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.
Koray Aldemir – Net Worth: Two Bracelets, $23M in Earnings, and One Very Deliberate Tax Move!
Aldemir had $12M in earnings before the Main Event and added $8M more. The gross total is easy to find, but the net figure is the part worth examining.
Qui Nguyen – Net Worth: The Man Who Turned $1,100 into an $8 Million Payday!
The 2016 WSOP Main Event made Qui Nguyen both famous and wealthy. But the gap between his headline prize and actual net worth is larger than most assume.
Jamie Gold - Net Worth: What the 2006 WSOP Champion Is Worth Today
Jamie Gold's net worth is estimated at $10-$14 million. A breakdown of his 2006 WSOP earnings, career income, and why the exact figure remains uncertain.
WSOP $888 Crazy Eights – Format, History and Notable Winners
The WSOP $888 Crazy Eights is one of the World Series of Poker’s most iconic No-Limit Hold’em events, known for its accessible buy-in, massive fields, and strong prize pools.
How Poker Became One of the World’s Most Unifying Games
"It doesn't matter where we are from; we are all human beings. There should be one flag."
Those words, shared by former 888poker ambassador Bruno Kawauti during a conversation at 888Live Barcelona, capture something poker does better than almost any other game: it brings people together on equal terms.
