Isaac Kempton

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #57: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller 55th $43,946 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 1256th $15,000 2022 BetMGM Poker Championship$3,500 Main Event 18th $14,269 2022 Wynn Millions$10,000 Main Event $10,000,000 GTD 2nd $1,093,314 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #80: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha 57th $5,271 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 430th $26,700 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 44th $16,141 $10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD)$10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD) 92nd $31,842 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Hard Rock Tampa$1,700 Main Event 1st $290,974

Joey Weissman

Biography Joey Weissman is an American poker player with over $4.5 million in career earnings. He is a WSOP bracelet winner, taking down Event #46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em at the 2012 WSOP for $694,609. In 2021, Weissman won USPO Event #5: $10K NLHE for $204,000. The following year, he added another $224,236 to his bankroll with victory in the inaugural BetMGM Poker Championship Main Event. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris10,300 EPT High Roller 12th €63,150 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris3,000 Mystery Bounty 105th €3,480 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona5,300 EPT Main Event 247th €10,200 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #90: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 78th $16,088 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #19: $500 NL Hold’em Summer Saver 91st $1,455 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #16: $600 Online Deepstack Championship 43rd $3,844 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker 152nd $10,749 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,50 Monster Stack 157th $9,020 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 50th $7,001 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #26: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 565th $1,400 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Deepstack 44th $2,683 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #2: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Bankroll Builder 8th $15,031 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 385th $4,070 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #2: $25,000 High Roller (6-Handed) 6th $188,219 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #1: $333 No-Limit Hold’em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off 170th $1,016 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris5,300 EPT Paris Main Event 189th €9,250 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris1,100 FPS Paris Main Event 73rd €3,980 The Return - A Borgata Championship Event$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed) 85th $10,967 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller 177th €5,090 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #85: $1,500 The Closer 187th $3,800 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 223rd $53,900 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 52nd $10,061 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty 467th $3,120 2022 BetMGM Poker Championship$3,500 Main Event 1st $224,236 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 21st $32,459 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #41: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 249th $1,160 2022 Wynn Summer Classic$2,200 Mystery Bounty 254th $3,475 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 7th $75,282 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 747th $960 2022 World Series of PokerOnline No-Limit Hold’em BIG $500 121st $1,118 2022 Wynn Millions$10,000 Main Event $10,000,000 GTD 29th $55,235 2022 Wynn Millions$1,600 Mystery Bounty $1,500,000 GTD 35th $9,519 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 216th $44,200 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 44th $9,288 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #43: $1,000 Double Stack 368th $2,002 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 125th $1,362 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 178th $2,627 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em 303rd $2,590 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #8: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 34th $8,027 2021 WSOP.

Billy Baxter

Biography Billy Baxter is an American poker player and seven-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. Five of Baxter’s seven bracelets have come in 2-7 Draw. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006 and has amassed over $2.7 million in career earnings. Baxter famously won a 1986 court case that argued that poker was a game of skill. In 2010, Baxter narrowly missed out on a World Poker Tour title, finishing fifth for $246,921.

Dylan Weisman

Biography Dylan Weisman is an American poker player who won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 2021. He won Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $166,461. A PLO instructor for Upswing Poker, Weisman entered the final day with a dominant chip lead and eventually came out on top of a field of 1,069 players to win $166,461. “It’s my bar mitzvah all over again!” laughed Weisman after his victory.

David Oppenheim

Biography David Oppenheim is an American poker player who was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2019. Having started out playing poker during his second year in college, Oppenheim has been consistently crushing the the high stakes cash games for many years. He is a regular winner in the high stakes games in Bobby’s Room. “Being recognized as one of the all-time greats by my peers is truly humbling, and I am honored to have been selected to the Poker Hall of Fame,” said Oppenheim about his induction.

Yuri Dzivielevski

Biography Yuri Dzivielevski is a Brazilian poker player with four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and over $5 million in live tournament earnings. Dzivielevski is best known as an online player who has racked up millions in earnings on PokerStars playing under the username “theNERDguy.” He was a PartyPoker Ambassador fromSeptember 2021 to January 2023. Live Poker Achievements Dzivielevski has enjoyed success on the live felt, and at the 2019 WSOP he won his first bracelet and $213,750 by taking down Event #51: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better.

Barry Greenstein

Biography Barry Greenstein is an American professional poker player from Chicago, Illinois. He is widely recognized as The Robin Hood of Poker for donating big parts of his poker winnings to charity. Greenstein has three World Series of Poker bracelets in his trophy collection as well as two World Poker Tour titles. Intro Barry is a very professional player and never seems to lose his cool at the table, even if he does lose the occasional $1 million pot on an episode of High Stakes Poker.

Alexandre Mantovani

Biography Alexandre “Cavalito” Mantovani is a Brazilian poker player and 888poker Ambassador. “I cant speak for others, but ever since Ive started my career as a poker player, Ive always dreamed of being a professional representing a poker site. And Im very happy to have reached another goal in my career!” said Mantovani. Be sure to follow Mantovani on Twitch, Instagram or Twitter. Sign up to 888poker Don’t have an account with 888poker yet?

Chad Eveslage

Biography Chad Eveslage is an American poker player and three-time WSOP bracelet winner from Indiana with over $7.1 million in career earnings and two World Poker Tour (WPT) titles. Five American Poker Players to Watch in 2022 Growing up on a cow farm in southern Indiana, Eveslage discovered poker on ESPN during the Moneymaker Boom and started playing online. After starting off with play money, Eveslage did well in poker and started playing real money in high school.

Linda Johnson

Biography Linda Johnson is an American poker player and former WSOP bracelet winner. She was an inaugural inductee to the Women in Poker Hall of Fame and was the second woman (after Barbara Enright) to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. “I am extremely proud and humbled to be voted into the Poker Hall of Fame, Johnson said at the time. I feel lucky to have been involved in many facets of poker over the past 35 years.

Johnny Moss

Biography Johnny Moss was an American gambler and poker player. His nickname was ‘The Grand Old Man of Poker’. During his career, he won nine World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets including three WSOP Main Events (1970, 1971, 1974), a feat matched only by Stu Ungar (1980, 1981, 1997). In 1979, Moss was an inaugural inductee to the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979. Moss died in December 1995, aged 88.

Lander Lijo Bereciartua

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s 39th $3,916

Nicholas Walsh

Biography Nicholas Walsh is a PokerStars Ambassador and face of the PokerStars Twitch Channel. He has commentated on some of the biggest online festivals such as the Stadium Series, SCOOP and the prestigious Sunday Million. He has also commentated on the European Poker Tour, including EPT Barcelona. PokerStars’ Nick Walsh on ‘Donk3399’ $2M Win: ‘I Sat There in Shock’ As a player, Walsh specialises in the more unusual hold’em formats such as Spin & Go and Kick Off.

Jukka Juvonen

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2010 PokerStars.net APPT CebuMain Event 7th 805,000 PHP 2010 PokerStars.net APPT MacauMain Event 26th 76,400 HKD

Mikhail Semin

Biography Mikhail Semin is a Russian poker player and commentator who is a member of GGPoker’s Team Russia alongside Anatoly Filatov and Mikhail Shalamov. He has final-tabled the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on two separate occasions. Related: Brush up on your H.O.R.S.E. strategy! Mikhail Semin Top 5 Cashes Year Event Buy-in Place Payout June 2016 WSOP Millionaire Maker $1,500 7th $160,726 June 2016 WSOP H.

Dan Harrington

Biography Dan Harrington is an American poker player and author who won the 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Over the course of his career, “Action Dan” won two WSOP bracelets, made four WSOP Main Event final tables, won a WPT title and over six million dollars in tournament winnings. In 2010 he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Biography Harrington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 6, 1945.

Jack McClelland

Biography Jack McClelland is a former poker tournament director and cardroom manager. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of fame in 2014. Being inducted into the Class of 2014 Poker Hall of Fame is a very exciting prospect and I am sure it will be a very humbling experience, said McClelland. I thank everyone involved in this process and to the WSOP, WPT and all of the great people I have met and the wonderful people I have worked with throughout the years.

Jen Harman

Biography Jennifer Harman is an American poker player. Over the course of her career, she won two World Series of Poker bracelets. Mother to two children, Harman was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2015. Biography Harman was born in Reno, Nevada on November 29th, 1964. She suffered from kidney problems, and would go on to receive two kidney transplants. Her mother died from kidney failure. She began playing poker by sneaking into casinos at the age of just 16.

Lucille Cailly

Biography Lucille Cailly is a French poker player, writer, and stand-up comedian who resides in London, England. She has recorded over $1.5 million in live tournament earnings, with her best cash being $1,386,267. Cailly finished in second place in the 2012 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final to pick up the seven-figure payday, having lost out on the title to Mohsin Charania. Since 2016, Cailly toned down her hours on the felt and shifted her focus onto a career in comedy.

Benjamin Spragg

Biography Ben “Spraggy” Spragg is a British poker player and PokerStars Ambassador. After graduating in 2012, he started playing poker and streaming on the internet. Spragg started as a cash game player, but after grinding those tables he moved over to tournament poker. He first joined PokerStars as a member of Team Online in 2017. Over the course of his career he has won numerous online titles, including World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) titles in 2020 and 2021.

Alejandro Lococo

Biography Alejandro Lococo, also known by his stage name “Papo MC” is an Argentinian MC, avid poker player, and former PokerStars Ambassador. Lococo has racked up $1,343,127 in live tournament earnings, which includes four cashes under the WSOP umbrella. Prior to Lococo finishing 7th in the 2021 WSOP Main Event Final Table, his best live cash of $36,772 was achieved thanks to his fifth-place finish in the MILLIONS South America Rio Open.

Todd Brunson

Biography Todd Brunson may be the son of poker legend Doyle Brunson, but since turning pro himself after dropping out of Texas Tech University, Todd had put his own stamp on the poker world. Among his accolades, Todd has amassed over $3.2 million in career tournament earnings and owns his own WSOP gold bracelet. Much like his father, most of Todds poker career has been spent playing cash games. Hes a regular in the highest limits around Las Vegas and has proven himself to be one of the best players in the world.

Darren Elias

Biography Darren Elias is an American poker player with over $10 million in total live earnings and is a regular name in the high roller scene. Elias is the most successful player to have competed at the World Poker Tour, where he has won over $4.5 million. He has four titles under the WPT umbrella from 13 final table appearances. He narrowly missed out on a fifth title in May 2022, finishing second in the SHR Poker Showdown to Mark Davis.

Scotty Nguyen

Biography Scotty Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American poker player. Over the course of his career, he has won five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets including the 1998 WSOP Main Event. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2013. Thank you so much, this is wonderful news, Nguyen said at the time. You work so hard, you put so much time in that you want and hope it will be recognized.