Top 10 Richest Poker Players In The World – Updated Oct. 2020

In the world of high-stakes poker, the sums of money being won and lost every day are huge.

The top players think nothing of dropping tens of thousands, or even more, in a playing session, knowing that they could easily win it back when they next sit down at the poker table.

But which professional poker players have the largest bank balances, taking into account winnings, endorsements, movie appearances, plus other income streams?

Takea look below to find out

At number 10 on this list ofthe richest poker players is Antonio Esfandiari, one of the best-known playerson the poker circuit.

The former magician managed to win three World Series of Poker bracelets throughout his career, plus hes won three WPT titles, with the first coming in 2004 at the L.A. Poker Classic.

Esfandiaris biggest ever wincame in 2012, when he won the Big One for One Drop tournament at the WSOP.This saw him win a massive $18,346,673 at the time, the largest ever livepoker prize.

At one point, he had earnedmore via tournament winnings than anyone else, until his title was taken byDaniel Negreanu.

Tony G real name Antanas Guoga is one of the loudest, most outspoken poker players around.

Hes also a politician in the European Parliament, as well as a successful businessman. Hes never won a WSOP bracelet, however he has finished in the money 15 times.

During his poker career, TonyG has won several six-figure prizes. Most of his wealth comes from his businessactivities though.

He is the chief executiveofficer of Cypherpunk Holdings, an investment company listed on the CanadianSecurities Exchange.

Next up, we come to JustinBonomo, who has found huge success in both live and online tournaments.

Hes a three-time WSOPbracelet winner and has cashed 55 times at the event. He has also won manylarge online events, including the Super High Roller Bowl Online in 2020.

Bonomos biggest ever win camewhen he won the Big One for One Drop tournament in 2018, which added $10million to his bank account and made him the number one all-time livetournament money winner, until his total was surpassed by Bryn Kenney.

Daniel Negreanu is the mostfamous poker player of all time. His personality has made him a huge hit withfans, and his skill has ensured hes one of the richest poker players around.

Kid Poker has six WSOPbracelets and is the only player to be named WSOP Player of the Year twice.Hes also a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.

Overall, Negreanu has won nearly$42 million in tournament prize money and has earned a considerable sum fromsponsorship deals, with the biggest seeing him become the face of PokerStars.

Negreanu and PokerStars parted ways in 2019 though and hes now an ambassador for GGPoker, which leaves many wondering which is the best poker room of the two. Check out our PS v GGPoker review to find out!

Bryn Kenney is an Americanplayer and perhaps one of the lesser known names on this list.

He has only won one WSOPbracelet, however he has finished in the money 32 times. He is number one onthe list of the players with the highest tournament earnings ever, withwinnings of over $55 million.

Kenney is perhaps best-knownfor winning the highest prize ever awarded at a poker tournament. He won over$20.5 million at the 2019 Triton Million charity event in London.

He actually came second, however he made a deal with eventual winner Aaron Zang when he was the chip leader, allowing him to win the larger prize.

Doyle Brunson is known as one of the greatest names in poker history.

Throughout his career, he won 10 WSOP bracelets and won the Main Event twice, in 1976 and 1977.

The retiree also regularly played cash games at Bobbys Room at the Bellagio, including a limit mixed poker game with $4,000/$8,000 blinds.

Overall, Brunson has earned over $6.1 million from live tournament winnings. How much he earned while playing high stakes cash games is unknown.

Hes also earned money from various other sources, including his book Super System, which is regarded as one of the best poker strategy books ever written.

It would be fair to say that Chris Ferguson is not the most popular man in poker.

He was accused of being one of the people behind a massive Ponzi scheme at Full Tilt Poker, which stole around $444 million from players.

Even though he later came out with an apology, it was considered too little, too late by many.

Despite his shady behaviour heis still a great player, having won the WSOP Main Event in 2000 in which hescooped a $1.5 million prize.

Overall, he has earned nearly $7 million throughout his career in live tournament winnings, with a large percentage of this figure coming from his 90 money finishes at the WSOP.

Most players will recognize Sam Farha as the man who lost to Chris Moneymaker in the 2003 Main Event.

The Lebanese poker player has bagged three WSOP bracelets over the years and although he does play tournaments, hes better known as a high-stakes Omaha cash game player.

Farhas biggest tournamentwin, aside from his prize for finishing second at the WSOP Main Event, is$488,241, which he won when finishing first at the 2010 WSOP $10,000 OmahaHi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship.

His wealth also comes from several business interests, TV and movie appearances, and writing books.

Many consider Phil Ivey to beone of the greatest players of all time. The American has managed to win 10WSOP bracelets only Phil Hellmuth has more.

He has also appeared at thefinal table of the Main Event, finishing 7th in 2009. He has won oneWPT title, plus has reached nine final tables.

Ivey has won numerous largeprizes at tournaments, including AU$4 million for coming first at the 2014Aussie Millions LK Boutique AU$250,000 Challenge.

Ivey is also a successfulonline player, plus hes a superb high-stakes cash game player, once winning $16million in three days playing against Texan billionaire Andy Beal.

Bilzerian is a huge Instagramstar and claims that most of his fortune has come from poker winnings, wonplaying ultra-high-stakes poker games.

Many are dubious of this claimthough, as he received an unknown sum of money from a trust fund, plus has manybusiness ventures, as well as a highly lucrative social media presence.

Bilzerian has made some bigclaims about his poker playing abilities, including that he made $50 millionfrom poker in 2014 alone.

He has never won a major tournament, instead claiming that his money comes from cash games only. The social media sensation has also been arrested on various occasions.

Regardless of how he got hismoney though, hes still the richest poker player in the world by far.

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Top 10 Richest Poker Players In The World - Updated Oct. 2020