Daniel
Negreanu
Team PokerStars Pro
Daniel Negreanu is a
genuine poker icon.
He’s won four World
Series bracelets,
two WPT titles, and
many more events
that have made him
the 2nd highest live
tournament winner of
all time - with over
$12,000,000 in
career earnings.
A former
professional
magician, Antonio
Esfandiari has built
a solid list of
impressive results
in many of the most
prestigious events
around the world. He
won a WPT title in
2004 for an
incredible
$1,399,135, followed
a few months later
by a bracelet win at
the World Series for
$184,860.
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Chau Giang became
interested in poker
after seeing it
played on the
streets of his
native Vietnam, and
has since gone on to
become one of the
most successful live
players of all time.
He’s cashed at the
World Series an
incredible 51 times,
including three
bracelet wins.
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One of the biggest
and most recognized
names in world poker,
Phil Hellmuth has
achieved what is
undoubtedly the
greatest No Limit
Hold’em live
tournament record of
all time.
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There’s not much to
say about the
legendary Godfather
of poker that hasn’t
been said a million
times before. This
is a man who’s seen
and done it all in
poker and lived to
tell the tale, with
millions of dollars
won in tournaments
and cash games in a
career that spans
decades and decades.
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When your father is
the most famous man
in poker, it’s tough
to live up to
expectations when it
comes to your own
game. But with
millions in career
earnings to his name,
Todd Brunson has
more than managed to
step out of Doyle’s
shadow and make a
name for himself.
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Whether he’s sitting
at the table dressed
in disguise, taking
side bets or deep in
the tank with his
trademark hoodie
zipped up tight, the
self-styled
Unabomber is always
entertaining. Career
highlights so far
include a runner-up
spot at the World
Series in 2005, and
a win at a WPT
Invitational
tournament in 2004.
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Currently on a
massive career
heater, Scott Seiver
is proving to be one
of the best players
to come through the
ranks in recent
years. His major
league breakthrough
came when he won a
World Series
bracelet in 2008 for
a massive cash of
$755,891.
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Isaac Haxton has
been crushing both
the live and online
game for the last
few years. His
breakout live result
came when he
finished 2nd at the
2007 PokerStars
Caribbean Adventure
(PCA) for $861,789.
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Although he was
already on online
phenomenon, it’s his
World Series Main
Event win in 2009
that secured Joe
Cada’s place in the
history books at the
age of just 21. He
emerged as the new
Champion after
beating a huge field
of 6,493 for a life-changing
$8,546,435.
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With bags of
determination and
skill, Vanessa
Rousso has carved
out a name for
herself in the
biggest games live
and online. She
scored a huge cash
of $700,782 when she
finished runner-up
in the Main Event of
the PokerStars World
Championship of
Online Poker in
2007.
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Laid-back, calm and
hugely talented,
Jason Mercier has an
impeccable live
tournament record.
He exploded onto the
scene in 2008 when
he won the European
Poker Tour San Remo
event for
$1,372,893, followed
a few months later
by another EPT final
table appearance
worth $324,946.
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Whether his
opponents love him
or hate him, they
can’t deny that Tony
G has the skills to
back up his trash
talk. He has over
$4,000,000 in live
tournament earnings,
with several six-figure
paydays at the
biggest events over
a career that spans
more than a decade.
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One of the most
popular faces on the
live poker scene,
David Williams came
close to poker
immortality when he
finished as runner-up
to Greg Raymer at
the 2004 World
Series Main Event.
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Barry is one of the
most respected cash
game players in the
business, with
millions of dollars
won in just about
every high-stakes
game there is. He’s
also proved his
skills on the live
tournament circuit,
with career
highlights that
include three World
Series bracelets.
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Justin cut his teeth
online as one of the
early-breed of young
kids who learned the
game fast, with
millions of hands
clocked up in a
short space of time.
He’s now
successfully made
the transition to
the live scene,
posting a solid set
of results at the
biggest events.
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Andrew Robl is an
online poker legend
who turned a game he
played with friends
at college into a
full time job that’s
seen him post huge
profits over the
past few years. He’s
made the switch to
live poker recently,
and earned the
biggest cash of his
career so far when
he almost won a
World Series
bracelet in 2008.
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A highly-skilled
player from Holland,
Lex Veldhuis is
always thirsty for
action and looks set
to cause a stir on
The Big Game. He’s
had an impressive
run of results at
major events around
the world, including
four European Poker
Tour cashes for more
than $80,000 in
total.
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Born in the Ukraine
but raised in New
York, Eugene
Katchalov hit the
big time when he
took down the Doyle
Brunson Five Diamond
World Poker Classic
WPT event for a
massive cash of
$2,482,605 in 2007.
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New York-based pro
Abe Mosseri started
taking poker
seriously like so
many others after
the TV boom in 2003.
By the end of that
same year he’d
already made his
first WPT final
table, cashing for
$174,585 for a 4th
place finish at the
Five Diamond World
Poker Classic in Las
Vegas.
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Daniel Alaei has
been winning big on
the live tournament
scene since turning
pro after finishing
high school. After a
string of consistent
cash finishes and
victories at events
across the US, his
breakout came with a
$430,698 bracelet
win in a 2-7 Draw
event at the 2006
World Series.
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Joe Cassidy has a
long list of big-money
results in live
tournaments going
back almost a decade.
He’s cashed on the
WPT ten times for a
combined total of
more than $450,000,
including four final
table appearances....read
more
Rick Rahim is a
successful
entrepreneur and
amateur pilot from
Great Falls,
Virginia. He plays
poker as a hobby
when he has time,
and has already
proved it’s a game
that he takes very
seriously.
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Poker pro Prahlad
Friedman burst onto
the circuit when he
finished 2nd in a
side event at the
Five Diamond Poker
Classic in 2002 for
a cash of $101,446.
The following year
he made the poker
history books when
he won a World
Series bracelet in a
Pot Limit Hold’em
event.
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Dani Stern is a
native of New York
City who put his
university studies
on hold to play
poker full time as
soon as he hit 21.
Most of his success
so far has been
online, but he’s
also racked up some
impressive results
in the biggest live
tournaments.
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Jason Calacanis is a
successful
entrepreneur from
New York, who made
his fortune in the
dot-com era through
his involvement with
various internet
companies and
blogging sites. He’s
also worked in
movies, as both a
consultant and an
actor.
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Poker Pro David
‘Viffer’ Peate is
known for being an
aggressive cash game
player who will no
doubt be looking to
put pressure on his
opponents during his
time on The Big Game.
He also has history
with Phil Hellmuth,
meaning that drama
between the two
could unfold.
