PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2017 partypokerLIVE Millions Dusk Till DawnMain Event 224th £5,000 2017 PokerStars Championship MacauHK$103,000 High Roller 23rd 192,000 HKD

Biography Danny Tang is a Natural8 ambassador and WSOP bracelet winner. Consistently ranked as one of the best Asian players around, Tang has reached major heights throughout his career and continues to climb. Read More: Getting to Know Natural8 Ambassador and WSOP Champion Danny Tang Poker Achievements Tang spent much of his early career playing in England, including a 2nd place finish in the $1,100 partypoker WPT National Main Event for $130,263 in 2016.

Biography Neymar Jr. is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain. He is widely considered one of the most talented footballers in the world. Not only that, but he is fanatical about poker. So much so, that he even named his dog poker! Neymar and Poker In May 2015, Neymar joined PokerStarsas a brand ambassador. At the time, he was joined by another legend of Brazilian football Ronaldo as a member of Team Sportstars.

Biography Viktor Blom, best known in the poker community by his online alias “Isildur1” is a Swedish professional poker player. He stormed into the online poker scene in late 2009, crashing the high-stakes games at Full Tilt Poker and challenging many of the top-class poker pros. Intro Blom was born in Sweden in 1990. He started playing poker around the age of 14 with his friends, and as soon as he turned 18 Blom started playing poker online.

Biography David Peters is an American poker player and four-time WSOP bracelet winner. As of June 2022, he sits sixth on the all-time money list with almost $40 million in career earnings. His most recent bracelet victory came in 2022 when he won Event #2: $100K High Roller Bounty for over $1.1 million. Biography Like many of his peers, Peters started playing poker after seeing Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

Biography Barbara Enright is an American poker player and three-time WSOP bracelet winner. In 2007, she became the first woman inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. The following year she was an inaugural inductee into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. Enright is the only woman to have made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in the tournament’s history. In 1995, she finished fifth for $114,180.

Biography Before becoming a professional poker player, Marylands Justin Liberto worked in sales after graduating from Virginia Tech. A sports and music aficionado, Liberto has amassed over $4.5 million in lifetime tournament earnings (as of January 2023) according to the Hendon Mob. That includes a career-high $640,711 for topping a field of 1,043 entries to win the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem 6-Handed for his first gold bracelet at the age of 26.

Biography Pamela “Pamsi” Balzano is an Argentinian poker player and member of the GGPoker Twitch Squad. One of Latin Americas best-known poker content producers, Pamsi streams, commentates and hosts, always making things as fun as possible! Pamela Balzano Represents Argentinian Poker on Twitch, YouTube and Beyond She regularly streams on Twitch. In 2022, she finished 36th in the WSOP Ladies Championship for $3,886. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet?

Biography Aliaksandr Shylko is a Belarusian poker player who won the 2023 PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship for $3,121,838. He made a three-handed deal with with Germany’s Max Menzel (2nd - $2,859,990) and Brazil’s Philipe Pizzari (3rd - $2,524,871). Shylko described his four-day journey to the final table as smooth for the most part, but the penultimate day proved much harder. I had some very tough spots against Sam Grafton and another English player I made four hero folds which werent easy.

Biography Koray Aldemir is a German poker player. He won the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for $8,000,000 and has amassed over $20 million in lifetime earnings. Biography Aldemir discovered poker in 2006 before playing online. He eventually moved to Vienna and picked up his first recorded cash in 2012. He spent most of the 2010s traveling around Europe to play, while also visiting the WSOP in Las Vegas.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 NL Hold’em II 1st €444,840 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 NL Hold’em I 7th €63,000 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 242nd $12,100 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #7: $50,000 Super High Roller 17th $93,200 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 18th $90,700 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #1: $1,500 Mystery Millions 46th $11,800 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #13: 10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship 109th €16,500 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #12: 50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller 3rd €266,000 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #8: 25,000 NLH GGMillion 1st €600,000 2023 PokerStars WCOOPWCOOP 98-H $10,300 NLHE (World Championship of NLHE / Main Event), $6M GTD 16th/sup> $49,894 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo5,300 EPT Main Event 76th €13,050 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo25,000 EPT High Roller 6th €220,800 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em III 4th €108,200 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em 3rd €160,400 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship 23rd $123,600 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 8-Handed 10th $75,300 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$100,000 PCA Super High Roller 6th $320,900 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague50,000 EPT Super High Roller 3rd €386,870 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague25,000 NL Hold’em I 3rd €95,080 2022 PokerStars EPT London25,000 Single-Day High Roller II 1st £196,170 2022 PokerStars EPT London50,000 EPT Super High Roller 6th £132,430 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo50,000 No-Limit Hold’em 5th €148,440 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo25,000 Single-Day High Roller 2nd €387,435 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #5: $75,000 Short Deck 5th $268,000 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #2: $100,000 NLH 8-Handed 5th $529,000 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague5,300 EPT Main Event 69th €14,720 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-92-M: $1,050 PLO 6-Max, PLO Main Event, $750K Gtd 91st $2,282 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE 8-Max, Super Tuesday SE, $650K Gtd 10th $11,481 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship 3-Stack 4th $63,918 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH, $5M GTD 50th $28,363 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH - $1M for 1st Final Day, $5M GTD 315th $3,377 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #3: $2,500 Limit Hold’em Championship 17th $4,670 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event 24th $6,849 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #20: $3,200 Main Event, $3m GTD 3rd $249,324 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #23: $10,300 WPT High Roller, $1m GTD 7th $37,676 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #29: $25,500 WPT Super High Roller, $1m GTD 6th $65,700 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-108: $10,300 Super MILLION$ 2-day event 5th $230,453 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-93: $25,500 Super High Roller 2nd $435,832 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-83: $10,300 Super Tuesday 20th $19,341 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller Bounty 9th $22,972 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-41: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million 20th $52,164 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-16: $25,500 Super High Rollers 9th $67,830 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-03: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event 4th $60,595 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ WeekEvent #30: Super High Roller $25,500, $2.

Biography Ebony Kenney is an American poker player and streamer. The former model has over $2.3m in career earnings. In 2022, she entered the $200K Coin Rivet International alongside businessman Phil Nagy. She finished fifth for $1,700,000 narrowly missing out on setting the record for the largest live tournament cash ever by a woman. Ebony Kenney Discusses Her Love for the Game, Modeling, Acting, and Women in Poker PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #92: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 219th $1,603 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s 169th $1,305 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #89: $1,000 Flip & Go Presented by GGPoker 117th $2,000 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #16: $600 Online Deepstack Championship 169th $1,398 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty 33rd $8,057 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #82: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 15th $13,372 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em 829th $2,625 2021 Rungood All-Stars ProAm2021 Rungood All-Stars ProAm 4th $4,400 2021 MSPT Venetian$1,100 Main Event 126th $2,688 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #22: Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship 95th $1,633 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 113th $779 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed 649th $1,826 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold’em 2130th $901 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel ClubMain Event 56th $3,065

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris5,300 EPT Main Event 159th €11,400 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 34th $58,300 2023 NAPT Las Vegas$5,300 NAPT High Roller 18th $9,320 2023 NAPT Las Vegas$1,650 Main Event 105th $3,430 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona5,300 EPT Main Event 78th €20,550 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event 645th €2,630 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #90: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 16th $51,951 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty 9th $23,978 2023 BetMGM Poker Championship$3,500 Main Event 124th $5,155 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Deepstack 158th $1,788 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #4: Tournament of Champions 15th $7,800 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 1578th $1,424 2022 RGPS Cleveland$800 Main Event 26th $2,845 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #88: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’em 76th $2,590 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 250th $876 2022 PokerNews Cup Golden NuggetPokerNews Cup 113th $2,210 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 37th $16,827 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $1,000 PLO 6-Max 31st $3,279 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em 25th $38,231 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 849th $960 2022 MSPT Cleveland$1,110 Main Event 95th $2,111 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #81: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 75th $2,578 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty 19th $13,566 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #43: $1,000 Double Stack 5th $123,710 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main EventMSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event 66th $5,315 2020 Midway Poker Tour ChicagoMidway Poker Tour Chicago $1,100 Main Event 10th $5,290 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Bounty 337th $1,000 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Hollywood Casino ColumbusMain Event 58th $3,067 Run It Up Reno VIII$1,100 Thursday Thrilla 6th $4,310

Biography Nick Petrangelo is an American poker player from Massachusetts who has earned two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and amassed $24.1 million in live tournament earnings, putting him second on the state’s all-time money list. Petrangelo, whose first cash dates back to 2009, earned his biggest score to date at the 2018 WSOP, where he took down the $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller for $2.9 million. The same year, Petrangelo finished third in the WSOP’s $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller for $720,103, proving himself to be a true crusher in the high roller fields.

Biography Nick Eastwood is a British poker player and member of the 888poker StreamTeam. Eastwood discovered poker while at university, and started out by playing sit and go’s and MTTs. He eventually moved on and now plays 6-max cash games. Read More: Introducing FIVE New Members of the 888poker StreamTeam “Im thrilled to have joined 888pokers StreamTeam!” said Eastwood. “I feel really optimistic about undertaking this journey with 888poker, and I cant wait to get going!

Biography T.J. Cloutier had been a great, well-rounded athlete upon entering college at the University at California at Berkeley with a scholarship to play both football and basketball. When things got rough for his family, Cloutier was forced to drop out of school and settle for a job to do his part. This lasted until he was drafted into the army and sent to fight for the country. It was with this tour of duty that T.

Biography Jake Schwartz is an American poker player from New York with $3.8 million in live tournament earnings. The biggest score of Schwartz’ career came in December 2015 when he finished fourth in the $10,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $412,187. Many of Schwartz’ biggest scores have been earned on the WPT trail, including a second-place finish in the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble for $228,590 and another runner-up finish in the 2020 WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event for $177,680.

Biography Punnat Punsri is a Thai poker player and ambassador for Natural8. A regular on the PokerGO Tour, he won two High Roller titles in two days to start 2022. Punsri exploded onto the poker scene in 2020 when he started playing high-stakes live poker tournaments. He captured his first six-figure prize in January 2022 by winning a $10,000 PokerGo Tour High Roller at the Venetian Las Vegas for $118,037. One day later, he won another $10,000 buy-in event for an additional $133,200 before finishing third in a $50,000 buy-in event one day after that for $593,481.

Biography Ankit Ahuja is an Indian poker player with over $2.1 million in live tournament earnings as of October 2023. A former tech consultant who worked for PokerStars, Ahuja took down the $1,100 Eureka Main Event at 2023 European Poker Tour Cyprus for a career-best $362,365. “I think this is the best win,” he said after the victory. “I mean, every win is very special … You know, the more you know, you get better, you learn things.

Biography Jack “Treetop” Straus was an American poker player who won the 1982 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Nicknamed “Treetop” as a result of him being 6'6", Straus died of an aortic aneurysm on August 17, 1988 while playing high-stakes poker at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Later that year, Straus was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1988. He holds the dubious honour of being one of three Poker Hall of Famers to die whilst playing cards, joining Tom Abdo and Wild Bill Hickok.

Biography Jake Schindler is an American poker player and World Series of Poker bracelet-winner. He won Event #12: $50,000 High Roller at the 2022 WSOP, winning $1,328,068 in the process. Biography Born September 25, 1989, Schindler hails from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania but now resides in Florida. He began playing tournaments back in 2009, and four years later won the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) for nearly $150,000 under the screenname “CaLLitARUSH”.

Biography Andre Akkari is a Brazilian poker player, WSOP bracelet winner and PokerStars Ambassador. He is also the CEO and founder of FURIA, a Brazilian eSports organization. Akkari won his WSOP bracelet back in 2011, winning Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $675,117. In 2022, he narrowly missed out on a second finishing second in Event #52: $2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed for $135,848. Brazil Home to Online Poker “Elite” says PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari

Biography Sam Greenwood is a Canadian poker player and World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner with over $33.6 million in live tournament earnings as of September 2023. Sam Greenwood Background Greenwood is from Toronto, Canada and originally worked as a stock trader before making the jump to professional poker. He is the twin brother of professional poker player Lucas Greenwood and the younger brother of poker pro Max Greenwood.

Biography Brian Rast is an American poker player and winner of six World Series of Poker bracelets, and a 2023 Poker Hall of Fame inductee. He is one of only two players to have won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship on three occasions, doing so in 2011, 2016 and 2023. Read More: Life in the Rast Lane: Brian Rast’s Incredible Poker Journey Biography Rast was born in 1981 in Denver, Colorado.