Poker Pros Bios
Many poker players are better known by an online handle or a table nickname than by their legal name. These bios link each pro's screen name to their real name and cover career highlights, all backed by sources.
- Nick Schulman (Nicholas Schulman)
Nick Schulman (Nicholas Schulman): USA poker pro, #1 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $6,394,764 won. Real name, career and facts. - Punnat Punsri
Punnat Punsri: Thailand poker pro, #3 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $6,539,867 won. Real name, career and facts. - Alex Foxen (William Alex Foxen)
Alex Foxen's real name is William Alex Foxen. Born 1991 in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, he is a 4-time WSOP bracelet winner with about $59.9M in live earnings. - Eelis Parssinen (Eelis Jaakko Eino Pärssinen)
Eelis Parssinen (Eelis Jaakko Eino Pärssinen): Finland poker pro, #5 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $6,503,084 won. Real name, career and facts. - Jesse Lonis (Jesse Davidson Lonis)
Jesse Lonis: USA poker pro, #7 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $4,743,887 won. Real name, career and facts. - Danny Tang (Daniel Chi Tang)
Danny Tang (Daniel Chi Tang): Hong Kong poker pro, #8 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $7,632,662 won. Real name, career and facts. - Daniel Dvoress
Daniel Dvoress: Canada poker pro, #9 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $7,885,714 won. Real name, career and facts. - Adrian Mateos (Adrián Mateos Díaz)
Adrian Mateos (Adrián Mateos Díaz): Spain poker pro, #10 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $8,454,327 won. Real name, career and facts. - Ren Lin (Tony Lin)
Ren Lin (Tony Lin): China poker pro, #13 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $2,938,692 won. Real name, career and facts. - Bryn Kenney
Bryn Kenney: USA poker pro, #15 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $10,921,695 won. Real name, career and facts. - Kristen Foxen
Kristen Foxen's maiden name is Kristen Bicknell. The Canadian poker pro, born 1986, holds the women's record with 6 WSOP bracelets and about $19.2M won. - Brock Wilson
Brock Wilson: USA poker pro, #19 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $2,290,420 won. Real name, career and facts. - Isaac Haxton
Isaac Haxton: USA poker pro, #25 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $4,155,893 won. Real name, career and facts. - Shaun Deeb (Shaun Frank Deeb)
Shaun Deeb: USA poker pro, #41 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,230,312 won. Real name, career and facts. - Daniel Rezaei
Daniel Rezaei: Austria poker pro, #6 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $5,959,432 won. Real name, career and facts. - Joshua Reichard
Joshua Reichard: USA poker pro, #12 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,389,017 won. Real name, career and facts. - Artur Martirosian
Artur Martirosian: Russia poker pro, #17 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $6,053,870 won. Real name, career and facts. - Benjamin Tollerene
Benjamin Tollerene: USA poker pro, #50 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $5,901,022 won. Real name, career and facts. - Brandon Wilson
Brandon Wilson: USA poker pro, #2 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $7,567,046 won. Real name, career and facts. - Klemens Roiter
Klemens Roiter: Austria poker pro, #11 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $5,847,566 won. Real name, career and facts. - Maurice Hawkins
Maurice Hawkins: USA poker pro, #14 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,028,443 won. Real name, career and facts. - Justin Liberto
Justin Liberto: USA poker pro, #18 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,456,874 won. Real name, career and facts. - Aleksejs Ponakovs
Aleksejs Ponakovs: Latvia poker pro, #20 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $7,350,676 won. Real name, career and facts. - Quan Zhou
Quan Zhou: China poker pro, #21 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $3,029,080 won. Real name, career and facts. - Amarillo Slim (Thomas Austin Preston Jr.)
Amarillo Slim's real name was Thomas Austin Preston Jr. He was the 1972 WSOP Main Event champion, a Texas road gambler and a prop-bet legend. - Dandy (Crandell Addington)
Crandell Addington, nicknamed 'Dandy,' was a Texas road gambler, WSOP co-founder, two-time Main Event runner-up and 2005 Poker Hall of Fame inductee. - Johnny Moss (John Moss)
Johnny Moss, born John Moss in Marshall, Texas, was a Texas road gambler, three-time WSOP Main Event champ, 9-time bracelet winner and an original Hall of - Sailor Roberts (Bryan W. Roberts)
Sailor Roberts' real name was Bryan W. Roberts. He was a Texas road gambler, Doyle Brunson's partner, the 1975 WSOP Main Event champion and a Hall of - Texas Dolly (Doyle Frank Brunson)
Doyle Brunson's real name was Doyle Frank Brunson. The Texas road gambler won 10 WSOP bracelets and back-to-back Main Events, and wrote Super/System. - Treetop (Jack Straus)
Jack Straus was nicknamed 'Treetop' because he stood 6'6'. This Texas road gambler won the 1982 WSOP Main Event after being down to one chip. - A. J. Benza (Alfred Joseph Benza)
A. J. Benza (Alfred Joseph Benza): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Alex Anton
Alex Anton: USA poker pro, #27 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $2,115,864 won. Real name, career and facts. - Andrew Robl
Andrew Robl: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Aren Bezhanyan
Aren Bezhanyan: Armenia poker pro, #32 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $2,912,686 won. Real name, career and facts. - Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Bernhard Binder
Bernhard Binder: Austria poker pro, #33 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $6,112,643 won. Real name, career and facts. - Biao Ding
Biao Ding: China poker pro, #24 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $3,204,949 won. Real name, career and facts. - Brad Booth
Brad Booth: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Chino Rheem (David Yongtaek Rheem)
Chino Rheem (David Yongtaek Rheem): USA poker pro, #35 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,151,320 won. Real name, career and facts. - Christopher Nguyen
Christopher Nguyen: Austria poker pro, #44 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $5,442,886 won. Real name, career and facts. - Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Darren Rabinowitz
Darren Rabinowitz: USA poker pro, #45 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,034,609 won. Real name, career and facts. - David Benyamine
David Benyamine: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - David Coleman
David Coleman: USA poker pro, #29 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $2,251,380 won. Real name, career and facts. - Doyle Brunson (Doyle Frank Brunson)
Doyle Brunson (Doyle Frank Brunson): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Eli Elezra (Eliahu Ilan Elezra)
Eli Elezra (Eliahu Ilan Elezra): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Fahredin Mustafov
Fahredin Mustafov: Bulgaria poker pro, #22 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,815,773 won. Real name, career and facts. - Gabe Kaplan (Gabriel Weston Kaplan)
Gabe Kaplan (Gabriel Weston Kaplan): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: Georgia poker pro, #43 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,719,786 won. Real name, career and facts. - Jamie Gold (Jamie M. Gold)
Jamie Gold (Jamie M. Gold): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Jason Koon
Jason Koon: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Jennifer Harman (Jennifer C. Harman)
Jennifer Harman (Jennifer C. Harman): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Joao Simao (João Simão)
Joao Simao (João Simão): Brazil poker pro, #48 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $5,521,014 won. Real name, career and facts. - Jon Ander Vallinas
Jon Ander Vallinas: Spain poker pro, #34 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $2,563,392 won. Real name, career and facts. - Julien Sitbon
Julien Sitbon: France poker pro, #47 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,049,690 won. Real name, career and facts. - Kara Scott
Kara Scott: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Khoa Anh Ngo
Khoa Anh Ngo: Vietnam poker pro, #28 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $2,409,569 won. Real name, career and facts. - Lex Veldhuis (Alexander Bastiaan Martin Veldhuis)
Lex Veldhuis (Alexander Bastiaan Martin Veldhuis): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Martin Zamani
Martin Zamani: USA poker pro, #40 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,065,630 won. Real name, career and facts. - Matthew Wantman
Matthew Wantman: USA poker pro, #42 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,938,890 won. Real name, career and facts. - Matthias Eibinger
Matthias Eibinger: Austria poker pro, #38 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $6,639,111 won. Real name, career and facts. - Mehdi Chaoui
Mehdi Chaoui: Morocco poker pro, #31 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $2,295,275 won. Real name, career and facts. - Myles Mullaly
Myles Mullaly: USA poker pro, #23 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,353,501 won. Real name, career and facts. - Nicholas Palma
Nicholas Palma: USA poker pro, #39 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $1,463,225 won. Real name, career and facts. - Norm Macdonald (Norman Gene Macdonald)
Norm Macdonald (Norman Gene Macdonald): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Phil Galfond
Phil Galfond: real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Phil Hellmuth (Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr.)
Phil Hellmuth (Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr.): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Phil Ivey (Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr.)
Phil Ivey (Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr.): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Phil Laak (Philip Courtney Laak)
Phil Laak (Philip Courtney Laak): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Philip Sternheimer
Philip Sternheimer: England poker pro, #46 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $4,554,233 won. Real name, career and facts. - Ryuta Nakai
Ryuta Nakai: Japan poker pro, #36 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $2,437,951 won. Real name, career and facts. - Sammy Farha (Ihsan Farha)
Sammy Farha (Ihsan Farha): real name, career highlights and High Stakes Poker history, with cited sources. - Sean Rafael
Sean Rafael: USA poker pro, #37 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $3,567,170 won. Real name, career and facts. - Sean Winter (Sean Sexton Winter)
Sean Winter: USA poker pro, #30 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $4,435,533 won. Real name, career and facts. - Sebastian Crema
Sebastian Crema: Canada poker pro, #49 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $580,131 won. Real name, career and facts. - Wai Kiat Lee
Wai Kiat Lee: Malaysia poker pro, #26 in the 2026 Card Player POY with $6,061,179 won. Real name, career and facts.
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