. With a few minor wins in starting, he received big hit in the year 1999 when he got victory in 6 major events, including the most impressive ‘Legends of Poker’.
Erik Seidel
Born in New York, Erick Seidel started as backgammon player, but after a few years, he moved to poker. He has realized massive success under the belt with seven bracelets of WSOP.
Juan Carlos Mortensen
The poker pro caught the attention during the year 2001. He grabbed 3 successive first place in tournaments, concluding with his winning of 32 Annual WSOP Main Event.
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