Erick Lindgren was born on August 11, 1976 in California. He is an American poker player who his first major tournament in 2002. Ten months later, he won his first World Poker Tour. After six months, he walked away with million dollar price at the WPT Party Poker III Cruise.

He is of the Swedish origin, as stated by his first and last name. Presently, he is a member of the Team Full Tilt at the online Full Tilt Poker. He is known for his admirable victories at the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. He has published a book talking about the strategies in the poker tournaments, called “World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table”.

At present, his total winnings are more than $7,300,000.

Philips Hellmuth Jr. is known for holding an unbeatable record of 11 WSOP bracelets. An American poker player, he was born on July 16, 1964. He is known for his “poker brat” personality and as a renowned member of the Poker Hall of Fame.

He won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in 1989, when he was just 24 years old, defeating the champion Johnny Chan. He has made three times to the final tables of the World Poker Tour and has cashed 10 times.

He is not just being playing poker but also creating instructional articles and videos for budding poker players. He has been in the controversy for being a bad loser; one who cannot take a defeat with dignity.

Chris Bryan Moneymaker, the professional American poker player, was born on November 21, 1975 in Georgia. Before entering the mystic world of poker, he completed his masters in accounting from the University of Tennessee.

Moneymaker is famously known for his victory at the main even of the World Series of Poker in 2003. This winning game is considered to be a catalyst in bring the boom to the poker game. His autobiography was published in March, 2005.

In 2004, he finished at the second position on the Shooting Stars event (at the WPT) and walked away with price money of $200,000.

As of 2008, his total winnings sum up to be more than $2,800,000. Out of which $2,532,041 has come from the WSOP.

Gustav Hansen, known as Gus Hansen, was born on February 13, 1974 in Denmark. He is a Danish professional poker player. In his bag of achievements, he has three World Poker Tour open titles, the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament and the 2007 main event of the Aussie Millions.

Prior to playing poker, Hansen was a youth tennis champion and an excellent backgammon player. During his teenage, he was a great sports enthusiast: both indoor and outdoor games. Besides playing poker, he has done well in some of his business ventures too. A few poker websites that he created are making good business.

At present, his total winnings are more than $10,000,000. Out of this $3,104,014 has come from the WSOP.

Thuan Scotty Nguyen was born on October 28, 1962 in Vietname. He is an American poker player who is known for his record of holding five WSOP bracelets. His winning game of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in 1998 is still remembered.

Nguyen is amongst those few players who have won both $50,000 H.O.R.S.E and the Main Event at WSOP. He is known as one of the most active and emotional professional poker player. In 2009, he made $339,743 by winning the inaugural LA Poker Classic $10,000 H.O.R.S.E World Championship.

At present, his total winnings sum to be more than $10,300,000 and out of this $4,694,049 has come from winning at the WSOP!

As a part of the global boom in Texas Hold’em popularity, the European Poker Tour was started in the year 2004. It is a series of poker tournaments that are aired on the television; in Europe. This series have been influenced by the original World Poker Tour.

However, to be distinguished from the WPT, the European Poker Tour has some difference. For instance, there are 8 players on the final table, unlike the 6 in the WPT. The main sponsor and partially owner of the EPT is PokerStars.

The initiative was taken by the winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament John Duthie. He is also the co-host of the show with Colin Murray.

Michael Matusow was born on April 30, 1968 in California. He is an American professional poker player who resides in Henderson, Nevada. He started his poker career in the early 1990s by working as a poker dealer. Gradually, he became a professional poker player.

Matusow has three World Series of Poker bracelets and the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions title in his bag. He has been given the nickname of “The Mouth”, which refers to his trash-talking at the poker table. He is also known for spooling an entire game with a spectacular misjudgment. He is not very popular amongst the poker fans.

As of 2008, his winnings are more than $6,800,000. Out of this, more than $3,000,000 has come from the WSOP.

Daniel Negreanu is a professional Canadian poker player who was born on July 26, 1974, in Toronto. He has won two World Poker Tour Championship titles and four World Series of Poker bracelets.

His unconventional lifestyle led him learn poker and at the age of 21, he came to Las Vegas to become a professional poker player. However, because of “The Strip” he has to go back to Toronto to build a strong bankroll.

His poker career started in 1997 when he won two events at the World Poker Finals and was given the title of best all-around player. Since then there has been no looking back for him. Besides poker, his other passion is NHL.

As of 2008, his total winnings are over $11,200,000.

Humberto Brenes, born on May 8, 1951, started his gambling career with baccarat. But soon his realized his interest in poker and started playing tournaments in 1974. By the end of 1988, he was a regular professional poker player.

He has two WSOP bracelets in his pocket. Additionally, he has been to the final table of the World Poker Tour three times and has cashed more than 40 times at the WSOP. The most interesting part of his life is that his two brothers Alex Brenes and Erick Brenes both are in the same profession.

At present, his total winnings are more than $5,300,000 and he is considered one of the most charismatic poker players.

Johhny Chan is a professional American poker player, a Chinese by birth. His family owned their own restaurants and he was to join the family business when he came to Las Vegas on a junket. He was studying hotel and restaurant management at the University of Houston, when at the age of 21 he decided to drop out.

He came to Las Vegas to become a professional poker player. His journey of fame started with his win of the championship event at the World Series of Poker, in 1987 and 1988. He has made a record four wins in his six appearances.

Besides playing poker, he owns a fast food franchise in Las Vegas and writes regularly in Trader Monthly, a bi-monthly magazine.