Biography Josh Arieh is an American poker player and five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. He can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. In 2021, he won the WSOP Player of the Year title after cashing eleven times and winning two bracelets for combined cashes of over $1.1 million. Poker Achievements Arieh’s first recorded cash was a bracelet at the 1999 World Series of Poker, winning a $3,000 Limit Hold’em event for $202,800.

Biography Brian Altman is an American poker player. He is a three-time World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event champion. He has also won three WSOP Circuit rings, most recently in February 2022. In June 2022, he won his first WSOP bracelet in the $400 NLHE Online Event for $110,662. Altman started playing poker in high school after watching Chris Moneymaker win the WSOP Main Event. His first WPT title came in 2015 winning the Lucky Hearts Poker Open for $723,000.

Biography Erik Seidel is one of the winningest and best known players in poker history. He is the remaining member of poker’s old generation, but is still able to compete in the modern field collecting poker’s major titles and trophies. Intro Erik Seidel is one of the most recognized faces in poker. With more than $40 million in career winnings, nine World Series of Poker bracelets and one World Poker Tour title, numerous money finishes in all of the world’s major poker tournaments and a place in the Poker Hall of Fame, Seidel is nothing but one of poker’s living legends.

Biography Mike Watson is a Canadian poker player and two-time European Poker Tour (EPT) champion with over $20 million in live tournament earnings. “SirWatts” won his maiden EPT Main Event title in 2016 by taking down the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event for $728,325. Seven years later, Watson won the 2023 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event for $825,731 to become just the third player in poker history to earn live EPT Main Event titles.

Biography Alexandre Reard is a French poker player and Unibet Poker Ambassador. His also a World Series of Poker bracelet-winner. In 2021, he won Event #47: $5,000 Freezeout NLH, defeating Daniel Strelitz heads-up to take home $428,694. “When I saw the river card, it was just an indescribable feeling,” Reard said after the victory. “I was seeing my wife and all my friends crying and exulting on the rail. It’s such a sincere and strong moment!

Biography Yiannis Liperis is a Cypriot poker player with over $2 million in career earnings. He is number one on the Cypriot All Time Money List. The largest cash of his career came in 2019, finished 13th in the PokerStars Players Championship for $261,750. In 2022, he finished fourth in the $5,300 Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event for $230,000. A regular on the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, Liperis won GUKPT Blackpool in 2018 and has four other top-four finishes (2nd - Blackpool 2015 & Luton 2018, 3rd - Manchester 2021, 4th - Walsall 2017)

Biography Justin ZeeJustin Bonomo is one of the most known poker players in the world and has been a fixture of the super high roller and high roller circuit for a number of years. He currently sits on top of the The Hendon Mob All-Time Money List with over $57 million in live tournament earnings. Intro Justin Bonomo is a professional poker player currently residing in Vancouver, Canada. He is also a well-recognized live and online player known by his alias ZeeJustin.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #13: 10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship 5th €341,000 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #8: 25,000 NLH GGMillion 2nd €365,000 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #6: 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha 13th €12,425 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris1,100 FPS Paris Main Event 103rd €3,460 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$10,300 PCA Main Event 32nd $33,800 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 94th $73,100 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 55th $10,425 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 20th $23,327 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 78th $10,066 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 43rd $2,643 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $3,000 Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 2nd $87,854 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $50,000 High Roller 7th $192,570 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold’em 662nd $2,160 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #52: $1,000 Seniors Championship 389th $2,344 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #14: $1,500 Seven Card Stud 36th $2,457 MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.

Biography Jordan Banfield is a Canadian poker player and streamer. In 2021, he joined 888poker as part of their Twitch StreamTeam. I’m very excited to work with 888poker!," he told PokerNews “I aim to provide great content through this collaboration and proud to rep the brand as one of their online pros. 888poker Stream Team Member Jordan Banfield Sets Sights on $100k Bankroll Twitch Channel: twitch.tv/jordanbanfield_ Sign up to 888poker Don’t have an account with 888poker yet?

Biography Carlos Mortensen is an Ecuadorian poker player who won the 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Known as ‘El Matador’, Mortensen has also won three World Poker Tour (WPT) titles and has cashed for over $6.7 million on the WPT alone, more than any other player. In 2016, Mortensen was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Biography Born in Ambato, Ecuador on April 13, 1972, Mortensen moved to Spain as a child.

Biography Josh Reichard is a poker pro from Janesville, Wisconsin who was inducted into the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Hall of Fame in September 2022, becoming just the 10th member of the club. He won an MSPT event in 2013 in Milwaukee and has 26 cashes on tour overall. Reichard has over $2 million in lifetime live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. His greatest claim to fame isn’t his MSPT Hall of Fame honor.

Biography Vanessa Kade is a Canadian poker player who rose to prominence when she won the 15th anniversary PokerStars Sunday Million for $1.5 million. In addition to the career-best seven-figure score, Kade has picked up over a million in live tournament earnings. Formerly a video game designer, Kade turned to poker full time and played primarily online while streaming on Twitch. In March 2021, Kade, playing under the username “Niffller,” took down the Sunday Million 15th Anniversary after getting through a massive field of 69,876 players, in what Kade called “the best day of my life.

Biography Jaime Staples is a Canadian poker player and PartyPoker Ambassador. The popular Twitch streamer joined PokerStars back in 2015, but parted ways in 2019. Later that year he joined PartyPoker. The Staples Brothers Have Some Tips for Streaming on Twitch - Check Them Out! In 2018, Staples famously won a $150,000 Weight Loss Bet against Bill Perkins. In 2021, Staples finished third in the WPT Online Series WPT500 for $74,227.

Biography Andrew Lichtenberger is an American poker player and WSOP bracelet winner. He won his WSOP bracelet in 2016, taking down Event #52: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $569,158. “It feels amazing to win,” Lichtenberger said at the time. “I’ve been playing the World Series since 2009, and I’ve been watching it since I was a kid when I saw Chris Moneymaker win, so it feels amazing.” WPT Legends Dunst and Lichtenberger Discuss Online Poker

Biography Justin Saliba is an American poker player and WSOP bracelet winner. He won the 2021 WSOP Online Event #15: $5,300 High Roller Freezout for $253,800. From Bust to High Roller Champion Justin Jsaliba2 Salibas Road to WSOP Gold The following year, he finished fourth in Event #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em at the 2022 WSOP for $194,525. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris3,000 Mystery Bounty 41st €5,300 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 60th $32,200 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona50,000 Super High Roller Second Chance 5th €100,600 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 781st $25,000 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 151st $5,471 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #13: $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Championship 33rd $12,036 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 32nd $8,491 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $50,000 High Roller (8-Handed) 19th $81,983 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed) 18th $56,931 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #13: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack 299th $1,202 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 101st $2,664 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #2: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Bankroll Builder 230th $1,311 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 2055th $1,160 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em III 6th €65,900 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship 134th $40,300 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$10,300 PCA Main Event 82nd $22,300 The Return - A Borgata Championship Event$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed) 5th $304,629 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #32: $10,000 NLH Super High Roller 8-Max 1st $154,752 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #30: $5,300 High Roller 10th $10,625 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #29: $1,000 NLH Championship 45th $2,829 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #5: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack 52nd $1,321 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #86: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 60th $16,000 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 113th $5,290 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 8-Max 24th $8,868 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Bracelet Championship 74th $2,657 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 4th $194,525 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 58th $11,694 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em 511th $4,172 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em 24th $38,231 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #14: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 259th $2,630 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 697th $1,050 2022 World Series of PokerOnline No-Limit Hold’em BIG $500 199th $799 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo5,300 Main Event 15th €46,890 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo1,100 FPS Main Event 84th €3,660 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #88: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 54th $10,076 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,111 Little One for One Drop 564th $1,779 2021 MPT Venetian$1,600 Main Event 66th $4,777 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #26: $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 52nd $3,779 2021 WSOP.

Biography Sam Soverel is an American poker player from Florida who has amassed $18.2 million in live tournament earnings, putting him third on the state’s all-time money list behind Sean Winter and Jason Mercier. Just a month after getting his first tournament cash, Soverel finished second in the 2011 $3,500 WPT Jacksonville Main Event for $187,762. Soverel quickly moved up in stakes and now primarily plays a high roller schedule. In October 2016, Soverel took down a $100,000 Aria Super High Roller for just over a million, his biggest tournament score to date.

Biography Cary Katz is an American businessman and high stakes poker player who founded PokerGO, a streaming service that offers coverage of various high roller tournaments and World Series of Poker (WSOP) events. Katz, who almost exclusively plays high rollers, has won an incredible $34.5 million in live tournament earnings to put him eighth on the all-time money list. Originally from Georgia, Katz earned his first tournament cash in 2004 at Festa al Lago II in Las Vegas, where he finished 24th in United States the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship for $10,381.

Biography Felix Schneiders is a German poker player, Twitch streamer and PokerStars Ambassador. Schneiders plays under the username “xflixx” on PokerStars, and joined PokerStars Team Online in 2013. Sunday Million Where Poker Dreams Are Made says Felix “xflixx” Schneiders A former math student and “Magic: The Gathering” player, Schneiders began playing poker in 2005 and has since become a small- to mid-stakes six-max no-limit hold’em specialist. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris1,100 FPS Main Event 477th €2,170 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague1,100 Eureka Main Event 73rd €6,850 2023 UKIPT Edinburgh1,100 Main Event 29th £1,720 2023 PokerStars Summer Festival Malta1,100 Main Event 25th €4,490 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker$1,050 Main Event 500th $2,521 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 PokerStars NL Hod’em Players Championship 40th $69,100

Biography Calvin Anderson is an American poker player and four-time bracelet winner with over $3.5 million in live tournament earnings. Anderson’s first cash dates back to 2009 when he finished sixth in the European Poker Tour (EPT) London 50 No-Limit Hold’em - Shootout for $2,468. Five years later, Anderson won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet by taking down the 2014 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo for $190,538. He won a second WSOP bracelet in 2018 when he won the $10,000 Razz Championship for $309,220.

Biography Jim Collopy is an American poker player and three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. He won his first bracelet at the 2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific, winning Event #2: $1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha for A$69,662. Eight years later, he got his hands on a second bracelet after winning Event #32: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. for $172,823. It always feels cool to win on a big stage, so Id say thats what makes it most different, Collopy said comparing his second bracelet to the first.

Biography Loni Harwood Hui is an American poker player and two-time WSOP bracelet winner. She has also won five WSOP Circuit rings and has amassed over $3.4 million in total live earnings. In 2020, she married fellow two-time bracelet winner Phillip Hui. She won her first bracelet in 2013, winning Event #60 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $609,017, topping a field of 2,541 players. That year she also made two other final table finishes.

Biography Berry Johnston is an American poker player who won the 1986 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Over the course of his career he has won five WSOP bracelets, including in Razz and Omaha, with his first bracelet coming in the very first WSOP Heads-Up Event held at the WSOP. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2004. Johnston’s last live WSOP cash came during the 2016 World Series of Poker, but he most recently cashed in two events during the 2020 WSOP Online.

Biography Mikhail Shalamov is a Russian poker player who is a former member GGPoker Ambassador. A former member of PokerStars Team Pro Online, Shalamov has been playing since 2008 and is one of Russia’s most popular and entertaining players. He regularly streams on his Twitch channel. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry! Sign up through PokerNews and you will receive a welcome bonus worth up to $600.

Biography Mimi Tran is a Vietnamese-American poker player with over $1.6 million in live tournament earnings who appeared on the first season of High Stakes Poker in 2006. In 2006, Tran had a career-best score in the World Poker Finals Mashantucket $9,700 Championship, where she finished third for $472,228. The previous year, Tran finished fourth in the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Atlantic City $9,500 Championship for $189,240. In the late 1990s, Tran had two close calls to winning a WSOP bracelet.