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- Apr 25, 2016 Lisa’s fresh off of a second place finish that netted her a career-high $200,310. The $1,675 no-limit hold ‘em event was held at Bally’s Las Vegas on March 4 th, 2016 and Lisa had an exhilarating run to the final showdown.
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Jan 28, 2021 There are not only America-born poker players who are ruling the top 10 rich list. John Juanda is a big name in this domain. The Indonesia-born poker player has 5 World Series of Poker bracelets in his name. The MBA poker player was recognised as the Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002 by Cardplayer Magazine. His Net Worth at present is $4.4. For example, in this thread, a user wanted to find more about the best poker sites for US players (Reddit). Most users agreed that Americas Cardroom seems like the best option, even though they had several complaints about the site. Then, there’s this mega-thread where you can find a list of all the best US poker sites 2020. Needless to say.
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What would poker be without the spine-chilling feeling of possibly losing it all in the blink of an eye?
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For all players, this emotional and financial roller-coaster is what makes the game worth playing. But only professional ones can bust thousands of dollars while keeping it totally cool.
If you’re freaking out when you lose a couple hundred bucks while gambling, wait until you find out how much these five professional players lost!
Estimated losses: $5 million
Gavin Griffin marked poker history as the youngest player to win a WSOP tournament, snagging the Pot Limit Hold’Em in 2004. He also won the prestigious Triple Crown, followed by an EPT in 2007 and 2008. In 2012, his total live winnings approached $5 million.
However, Griffin fired out most of this money. Alongside the cost of playing in live tournaments and the high Californian taxes, he developed a gambling addiction that cost him heavily.
He eventually had to step down several levels and go back to the lower stakes tables in order not to go completely broke.
Estimated losses: $18 million
Gus ‘The Great Dane’ Hansen has always been famous for his crazy swings: after having won four WPT’s in a year and made six final tables, amassing over $11 million, the Danish player hit rock bottom in 2014.
His losses on Full Tilt surpassed $20 million in September, losing as much as $630,000 in a week alone! He managed to get a little bit ($1.2 million) back, but with total losses of -$18 million, the man set the record of online poker losses.
If a reasonable reaction would be to curl up in fetal position and start crying, the Great Dane kept it cool, declaring : “I still have money in my pocket. My online numbers aren’t looking too pretty, but I can still afford a sandwich.”
Many professional players might have gone broke, but few with quite the same laid-back attitude.
Estimated losses: $20 millions
Of all the poker pros who went broke, Scotty Nguyen embodies the genuine old school poker legend: weird gambling superstitions, memorable punchlines, amazing bluffing skills and terrible drinking habit.
When he emigrated from Vietnam in the eighties, Scotty started earning a living by bussing tables at a restaurant. Tired of being treated poorly by his employer, he eventually decided to quit, with a $270 pay check in his backpack. He took his money to Lake Tahoe where he started playing poker and turned it into a six figures bankroll within a week.
Until the end of the nineties, Scotty reached the poker heights, winning over $11 million in career tournament earnings. Unfortunately, his multiple addiction problems started to take over and he soon hit a losing streak that left him broke.
Estimated losses: $25 millions
Former member of Team Full Tilt and two-time WSOP and WPT winner, Erick “E-dog” Lindgren counts among the poker players who made the most money of all time: as of 2016, he ranks 38th in the All Time Money List of poker with over $10 million in tournament earnings.
Unlike other poker legends often known for their excesses, Lindgren impersonated, with his friendly demeanor and pleasant table manners, the average Joe who was living the poker dream.
Sadly, Lindgren developed a severe gambling addiction which lead him to file bankruptcy several times and become. He is deeply indebted to Pokerstars (-$2.5 million), the IRS (-$3.8 million), Andy Bloch (-$1.1 million) and many other players (-$5 million).
In 2013, Erick Lindgren entered a rehab program for gambling addicts in California.
Estimated losses: $30 millions
Stu Ungar is widely regarded as the best poker player of all times. Thanks to his uncredible I.Q. and photographic memory, “The Kid” managed to win the WSOP Maint Event three times in 1980, 1981 and 1997.
However, because of poor money-management skills and a devastating addiction to cocaine, he fired out all of his earnings.
Despite having won about $30 million during his poker career, The Kid died with no assets to his name, making him the ultimate king of all the professional players who went broke!
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As poker players become more skilled in live tournaments, they often watch their rankings on sites like the Global Poker Index and other ranking sites. Each have a unique system of awarding points for tournament finishes throughout each year and ultimately declaring a “Player of the Year.”
The 2019 rankings from the Global Poker Index (GPI) were revealed during the first week of 2020, and the top player from Australia is Kahle Burns. He had a very successful year in poker and finished fourth in the overall world rankings as well.
How Players are Ranked
The Global Poker Index is a ranking system for live tournament poker players around the world. Players are ranked in overall performances, as well as by country and gender.
Tournaments are ranked if they include at least 32 participating players requiring a buy-in of at least $1 and open to the public, not restricted by gender, age, or invitation-only status. And players must cash in the money of a tournament to garner points.
Tracking encompasses the past 36 months from the date of interest. The GPI limits results to five per half-year time periods for the most recent half of that 36 months and four results per half-year periods for the most distant 18 months.
The score plus the aging factor equals the GPI rank.
Now, let’s look at the top 10 Australian poker players from 2019!
Kahle Burns (3,641.63 points)
Kahle Burns had an amazing year in poker. By the end of November, he was actually ranked number one in the entire world, but he slipped to fourth place in December. But he held on to the top spot in the Australian rankings.
In 2019 alone, Burns earned more than $4.3 million in live tournaments, starting with a High Roller win at the Crown Poker Championships in May. He earned two WSOP gold bracelets at the WSOP Europe series in the Czech Republic in October, won a Poker Masters title in Las Vegas in November, and had numerous final tables in high-stakes tournaments from the Bahamas to Barcelona.
Already in 2020, Burns won a Super High Roller at the partypoker MILLIONS UK just last week for $350,000, so he’s already on his way to another amazing year.
Robert Campbell (2,274.67 points)
Campbell had a breakout year in 2019, his best year in live tournament earnings by far in his career with more than $753,667. He has been ranking since 2011 but had an impressive World Series of Poker in Las Vegas in 2019 with two gold bracelet event wins, not to mention several other final tables.
Michael Addamo (2,210.27 points)
One of Australia’s star poker players, Addamo had a solid year in 2019 with an Aria High Roller win in June and final tables of high-stakes events throughout the year totaling nearly $2.3 million. But 2018 was a better year for him with more than $2.8 million in winnings.
Michael Egan (2,067.48 points)
With nearly $488K in winnings in 2019, Egan did most of his best work in Aussie tournaments. However, his win in 2019 came at the WPT Cambodia in the High Roller event. Look for him in 2020, though, as he already scored more than $63K in the first 10 days on the calendar.
Vincent Huang (1,925.50 points)
A year of earnings totaling more than $344K put Huang in fifth place in the Aussie POY rankings. His year began with two wins at the 2019 Aussie Millions and stayed strong with final tables at The Star Sydney Champs and WPT events in Australia and Vietnam.
Andrian Chin (1,863.50 points)
This Perth player earned more than $282K in 2019, winning events at the Crown Poker Championship and Sapphire Series Poker Challenge.
David Wang (1,861.85 points)
With final tables from Las Vegas to Taiwan, Wang’s big win in 2019 came at The Star in the APL Million. All in all, he earned close to $259K in 2019.
Michael Seymour (1,858.96 points)
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Winnings of more than $255K in 2019 started for Seymour with several final tables and a win at the 2019 Aussie Millions Poker Championship. He also final tabled events at WPT Vietnam, APT Philippines, and WPT Australia.
Hussein Hassan (1,843.63 points)
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Calling Sydney home, Hassan had his best year yet in 2019 with more than $439K in tournament winnings. This sum included a win in the APL Million Main Event and one at the WPT Australia series.
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Sam Higgs (1,785.14 points)
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Another career best for an Aussie player happened for Higgs with more than $418K in winnings. Top finishes with the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Monte Carlo, ARIA Las Vegas, EPT Barcelona and Prague, and World Series of Poker Europe showed great promise for an even better 2020.