Ranking online poker leaders is a difficult task. The fact is that such official data practically does not exist. The only site on the Internet that gives some information about online winnings is HighstakesDB, but even there the results are not complete, and there are no statistics for 2007 at all. On top of that, there are a lot of gaps regarding European poker networks.
But the good news is that the lion's share of high stakes cash games are played on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, and HighStakesDB has the most comprehensive information about the games played from these two online poker favorites. As for MTT and SNG tournaments, there are almost no statistics on these competitions online. That is why we take into account only cash games.
leader this list will be an American poker pro Phil Ivey.
Phil dreamed of becoming a professional poker player since the age of 16, and in 2000 he won the first WSOP bracelet.
Ivy online first began to play poker games at Full Tilt Poker, where he entered the initial composition of the pro room team. He won $19 million over 320,000 hands on Full Tilt, earning himself a reputation as the strongest cash game player. After the events of Black Friday, Phil did not officially play online for a long time, and with the restart of Full Tilt, he again appeared in this room, but with a new nickname - Polarizing, but his former success has not returned to him yet - in a year, Phil Ivey lost $2686113 per 82000 change.
Considering Phil's live winnings ($17 million - tournament) - he can rightfully be considered the most successful poker player in history.
Patrick is considered a heads-up expert and has played full tilt on Full Tilt. His former nicknames: PatrikAntonius, CryMeRiver9, Luigi66369, FinddaGrind (last). In total, Patrick won $15.8 million during his FTP career.
Phil Galfond became the third player in the ranking of the best online players.
He started in Sit and Go tournaments, and as he climbed the stakes, he switched to expensive cash games. Under the nickname OMGClayAiken on FTP and MrSweets28 on PokerStars, Phil fought the very best, earning over $10 million.
Dan Cates- 4th in the ranking of online players, his total online winnings amounted to more than 8 million dollars. Cates was fond of video games as a child, and moved to online poker at an older age. He started at the micros and in a couple of years he reached the heights of the industry, fighting and defeating monsters like Tom Dwan and Viktor Blom.
Top 10 best online poker players:
1. Phil Ivey - $16,556,631
2. Patrik Antonius - $15,804,368
3. Phil Galfond - $10,082,549
4. Dan Cates - $8205232
5. Dee Dang - $8,096,382
6. Hak Dang - $7,441,380
7. Ben Tolleren - $6,576,548
8. Brian Hastings - $6,359,799
9 Rafi Amit - $5,466,642
10. Ashton Griffin - $4,854,719Top 10 best online poker players at PokerStars:
1. Jens Kyllenen (Finland) - $3,832,957
2. Ben Sulsky (USA) - $3,452,553
3. Ben Tolleren (USA) - $2,804,597
4. Alex Millar (USA) - $2,714,894
5. Ola Amundgard (Norway) - $2,650,420
6. Rafi Amit (Israel) - $2358904
7. azn_baller3 (Thailand) - $2270553
8. Hak Dang (USA) - $2,088,563
9. EireAbu (Ireland) - $1,793,874
10. Ilari Sakhamis (Finland) - $1,787,367Top 10 Best Online FTP Poker Players
1. Phil Ivey (USA) - $16,556,631
2. Patrik Antonius (Finland) - $15,804,368
3. Phil Galfond (USA) - $8,633,833
4. Dan Cates (USA) - $7,543,703
5. Hak Dang (USA) - $7,441,381
6. Dee Dang (USA) - $7,411,127
7. Brian Hastings (USA) - $5,383,881
8. Ashton Griffin (USA) - $4,854,719
9. Ab Mosseri (USA) - $4,160,304
10. Ben Tolleren (USA) - $3,771,951
A list of the most successful and successful poker players has appeared on the Internet. We bring to your attention the Top 10 online players. Every amateur and professional knows their names and everyone wants to be like them. Today we'll look at cash games from sites like PokerStars and Full Tilt. It is on these sites that games with the highest stakes are usually held.
Top 1 Phil Ivey
Let's start our ranking from the first place, namely Phil Ivey, who became the most successful cash game player. He is 38 years old, but Ivey is already famous all over the world, thanks to his amazing poker game. Already at the age of 16, he knew who he would be and what he would do. Phil has always dreamed of becoming a professional poker player. When he worked for a telecommunications company, he often beat his colleagues at poker. So, slowly, he was drawn into professional poker. His first big win was at the WSOP, he won about $200,000.
Top 2 Patrik Antonius
The second place in the ranking is occupied by Patrik Antonius. He became famous for being able to play on Full Tilt under several accounts (nicknames) at once. For Patrick, 2009 became a legendary year, when he took part in a heads-up session and not against anyone, but Viktor Bloom himself. It was in this game that the biggest prize fund- $1.5 million. This fight was won by Patrik Antonius and became almost a legend. I would also like to mention the fact that Patrick won only $16 million on Full Tilt.
Top 3 Phil Galfond
The third place is rightfully occupied by Phil Galfond. His rise as a professional player was at PartyPoker, where he quickly made his way to the most expensive games. He then moved on to cash games, where he was a resounding success. Since then, he has become one of the best in the business. In one day, he was able to earn almost $ 2 million.
Top 4 Dan Cates
Fourth place in our ranking is Dan Cates, who managed to earn $10 million in cash games. And it all started with video games, where Dan spent his entire childhood. Gradually, his hobbies began to change, and he decided to try his hand at poker. At first he was not lucky and he lost. But since Cates was a very diligent guy, he turned into a real professional in just two years.
Top 5 Dee Dang
Dee Dang rounds out the top five the best players to poker. I must say that Dee is a very secretive guy and there is very little information about him. But what everyone knows is that he knows how to achieve his goals. He revealed his abilities on Full Tilt. At the moment, his account balance is $8.5 million.
Top 6 Hak Deng
Sixth place is occupied by Hak Deng. By the way, he is Dee Dang's brother. Hack is a humble guy who knows how to beat his opponents. And that's why he now has more than $7 million on his personal account. The Deng brothers are a very formidable force in online poker e.
Top 7 Ben Tolleren
Seventh place belongs to Ben Tollerene. He is only 23 years old, but he has been playing poker since 2007. Ben is always open to the press and admits that poker is his only source of income. He does what he loves and does it well. On his account is not a small figure - $ 6.5 million.
Top 8 Brian Hastings
Brian Hastings is number eight on the list. Brian loved mathematics and all the exact sciences from childhood. Thanks to the theory of probability, which was taught at his university, Hastings developed a passion for poker. From that moment his life changed, he became a professional poker player. There is quite a bit on his personal account - $ 6 million.
Top 9 Rafi Amit
Rafi Amit, as everyone has already guessed, occupies the ninth line in the ranking. He came to fame and glory back in 2005, when he won first place in the WSOP. More than $5.5 million is on his personal account.
Top 9 Ashton Griffin
The last tenth place was taken by the American Ashton Griffin. Griffin is a true poker star. Before becoming rich and famous, Ashton was a real poor man. Now he has over $5 million on his account.
Top 10 best online poker players:
- Phil Ivey - $16,556,631
- Patrik Antonius - $15,804,368
- Phil Galfond - $10,082,549
- Dan Cates - $8,205,232
- Dee Dang - $8,096,382
- Hak Dang - $7,441,380
- Ben Tolleren - $6,576,548
- Brian Hastings - $6,359,799
- Rafi Amit - $5,466,642
- Ashton Griffin - $4,854,719
Of course, the number 1 sport in Russia is hockey. But our compatriots are able to show excellent results not only in power martial arts, but also where intelligence is needed to win. Take chess, for example: most of the greatest grandmasters are Russians. Another very popular modern head game is poker. And here, what pleases, ours do not graze the back, showing excellent results on the world poker arena. We decided to compile the top 5 best poker players in the country in live events, and also selected the top five most successful representatives of Russia online.
Let's start with our legends who were able to glorify themselves and their homeland by playing in live poker tournaments:
- 5th place - Alexey Bilokur (career prize money - $3.95 million)
Our top is opened by Alexey Bilokur, a resident of the capital of Russia. He is one of the few players who primarily aims to grow professionally, and not be content with fleeting prize money. But, nevertheless, over the years of playing, he has already managed to earn almost $4 million. In 2014, his main dream came true - Bilokur won the WSOP gold bracelet, becoming the best in the $10,000 limit hold'em tournament. He received $398,576 for winning the tournament thousand prize money. It is worth noting that this is not his biggest career win. Two years earlier, Alexei won the PCA high roller no-limit poker tournament, where he won $1,134.93 million in prize money. Alexey Bilokur is now ranked 834 in the GPI ranking.
- 4th place - Alexander Kravchenko (career prize money - $4.23 million)
A native of Arkhangelsk is the first Russian to win a WSOP gold bracelet. 2007 is by far the most successful year of his career - it was then that Kravchenko sensationally reached the final table at the WSOP Main Event, where he was eliminated 4th, receiving $ 1,852,721 million as a reward. Also in that year he received the title of "Player of the Year" in Paris, for the best performance among players from Europe. At the moment it is 794th in the GPI ranking.
- 3rd place - Vitaly Lunkin (career prize money - $5.91 million)
A native of Moscow early childhood began to get involved in intellectual games. He plays backgammon very well, and also became the best in renju competitions, but poker brought him world fame and fame! During his long playing career (since 2002), Vitaliy boasts two WSOP bracelets, as well as several serious results on the European Poker Tour tournaments. His first high-profile triumph came in 2009 when he won the WSOP 40th Anniversaty tournament with a $40k buy. Then his prize was $1,891,018 million. a little over $1 million. Now it ranks 392 in the GPI ranking.
- 2nd place - Ivan Demidov (career prize money - $6.84 million)
Perhaps, it was after the enchanting success of Ivan Demidov at the WSOP that a real poker boom took place in Russia. The young Muscovite was seriously interested in e-sports, where he also reached certain heights. But over time, Sergey Rybachenko "pulled" him into the game, agreeing to pay all Ivan's expenses at various world events, taking 80% of his prize money for himself.
As a result, this tandem paid off already in 2008: Demidov visited two "finals" of the WSOP and WSOPE tournaments, and at the Main Event he managed to finish the game in second place! Then his prize was $ 5.8 million, Demidov got only 20%. AT last years Ivan ceased to please us with high results, for which he dropped down to 5659th place in the GPI rating.
- 1st place - Igor Kurganov (career prize money - $10.67 million)
Igor Kurganov was born in the USSR, but as a strong poker player he managed to prove himself already as a resident of Germany. Igor prefers to play events for heavyweights. It was his success in the Super High Roller tournament in 2014 that brought him fame and popularity: at the Grand Final of the European Poker Tour in Monaco, with a buy of €100,000, he became the best and earned €1.07 million. Ivan Demidov and become the most successful poker player in Russia.
Now we will talk about the five most successful Russian online poker players:
- 5th place - Vasily "ravic85" Tsapko (winning online - $ 2.601 million)
Vasily Tsapko is considered one of the most successful Russian MTT regulars at high stakes. He is also famous for his excellent play in turbo tournaments. During his online career, he has already managed to mark several first places in Sunday events, but his biggest cash prize was waiting for him after participating in the WCOOP Main Event in 2015, where he managed to take 5th place, replenishing his bank account immediately with $400 thousand. GPI it is at 6895 place.
- 4th place - "hellohellohello" (winning online - $3.007 million)
The player who occupies the 4th place in our rating, like many online players, decided to stay in the shadows. The only thing we know is that he is a resident of Tolyatti, who is probably the most successful player in his city. His gaming preferences are multi-table tournaments.
- 3rd place - Alexander "NoPlanB" Mordvinov (winning online - $ 3.108 million)
Another resident of Moscow was in our top. Alexander started his online career in 2009. He did not immediately begin to play at large stakes, overcoming the level of micro-limits at the start of his career. Initially, he mainly played at cash tables, later he switched to playing heads-up at medium and high stakes. But in the end, he realized that it was more interesting to play multi-table tournaments (and, as it turned out, more profitable), after which he became an MTT regular. In the GPI ranking, he takes a modest 25596 place.
- 2nd place - Anton "aJarov" Yakuba (winning online - $3.77 million)
A well-known regular from St. Petersburg is already the owner of several Triple Crowns. He also repeatedly reached the "finals" of such major tournaments as the Sunday Warm-up. In 2015, he was part of the Russian team, which then celebrated its triumph at the World Cup of Poker. Prefers to play at PokerStars.
- 1st place - Maxim "MAMOHT_T" Mamontov (winning online - $5.744 million)
Unfortunately, we know almost nothing about the player who topped our rating. But the main thing we know is that he is our fellow countryman, who shows great results online, having managed to win more than $5.77 million! The MTT regular from Krasnodar likes to play Dota 2 in addition to poker and travels a lot with his wife. At one time, Maxim was one of the top 20 MTT players around the world.
Separately, I would like to note the results of another of our fellow countrymen - Andrey "aangierr" Poteychuk. This poker player just missed out on getting into the top players online ($2.601 million), and also managed to make decent offline earnings ($2.549 million). Andrey managed what many players cannot do - he perfectly balances participation in live events and long gaming sessions on the network.
In offline competitions, Poteychuk won the EPT tournament in 2011, becoming the best at the tournament in San Remo ($957.47 thousand in prize money), and after a while he wins the WPT stage in Prague, replenishing his budget by another $630.263 thousand. online Andrey at the dawn of his career managed to unexpectedly take first place in one of the tournaments of the Mini FTOPS (Full Tilt) series, for which he received $146.92 thousand. Then he moved to PokerStars, where last year he "dragged" Spin and Go for $180 thousand ., and also finished fifth in the weekly Sunday Million tournament (about $50,000).
