Shuffle Up & Deal: 888poker Ambassadors Face Day 1 of the WSOP Main Event: Episode 2
Follow 888poker ambassadors through the extremely intense drama of Day 1 at the WSOP Main Event. Detailed chip counts, hand recaps, and reactions inside.
The Pilgrimage: Inside Team 888poker Ambassadors’ WSOP Journey: Episode 1
Join five Team888 ambassadors as they prepare to travel to Las Vegas and soak up the atmosphere on the Strip before the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Sam Farha – Net Worth: He Lost the Hand That Launched the Poker Boom and Still Made $100M!
Sam Farha's recorded tournament earnings are under $3M. Estimates put his net worth at $100M. The gap lives in cash games that no database has ever tracked.
Mike Sexton – Net Worth: 15 Years Calling the WPT Before He Could Win It
Mike Sexton called the WPT for 15 seasons, co-founded an online poker site, and won a bracelet in 1989. His tournament total tells only part of the story.
Antonio Esfandiari – Net Worth: The $18.3M Win and the One Question He Refused to Answer!
Antonio Esfandiari won $18.3 million at the 2012 WSOP, then the biggest prize in the sport. What he kept after backing arrangements is still an open question.
Erick Lindgren – Net Worth: $11M in Earnings and Less Than $50,000 in Assets!
Erick Lindgren earned over $11 million in recorded prize money and a $250,000-a-month Full Tilt dividend. But the bankruptcy filing paints a different picture.
Erik Seidel – Net Worth: $49M in Earnings and $5.4M That May Never Have Arrived
Ten WSOP bracelets and nearly $49M in recorded earnings. The figures most sites quote for Seidel are likely wrong, and Full Tilt left a documented gap.
Allen Cunningham Net Worth: A Tournament Pro You Might Be Underrating
Allen Cunningham has won five WSOP bracelets and nearly $12 million in recorded earnings. Here's his estimated net worth and why it's hard to pin down.
Stu Ungar – Net Worth: Three WSOP Main Event Titles and a Final Count of Zero!
Stu Ungar won the WSOP Main Event three times, matched by only one other player. His tournament record and his financial story couldn’t be further apart.
Ryan Riess - Net Worth: The Man Who Said No to Sponsors and Yes to $8.3M
Ryan Riess won $8.3M at his first WSOP Main Event. He told CNBC that staking and taxes cut that to roughly $2M. So, what is he actually worth today?
Pius Heinz – Net Worth: $8.7M, Tax-Free and a Champion Who Stepped Away
Pius Heinz won $8.7M in 2011, paid no tax on it, and then largely disappeared from poker. Fifteen years later, the net worth figure is anyone's guess.
Espen Jørstad – Net Worth: The $10M Prize He Waited Six Months to Collect
Norway's first WSOP champion won $10 million on a $1,050 satellite, weeks after losing $1M in crypto. What he collected, and when, is a different story.
Joe McKeehen – Net Worth: The Man Who Won $7.6M and Still Calls It a Job
McKeehen's 2015 WSOP Main Event win remains one of the most dominant in history, but $7.6M from one tournament tells only part of his financial story.
Daniel Weinman – Net Worth: Back at the Office Five Days After Winning $12.1 Million!
In 2023, Weinman took home the largest first-place payout in WSOP Main Event history. That figure and what he kept are what we're here to find out.
Ted Forrest – Net Worth: Three Bracelets in One Summer, But Not the Expected Financial Story!
Forrest won three WSOP bracelets from six tournaments in 1993. His biggest income later came from a poker site, not a poker table. And that is long gone.
