Poker Players

Here you can find information and pictures about today's top professional poker players. Each poker player's profile will contain detailed background history, tournament prospects, earnings, photos and more.

Due to the increase in popularity of poker both offline and online, highly ranked professional players quickly rise to celebrity status. We will keep you up to date with latest in player news and who the rising stars are in this industry.

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Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is regarded by his peers as one of the best all around players under the age of thirty five. Typically in the game of Poker age and wisdom wins out... Read Full Profile		Andreas Hoivold One of the fastest rising stars in the world of poker is Andreas Hoivold, and his recent decision to turn pro will likely make him even more of a household name. As... Read Full Profile
Annie Duke Annie Duke was born September 13, 1965 in Concord, New Hampshire into a competitive family where card playing was the glue that held them together. Her brother, Read Full Profile		Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari was born in Iran in 1978 and was then given the name Amir Esfandiari. At the young age of nine he left Iran for the United States and moved with h... Read Full Profile
Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein is the poker pro that has been described as the Robin Hood of Poker. The reason for this is his huge donations to charity. In a world of so many you... Read Full Profile		Bertrand Grospellier Bertrand Grospellier is a French poker player but he has made important poker victories in events all over the world. To get an understanding of his strength as a pl... Read Full Profile
Beth Shak Beth Shak is a very special poker player. She has won the respect of many in a very short amount of time. She is not yet a millionaire by her poker games but she sti... Read Full Profile		Brian Townsend 26- year old Brian Townsend is a professional poker player who is based out of Santa Barbara, California. He has achieved credible success in the World Series of Pok... Read Full Profile
Chau Giang Chau Giang is a well respected poker player who claims that poker is all about skill. He has certainly proven to possess the skill needed to win both honor and money... Read Full Profile		Chip Reese Chip Reese could have been a good lawyer but instead he became a great poker player. He has even been acclaimed as the best one that ever lived. He was a man that tr... Read Full Profile
Clonie Gowan Cycalona a.k.a. Clonie Gowan is an American professional poker player and former Miss Teen Oklahoma. Born in Florida during a heavy storm (hence the first name), Clo... Read Full Profile		Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu became famous as a skilled poker player in the nineties. Since then his focus has been more on teaching others how to play and helping individuals to... Read Full Profile
David Benyamine David Benyamine was born in 1972 in France and is said to have begun playing poker at the age of 12. He has since earned himself the reputation of being one of the... Read Full Profile		Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson, or better known as Texas Dolly throughout the Poker World, has defined what American Poker is all about. His career has spanned several generations a... Read Full Profile
Dusty Schmidt Dusty Schmidt has had a long and illustrious run as a sports figure long before he even hit the poker tables. A top-ranked golfer from an early age, he managed to be... Read Full Profile		Eli Elezra Eli Elezra has built himself into one of the most feared, and yet admired Poker players on the World Series of Poker Tour. Born in Israel in 1960, Eli moved to the... Read Full Profile
Emad Tahtouh Emad Tahtouh is a professional poker player who hails from Australia. Before turning to the arena of professional poker, Emad first worked in the field of IT. He sp... Read Full Profile		Eric Seidel Erik Seidel was born in New York in 1959. It is interesting to note that he began his gaming career on the backgammon board, spending eight years on the backgammon t... Read Full Profile
Erica Schoenberg Erica Schoenberg is one of the younger poker stars and she has managed to make quite a name for herself. It is true that she gets a lot of attention due to her good... Read Full Profile		Gus Hansen Gus Hansen’s rise to the ranks of professional Poker player might be considered as unorthodox by some but he is now a mainstay at professional Poker tournaments none... Read Full Profile
Harrison Gimbel Harrison Gimbel got started on the long road to poker mastery at a very young age, when most of his peers where still riding bikes and playing video games. Known in... Read Full Profile		Howard Lederer Howard Lederer was born in 1964 in New Hampshire. Howard has a rather imposing build and is tall, measuring over 6 feet. Howard seems to have earned the respect of... Read Full Profile
Huck Seed Huck Seed is part of Full Tilt Poker’s professional team and he has been a poker star for over a decade. It is hard to imagine what could have been had he stayed in... Read Full Profile		Ilari Sahamies Ilari Sahamies is a Finnish poker player who plays by the name, Ziigmund. He can often be found playing at Full Tilt Poker on the high stakes tables. He is most comm... Read Full Profile
Jake Cody Jake Cody is a British poker player from Rochdale, England. Still in his 20s, the celebrated veteran of the poker scene spends much of his time either playing poker... Read Full Profile		Jamie Gold Jamie Gold was born in 1969 in Kansas City. His name was originally Jamie M. Usher and his family name was changed to Gold following his mother's divorce when she r... Read Full Profile
Jean-Robert Bellande Jean-Robert Bellande was born in New York in 1970. He spent some of the growing up period of his life together with his family in Asia and during his late teens, th... Read Full Profile		Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman was destined to be a professional Poker player by birth. She was born in the illustrious gambling town of Reno, Nevada. From the very beginning her... Read Full Profile
Joe Cada Joe Cada was born Joseph Cada in November 1988 in Shelby Charter Township, Michigan. Joe Cada began playing poker 6 years ago, at the age of 15. He played online pok... Read Full Profile		Joe Hachem Joe Hachem was born in Lebanon and moved to Melbourne, Australia during the 1970's. Once there, he established a chiropodist practice in Melbourne and at the same t... Read Full Profile
John Hennigan John Hennigan was born in Philadelphia and is the holder of 2 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets. Although, John Hennigan seems to prefer live game poker action... Read Full Profile		John Juanda John Juanda is one of the world’s greatest poker players. He is a known name not only because of past successes but also thanks to much resent results in the big pok... Read Full Profile
Kara Scott Kara Scott was born in Alberta, Canada. She has been working in the UK in media since 2002 as a sports presenter for "Now is the Time: Night of Combat", hostess of t... Read Full Profile		Kathy Liebert Kathy Liebert’s mother gave her the advice to follow her heart and do what she liked and the money would follow. For Kathy this proved to be right as she left a care... Read Full Profile
Kenny Tran As part of a Vietnamese American family, Kenny Tran's original name was Phuong Tran. After changing his name along the way, he has managed to carve out a name for h... Read Full Profile		Leonor Margets Born Leonor Margets in Barcelona, Spain, Leo is fast becoming a well-known name in the world of professional poker. Margets worked for IMG, an International talent a... Read Full Profile
Liz Lieu Liz Lieu is a poker star that makes the high limit poker games a pure pleasure to watch. With her somewhat fragile appearance she often has her opponents fooled to b... Read Full Profile		Maria Ho Maria Ho is originally from Taipei in Taiwan. At the young age of four, Maria Ho arrived to the United States with her family, where they lived close to Los Angeles... Read Full Profile
Mike Matusow Mike Matusow is not on the quiet end of the table. He is a very outspoken person and he is not afraid to voice his opinions when he feels that it is needed. His poke... Read Full Profile		Minh Ly Minh Ly was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the U.S. in 1986. Upon his arrival in the United States he settled in Las Vegas and tried to make a living for himself... Read Full Profile
Padraig Parkinson Padraig Parkinson is a professional poker player who was born in Ireland and today, has proved himself to be a popular character on the international poker scene. Th... Read Full Profile		Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius can serve as great inspiration for everyone dreaming of becoming poker pros by way of the Internet. Antonius became part of the poker elite when he s... Read Full Profile
Peter Eastgate Peter Eastgate was born in December of 1985 in Denmark and became famous in the poker field as a young poker world champion. He made the decision to enter the profes... Read Full Profile		Phil Hellmuth Jr Phil Hellmuth Jr. was born in 1964 and was the first out of 5 children. Phil's father is a dean at the University of Wisconsin and his mother a sculptor. He grew up... Read Full Profile
Phil Ivey Phil Ivey has been called the Tiger Woods of Poker. While he hasn’t achieved the same results as Tiger on the green he can certainly be called a champion of poker. H... Read Full Profile		Phil Laak Phil Laak is one of the poker pros with a very special character. His nickname is the Unabomber which refers to the way he looks while playing with dark sunglasses a... Read Full Profile
Sandra Naujoks Born in July 1981 in Berlin, Germany, Sandra Naujoks' life has taken a few twists. Recently, she has found herself being a popular and successful professional poker... Read Full Profile		Scotty Nguyen Thuan 'Scotty' Nguyen was born in South Vietnam in 1962. Chance and fate had a hand in the direction of his life as he found his way to America. As the eldest of 13... Read Full Profile
Shawn Sheikhan No matter what your opinion of Shawn Sheikhan may be, there is no denying that he is on of the most colorful and memorable figures to have graced the poker scene. B... Read Full Profile		Stu Ungar Stu Ungar was one of the greatest poker players but unfortunately he ruined himself with drugs and ended up being one of the saddest stories in the history of poker.... Read Full Profile
Ted Forrest Ted Forrest is a popular poker player not only with those who admiringly watch him at the final tables but also among his peers. He is known for taking and making in... Read Full Profile		Tiffany Michelle Tiffany Michelle grew up in Los Angeles and has become known as a professional poker player and also as an actress. Her connection to poker began as a youngster when... Read Full Profile
Tom Dwan Tom Dwan, known as "durrrr" online, is considered one of the best online poker players. He was born July 30, 1986 in Edison, New Jersey and has proven to become one... Read Full Profile		Tony Hachem Tony Hachem is a professional poker player who is based in Melbourne, Australia. At the current time of writing, it may be true to say that Tony may be best known as... Read Full Profile
Tuan Le Tuan Le is a poker player that was initially thought to have had a lot of luck and fewer skills but proved to be a both talented and aggressive player. He hasn’t mad... Read Full Profile