Biography Dan Cates, better known by his nickname “Jungleman” is an American poker player. In 2021, he won his first WSOP bracelet. Cates can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. Cates is known for playing at the very highest stakes both online and live, and was a regular feature in the PokerNews Railbird Report during the mid-2010s. In 2015, he admitted that he lost $5,000,000 while playing in Manila.

Biography Kitty Kuo is a Taiwanese poker player, and is one of Asia’s top female poker players. She has been a Natural8 Ambassador since 2016, and has amassed over $3.4 million in lifetime earnings. Kuo was the Global Poker Index Asia Player of the Year in 2013, the same year she was the runner-up in the Women’s Player of the Year category. Read More: Natural8 Ambassador Kitty Kuo Victorious in APT Taiwan Main Event

Biography Ole Schemion is a German poker player. He has won both World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker titles in a career during which he has amassed over $16 million in earnings. Schemion is a former Global Poker Index #1, having held the title for 18 weeks straight between December 2014 and April 2015. Poker Achievements Schemion shot to prominence in late 2012 after winning the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event for over 1.

Biography Kyna England is an American poker player with over $800,000 in career earnings who was named the 2021 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Player of the Year. She can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. England, originally from Illinois, enjoyed a breakout year in 2021 after leaving her job in the insurance industry to pursue a professional poker career.

Biography Phil Ivey is widely considered as one of the best poker players of all time, with over $32 million in live earnings as well as millions more in cash games and online. He is often referred to as the Tiger Woods of poker for his resemblance to the golf professional and also because he expects to win every time he performs to his greatest ability. Intro Phil Ivey was born on Feb.

Biography Jason Koon is an American poker player with over $39 million in career earnings. Koon is a former GGPoker Ambassador and was a member of their Poker Integrity Council (PIC) Koon won his first WSOP bracelet in 2021, taking down the prestigious $25K Heads-Up Championship for $243,981. “Its one of those things when youre on an airplane and a person is like, Do you have a bracelet? Im just like, Nope.

Biography Andras Nemeth is a Hungarian poker player who has had great success on both the live and online felt. He is best known for playing under his “probirs” alias, where he has won over $17 million. On the live tournament circuit, he has won over $5 million, with his largest cash of $1,082,000 being recorded in 2022. He took down the $50K buy-in event at Triton Cyprus after he defeated compatriot Laszlo Bujtas in heads-up play.

Biography Born April 6, 1982, in Colorado, Steve ODwyer got into poker after seeing Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). A Bachelor of Science in Communications graduate from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, ODwyer worked briefly in broadcasting before making a career for himself in the poker world. ODwyer, who is friends with fellow poker pros Scott Seiver and Isaac Haxton, had more than $31.

Biography Sergio Aido is a Spanish poker player, who lives in London, England. Aido is online and live tournament specialist. He has over $4 million in online earnings and has cashed for more than $12 million in live events. He has marquee victories at the World Poker Tour, UK and Ireland Poker Tour, European Poker Tour, Poker Go Tour and recently won the $1,600 No Limit Hold’em event at the 2021 Wynn Fall Classic for $270,000.

Biography With more than $3.4 million in lifetime tournament earnings (as of January 2023) on the Hendon Mob, Blake Bohn sits atop Minnesotas all-time money list. He made a name for himself on the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT), where hes won nearly $700,000 and claimed a record-tying four Main Event titles (hes currently tied with Dan Bekavac). Bohns first win came in the 2014 MSPT Grand Falls for $54,607, and the following year he won the MSPT Meskwaki for $101,229.

Biography Huck Seed is an American poker player who won the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He has won four WSOP bracelets and made two WSOP final tables during his career He also won the WSOP Tournament of Champions in 2010, and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2009. In 2008 and 2009 he made back-to-back final tables in the WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. In 2020, Seed was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Biography Jen Shahade is an American poker player, chess player, commentator and author. She is a two-time United States Women’s Champion and holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She is also a PokerStars Ambassador. The largest cash of Shahade’s poker career came in 2014 after winning the Open-Face Chinese Poker World Championship High Roller, the largest Open-Faced Chinese poker tournament in history, winning 100,000. What Can Poker Learn From The Queen’s Gambit?

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 Merit Poker Western Series$3,300 Main Event 25th $12,050 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas$10,400 WPT World Championship 83rd $53,500 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #15: $10,000 High Roller 6-Handed 7th $57,395 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 65th $46,100 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #94: 5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (8-Handed) 97th $8,815 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 128th $67,700 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s 178th $1,305 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty 35th $11,298 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker 44th $36,576 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix 36th $5,250 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em (6-Handed) 43rd $11,168 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed) 5th $368,134 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo3,000 Mystery Bounty 60th €3,650 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo1,100 FPS Main Event 315th €1,650 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty 27th €7,180 2022 PokerStars EPT London5,300 EPT Main Event 4th £227,800 2022 PokerStars EPT London2,200 UKIPT High Roller 2nd £155,780 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #81: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 85th $8,773 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack 226th $786 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 121st $8,053 2022 Wynn Summer Classic$2,200 Mystery Bounty 100th $7,723 2022 MSPT Venetian$1,100 Main Event 198 $1,500,000 GTD 14th $20,994 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw 37th $2,837 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 72nd $95,700 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #62: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 6th $31,733 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #48: $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold’em 78th $5,459 2021 MSPT Venetian$1,600 Main Event 48th $5,542 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold’em 11th $13,460 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #23: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em 10th $10,259 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #8: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 9th $32,218 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #5: $315 Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 70th $1,136 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #6: $200 FLIP & GO NO-Limit Hold’em Go Stage, $1M GTD 312th $1,236 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH - $1M for 1st Final Day, $5M GTD 635th $2,115 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #4: $800 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH 114th $2,087 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event 4th $86,900 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #20: $3,200 Main Event, $3m GTD 116th $7,200 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #75: $300 Double Stack No Limit Hold’em 77th $1,484 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #71: BIG 50, $1M GTD 1027th $365 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em 112th $1,475 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #60: $525 Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 173rd $951 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold’em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD 290th $2,855 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st 762nd $2,115 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #41: $400 COLOSSUS Day 2, $3M GTD 1429th $840 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #38: $600 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 153rd $1,663 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 261st $567 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona2,700 Warm Up 63rd €6,500

Biography Dan Smith’s name first appeared on the live tournament circuit in 2008 when the young American took down the Heartland Poker Tour Verona $1,500 Main Event and went home with $101,960 in cash. Since then things only got better for Smith, he’s now considered as one of the best poker players in the world. He’s won over $38 million in live tournament earnings, which is good to put him in seventh-place on The Hendon Mob All Time Money List.

Biography Adam Tocholke is a Canadian poker player and former member of the 888poker StreamTeam. Located in Ontario, Canada, Tocholke is a successful music producer with over 50 million streams on Spotify. Read More: Introducing FIVE New Members of the 888poker StreamTeam “I love that my favourite poker room is getting more and more into the live streaming space,” said Tocholke. “Poker is so fun to watch live, and Twitch is the perfect platform to harbour that relationship between the player and the community.

Biography Mori Eskandani is a poker TV producer and president of PokerGO. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2018. A former high stakes cash game player, for two decades Eskandani has worked behind the scenes on such programs as the World Series of Poker on ESPN, NBC Heads-Up Championship, Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship 17th $17,500 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #1: $400 NLH Kick-Off 36th $1,332 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud 27th $3,018 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em 52nd $2,631 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 32: $10,000 H.

Biography Mori Eskandani is a poker TV producer and president of PokerGO. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2018. A former high stakes cash game player, for two decades Eskandani has worked behind the scenes on such programs as the World Series of Poker on ESPN, NBC Heads-Up Championship, Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship 17th $17,500 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #1: $400 NLH Kick-Off 36th $1,332 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud 27th $3,018 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em 52nd $2,631 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 32: $10,000 H.

Biography Joris Ruijs is a Dutch professional poker player who specialises in tournament poker. Predominately an online poker grinder, one with almost $10 million in online poker earnings, Riojs is both feared and respected in equal measure. Ruijs is known as “BillLewinsky” or “KONY2012” in online poker circles, the former being his PokerStars alias. Ruijs is approaching $6 million in PokerStars winnings, an impressive haul helped by capturing a $530 NLHE Sunday Million SE title at the 2019 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) for a career-best $217,140, and a World Championship Of Online poker (WCOOP) title in 2019 for $70,158.

Biography Fernando “JNandezPoker” Habegger is a Swiss poker pro and a former member of theGGPoker Omaha Squad. An online grinder since 2006, starting in 2011 Habegger began concentrating more specifically on pot-limit Omaha, and after enjoying sustained success as a player and coach became a PLO instructor for Phil Galfond’s Run It Once coaching site. Habegger has signed with Upswing Poker to join their team of coaches, where he’s specializing in PLO strategy advice.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris1,100 FPS Main Event 125th €4,980 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #1: $1,500 Mystery Millions 331st $2,100 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$5,300 EPT Main Event 10th $74,200 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$1,100 Eureka Main Event 366th $1,675 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$2,200 Eureka High Roller 207th $3,350 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona10,300 EPT High Roller 41st €19,350 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty 128th €3,840 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #92: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 141st $2,134 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s 29th $4,678 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $400 Colossus 1882nd $700 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (6-Handed) 63rd $12,694 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 305th $2,402 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker 844th $3,440 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #56: $500 Salute to Warriors 35th $6,565 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,500 Monster Stack 405th $5,296 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #26: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 554th $1,400 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 12th $10,127 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 1496th $1,446 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #1: $333 No-Limit Hold’em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off 44th $1,650 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris5,300 EPT Paris Main Event 19th €43,100 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris1,100 FPS Paris Main Event 19th €10,640 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship 61st $61,400 2022 PokerStars EPT London3,000 Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty 14th £9,550 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event 393rd €3,600 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #88: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’em 190th $1,601 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 862nd $19,000 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 16th $20,585 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty 281st $4,560 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 35th $15,836 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $600 Deepstack Championship 197th $939 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 45th $15,482 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em 79th $13,950 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 69th $7,966 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #24: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold’em 98th $2,340 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $400 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Deepstack 283rd $682 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 741st $960 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 102nd $4,027 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em 15th $2,483 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 22nd €25,760 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague2,200 Eureka High Roller 64th €5,740 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague1,100 Eureka Main Event 142nd €4,060 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #83: $1,500 The Closer 13th $22,310 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $888 Crazy Eights 38th $10,480 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty 13th $22,298 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #61: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em 472nd $1,051 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $800 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 262nd $1,602 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed 127th $1,753 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em 163rd $5,550 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em 1172nd $1,001 2021 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #7: $5,300 Main Event 22nd $36,654 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH, $5M GTD 51st $28,363 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event 107th $3,046 2021 partypoker MILLIONS OnlineMain Event 126th $11,490 2020 PokerStars Blowout SeriesBlowout Series: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max, The Big Blowout!

Biography Walter “Puggy” Pearson was an American poker player who won the 1973 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He was one of the first participants in the WSOP in 1970, winning his first bracelet in 1971. Pearson won four WSOP bracelets in total, winning three in 1973 alone including his Main Event win. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1987. Pearson died following a heart attack in April 2006, aged 77.

Biography Never one to crawl into a shell at the table, Mike The Mouth Matusow got his nickname for his reputation of talking trash at the poker table. Of these well-known rants, Matusows most famous incident might be when he berated eventual champion Greg Raymer in the 2004 Main Event. Matusow took up poker at a young age when a friend introduced him to the game just before the 1990s. The game would soon become more and more serious for him.

Biography Adrian Mateos is a Spanish poker player. During his career he has won four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, including the 2013 WSOP Europe Main Event. During his career he has also won an EPT Main Event and a partypoker MILLIONS Main Event. He is a Winamax ambassador, and is widely considered one of the best poker players under 30. In 2017, he became the youngest player ever to win a WSOP bracelet aged just 22.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 NAPT Las Vegas$1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty 17th $1,640 2023 NAPT Las Vegas$1,650 Main Event 140th $2,980 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona10,300 EPT High Roller 70th €16,800 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris2,200 FPS Paris High Roller 74th €4,450 2022 PokerStars EPT London5,300 EPT Main Event 24th £19,600 2022 PokerStars EPT London2,200 UKIPT High Roller 62nd £4,220 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona10,300 EPT High Roller 5th €254,380 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona5,300 EPT Main Event 117th €17,820 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller 139th €5,840 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event 728th €2,040 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona10,200 Mystery Bounty 11th €10,590 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em 136th $8,701 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague2,200 Eureka High Roller 151st €3,530 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague1,100 Eureka Main Event 397th €1,910 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague10,200 No-Limit Hold’em 3rd €37,510 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 218th $44,200 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 210th $1,099 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $800 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 19th $10,526 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #6: $200 FLIP & GO NO-Limit Hold’em Go Stage, $1M GTD 103rd $2,477 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #4: $800 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH 70th $3,130 2020 PokerStars Red Dragon Manila110,000 Main Event 14th 675,000 PHP