Biography Dan Harrington is an American poker player and author who won the 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Over the course of his career, “Action Dan” won two WSOP bracelets, made four WSOP Main Event final tables, won a WPT title and over six million dollars in tournament winnings. In 2010 he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Biography Harrington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 6, 1945. Both of his parents were born in Ireland. A former chess State champion, Harrington also excelled at backgammon. He first learned to play poker while attending Suffolk University. He often travelled to Harvard, where he played poker against Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Harrington was part of a group of players who were regulars at the Mayfair Club in New York. They included Jay Heimowitz, Al Krux, Erik Seidel, and Steve Zolotow. However, Harrington remained at university and eventually graduated with a degree in government and history. Over the next ten years, Harrington worked as a bankruptcy lawyer before switching to poker. He first cashed in the WSOP in 1986 and made it to the final table of the Main Event in 1987, finishing sixth. He added another cash in 1988, but would have to wait until 1995 to win his first bracelet, winning a $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em event for $249,000.

Biography Jack McClelland is a former poker tournament director and cardroom manager. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of fame in 2014. Being inducted into the Class of 2014 Poker Hall of Fame is a very exciting prospect and I am sure it will be a very humbling experience, said McClelland. I thank everyone involved in this process and to the WSOP, WPT and all of the great people I have met and the wonderful people I have worked with throughout the years. Thank you for bestowing this honor upon me. I am very grateful.

Biography Jennifer Harman is an American poker player. Over the course of her career, she won two World Series of Poker bracelets. Mother to two children, Harman was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2015. Biography Harman was born in Reno, Nevada on November 29th, 1964. She suffered from kidney problems, and would go on to receive two kidney transplants. Her mother died from kidney failure. She began playing poker by sneaking into casinos at the age of just 16. She founded the non-profit organization Creating Organ Donation Awareness (CODA),.

Biography Lucille Cailly is a French poker player, writer, and stand-up comedian who resides in London, England. She has recorded over $1.5 million in live tournament earnings, with her best cash being $1,386,267. Cailly finished in second place in the 2012 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final to pick up the seven-figure payday, having lost out on the title to Mohsin Charania. Since 2016, Cailly toned down her hours on the felt and shifted her focus onto a career in comedy. She has written her own show How to Become a Poker Millionaire (and Still Be a Loser) and performed it at the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Biography Ben “Spraggy” Spragg is a British poker player and PokerStars Ambassador. After graduating in 2012, he started playing poker and streaming on the internet. Spragg started as a cash game player, but after grinding those tables he moved over to tournament poker. He first joined PokerStars as a member of Team Online in 2017. Over the course of his career he has won numerous online titles, including World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) titles in 2020 and 2021. “As a streamer, poker events like the WCOOP are to be enjoyed, so my aim is always to put on the best show,” he told PokerNews in 2020. “Of course, that means deep runs and winning as much money as possible because, ultimately, thats what people want to see!” Is This The Worst (but Funniest) Bad Beat of All Time? In September 2023, Spragg entered the 1,100 PokerStars UKIPT Brighton Main Event alongside 351 opponents. After three intense days of high-octane poker action, Spragg found himself at the six-handed final table and with a chance to secure the first major live poker victory of his career. Spragg was fifth in chips at the start of play, but an early double-up through Sebastian Gohr with pocket aces moved Spragg towards the top of the chip counts. Spragg eliminated Gohr in sixth place to further enhance his chances of his breakout win. Eventually, Spragg navigated his way to the heads-up part of the Main Event, where he faced Germany’s a href=“https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/dominik-nitsche/">Dominik Nitsche, a supremely talented individual with four WSOP bracelets to his name. Nitsche clawed his way level but a failed bluff all but eliminated him from the tournament, and Spragg sent Nitsche to the showers on hand later. Spragg took home a career-best live score of 69,120 ($86,259) for his victory, plus his first UKIPT title, making amends for his near miss (sixth place) in the 2013 UKIPT Dublin Main Event.

Biography Alejandro Lococo, also known by his stage name “Papo MC” is an Argentinian MC, avid poker player, and former PokerStars Ambassador. Lococo has racked up $1,343,127 in live tournament earnings, which includes four cashes under the WSOP umbrella. Prior to Lococo finishing 7th in the 2021 WSOP Main Event Final Table, his best live cash of $36,772 was achieved thanks to his fifth-place finish in the MILLIONS South America Rio Open. Lococo is just as sharp at the table as he is on a microphone and has recorded four five-figure paydays, with one of those coming in the 2020 WPT World Online Championships. He finished a respectable 23rd place for $19,200 in Event #4: $3,200 6-Max Championship, $3m GTD, outlasting the likes of Nicholas Marchington, Adrian Mateos and David Peters. 2021 WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile: Alejandro Lococo

Biography Todd Brunson may be the son of poker legend Doyle Brunson, but since turning pro himself after dropping out of Texas Tech University, Todd had put his own stamp on the poker world. Among his accolades, Todd has amassed over $3.2 million in career tournament earnings and owns his own WSOP gold bracelet. Much like his father, most of Todds poker career has been spent playing cash games. Hes a regular in the highest limits around Las Vegas and has proven himself to be one of the best players in the world. Outside of the cash games where he has won millions, Todd has had significant success in tournaments. His tournament results date back to 1990. In 1992, Todd cashed at the WSOP for this first time in two events. The following year in 1993, he won $198,000 after taking down the Jim Brady Month Championship Event. In 1994, he won another six figures in a tournament after taking down the $1,500 No-Limit Holdem Hall of Fame Poker Classic. A few years went by without much stirring up the record books until 2000. This year, Brunson finished second to Ronnie Williams in the Jack Binion World Poker Open in Tunica for nearly $120,000. Two years later, five cashes at the WSOP rolled in. Immediately following the WSOP at the Festa al Lago II, Brunson won nearly $160,000 after taking down the $2,000 No-Limit Holdem event. At the 2005 WSOP, Todd would get his hands on World Series gold for the first time, a feeling that his father has come to know all too well over the years. Toss took down the $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event for over $255,000. The final table held Allen Kessler, Manny Minaya, and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman as some of Brunsons obstacles. His father Doyle also won a bracelet this year, making them the first father-son combo to both win bracelets in the same year. He also made two more WSOP final tables that year with an eighth- and a sixth-place finish for over $140,000 combined. The year had continued success for Todd after he finished runner up in the Poker Superstars Inivitational Grand Final for $140,000. He was able to earn $95,000 total from winning some of the events preliminary matches as well. To kick off 2006, Brunson won $500,000 at the Quarter Finalists Freeroll of the Poker Superstars Invitational. He also won the tournaments Grand Final for the second year in a row and earned himself another $400,000. In 2007, Brunson placed in the money in six WSOP events. His best finish that year was a seventh place for over $50,000. Off the felt, Todd has helped work with his father in the book Super/System 2. Todd wrote the seven-card stud hi-lo section of the book. Hes also contributed to Daniel Negreanus book and had some stories about him told in The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King.

Biography Darren Elias is an American poker player with over $10 million in total live earnings and is a regular name in the high roller scene. Elias is the most successful player to have competed at the World Poker Tour, where he has won over $4.5 million. He has four titles under the WPT umbrella from 13 final table appearances. He narrowly missed out on a fifth title in May 2022, finishing second in the SHR Poker Showdown to Mark Davis. Elias has yet to capture a WSOP Bracelet or Circuit ring but has cashed 49 times for a combined earnings of $872,305. He had two third-place finishes at the 2017 and 2019 WSOP in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship where he cashed for $110.944 and $109,738 respectively.

Biography Scotty Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American poker player. Over the course of his career, he has won five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets including the 1998 WSOP Main Event. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2013. Thank you so much, this is wonderful news, Nguyen said at the time. You work so hard, you put so much time in that you want and hope it will be recognized. This is something my grandkids will talk about. Its awesome, baby, thank you.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #11: $800 Flip & Go 16th $4,300 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 72nd $42,200 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #90: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 56th $18,853 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #18: $2,000 Freezeout Championship 31st $4,179 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #16: $600 Online Deepstack Championship 28th $4,659 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #64: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship 213th $1,741 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty 60th $4,023 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 2nd $443,680 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty 2nd $453,226 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 61st $7,048 2023 BetMGM Poker Championship$3,500 Main Event 127th $4,793 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 88th $5,643 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 274th $5,420 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #2: $25,000 High Roller (6-Handed) 32nd $40,000 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 281st $46,800 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $600 Deepstack Championship 30th $3,754 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 84th $6,962 2022 Wynn Millions$10,000 Main Event $10,000,000 GTD 79th $31,323 2021 World Series of PokerWSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $400 NL Holdem Ultra Deepstack 2x Re-entry 65th $1,025 MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD) 108th $4,872 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #81: People’s Choice Event Spin the Wheel 125th $1,399 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #78: $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 126th $2,638 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event, $25M GTD 249th $20,124 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #63: $500 Mini Main Event, $5M GTD 332nd $3,400 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold’em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD 72nd $4,828 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #52: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 256th $2,214 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st 706th $2,115 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #49: $500 Turbo Deepstack No Limit Hold’em 48th $2,807

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #11: $800 Flip & Go 16th $4,300 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 72nd $42,200 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #90: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 56th $18,853 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #18: $2,000 Freezeout Championship 31st $4,179 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #16: $600 Online Deepstack Championship 28th $4,659 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #64: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship 213th $1,741 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty 60th $4,023 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 2nd $443,680 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty 2nd $453,226 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 61st $7,048 2023 BetMGM Poker Championship$3,500 Main Event 127th $4,793 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 88th $5,643 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 274th $5,420 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #2: $25,000 High Roller (6-Handed) 32nd $40,000 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 281st $46,800 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $600 Deepstack Championship 30th $3,754 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 84th $6,962 2022 Wynn Millions$10,000 Main Event $10,000,000 GTD 79th $31,323 2021 World Series of PokerWSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $400 NL Holdem Ultra Deepstack 2x Re-entry 65th $1,025 MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD) 108th $4,872 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #81: People’s Choice Event Spin the Wheel 125th $1,399 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #78: $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 126th $2,638 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event, $25M GTD 249th $20,124 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #63: $500 Mini Main Event, $5M GTD 332nd $3,400 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold’em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD 72nd $4,828 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #52: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 256th $2,214 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st 706th $2,115 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #49: $500 Turbo Deepstack No Limit Hold’em 48th $2,807

Biography Shannon Shorr is an American poker player and World Series of Poker bracelet winner with $12 million in career earnings as of October 2023. After years of being considered one of the best players without a bracelet, Shorr took down a 2023 WSOP Online US event for $89,126 and his “long-awaited” maiden bracelet. Shorr has won Poker Masters and US Poker Open titles during his career. The largest cash of Shorr’s career came in 2006 when he won a $10,300 Bellagio Cup for $960,690. He has four podium finishes in WSOP events, most recently in 2019 when he lost out to Daniel Strelitz heads-up in a $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event. Read More: Shannon Shorr Wins “Long-Awaited” First Bracelet in WSOP US Online Series

Biography Liv Boeree is a former British poker player and former PokerStars Ambassador. Over the course of her career, she cashed for over $3.8 million and won both a European Poker Tour title and a World Series of Poker bracelet the only female player in poker history to achieve such a feat. Away from poker, she has a degree in Astrophysics from the University of Manchester. She is in a long-term relationship with fellow former poker player Igor Kurganov.

Biography Ramon Colillas is a Spanish poker player best known for winning the 2019 PSPC PokerStars Players Championship for $5.1 million. With over $6.1 million in live earnings, the PokerStars ambassador sits fifth on Spain’s all-time money list. The majority of Colillas’ tournament earnings were earned in the aforementioned PokerStars Players Championship, a $25,000 buy-in event that the Spaniard freerolled into with a Platinum Pass promotion before he topped the field of 1,039 to earn the seven-figure score. But Colillas has had plenty of success on the live felt since then. He recorded his second-biggest cash in November 2021 when he ran deep in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, coming just short of the final table and falling in 14th place for $380,050. The same month, Colillas came close to winning his first WSOP bracelet when he finished fourth in a $1,500 NLH 8-Handed event for $158,972. In June 2021, Colillas won the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe Open for 45,000. The Spaniard has also had success on the European Poker Tour (EPT) trail, finishing seventh in the 2022 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event for $131,939. More recently, Colillas finished 13th in a 2022 EPT Barcelona High Roller for $67,501. Poker Dream Still Alive says 2019 PSPC Champion Ramon Colillas

Biography Vanessa Selbst is an American former professional poker player with more than $11.9 million in career earnings. She is one of only three female poker players to have won three WSOP bracelets (Barbara Enright and Nani Dollison) but is the only player to have achieved this feat only in “open” events. Selbst is arguably one of the best female poker players in history. A former PokerStars Team Pro, she retired from poker in 2018. “Poker has given me so much over the last 12 years,” she said at the time. “It has been intellectually challenging, exhilarating, fun, and extremely rewarding. It has given me the opportunity to travel to places I might never have experienced, and forge friendships with people from all over the world.” Since retiring, she has had two children with her wife Miranda Foster, who she married in 2013.

Biography Joe McKeehen is an American poker player. In 2015, he won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He defeated a field of 6,420 players to take home $7,683,346. He has since won two further WSOP bracelets with the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship in 2017 and a $3,200 High Roller event during the 2020 WSOP Online. Other Poker Achievements Following his bracelet success, he continued to play on the poker circuit and picked up the second seven-figure cash of his career less than a month later, finishing second in the PCA $100,000 Super High Roller for $1,220,840. In June 2021, he won U.S. Poker Open Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em.

Biography Stu Ungar was an American poker player widely considered to have been the greatest player in history. He won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on three occasions (1980, 1981, 1997). He won two more WSOP bracelets in 2-7 Draw (1981) and Seven Card Stud (1983). His youthful looks often made him appear younger than he was, earning him the nickname “The Kid.” Ungar’s talent and powers of recall saw him excel not only at poker but blackjack and gin rummy as well. His dominance of gin rummy cannot be understated, with nearly all gin action drying up as a result of his skilled reputation and almost clairvoyant abilities. In November 1998, Ungar died of a heart condition brought on by years of drug abuse. He was just 45. Ungar is buried at Palm Valley View Memorial Park in East Las Vegas. He was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2001.

Biography Jack “JaackMaate” Dean is a British YouTuber, podcast host and internet personality. In August 2022, he was unveiled as an 888poker Cultural Ambassador. 888poker is the Perfect Site for Beginner Poker Players “I am truly privileged to become one of 888poker’s first creator ambassadors. I’ve only been working with them for a short time. But the poker lessons I’ve learnt and the experiences I’ve lived are already things I don’t think I’ll ever forget. Team 888 is class all the way with loads of experience, and theyre a fun bunch as well. Chris Eubank Jr. is, of course, another fellow cultural ambassador for 888poker, and I’m a big boxing fan too. So, it’s an honour to be alongside him. Dean was part of the 888poker team that was sent to the 2022 WSOP, The 888poker family is a fantastic community, and Im certain I will learn a lot from them. I can’t wait to play more poker and, hopefully, win some tournaments along the way. Im also looking forward to introducing my current audience and new followers to this amazing poker community and having them be part of my newfound experiences!

Biography Ali Imsirovic is a Bosnia and Herzegovinian poker player known for his achievements on the High Roller scene. In 2021, he was named GPI Player of the Year as well as winning the first ever PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate Player of the Year Over the course of his career he has amassed over $17.5 million in total live earnings, and has won numerous High Roller tournaments including the 2018 Poker Masters. Imsirovic has also won High Roller tournaments at the Super High Roller Bowl Europe, PokerGO Cup, U.S. Poker Open, as well as at high-profile Las Vegas casinos such as the Aria, Wynn and Venetian. His biggest cash to date came at the Super High Roller Bowl in London, finishing second for 900,000. In 2022, he won an event at the PokerGO Cup for $365,500 - his 16th high roller title in the space of a year.

Biography Henrik Hecklen is a Danish poker player with over $7 million in career cashes. In 2018, he won the PokerStars EPT Prague 10,300 High Roller for 503,700 The largest cash of his career came in 2022 after he won the Triton Madrid Main Event for $2,293,679. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #84: $50,000 High Roller 10th $132,181 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty 56th $13,570 2022 PokerStars EPT London5,300 EPT Main Event 32nd £14,800 2022 PokerStars EPT London50,000 EPT Super High Roller 1st £652,700 2022 PokerStars EPT London1,100 UKIPT Main Event 194th £1,620 2022 PokerStars EPT London10,200 Mystery Bounty 2nd £52,640 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona3,000 Mystery Bounty Championship 166th €3,010 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 33rd $13,059 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #83: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 12th $87,500 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 124th $6,022 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 94th $8,761 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #50: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 9th $414,815 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 155th $5,254 2022 UKIPT London1,100 Main Event 19th £4,477 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 39th €18,140 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 5th $434,523 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller 12th $83,951 2020 PokerStars Stadium SeriesStadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max, $5M Gtd 20th $35,232 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague5,300 EPT Main Event 100th €10,970 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 28th €21,770 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 108th $59,295 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 35th $17,575 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$100,000 PCA Super High Roller 2nd $1,284,260 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 1st €503,700 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague5,300 EPT Main Event 23rd €33,540 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 38th $189,165 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final BarcelonaMain Event 30th €40,000 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour PragueMain Event 6th €34,100 2015 Unibet Open CopenhagenMain Event 5th €20,109 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague10,300 High Roller 18th €32,900 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $10,000 Main Event 75th $85,812 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #61: $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship 7th $38,073 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6th $98,687

Biography Felipe “Mojave” Ramos is a Brazilian poker player and GGPoker Ambassador. He has over $2.6 million in lifetime earnings as a professional poker player. A close friend of Brazilian poker superstar Neymar, Ramos has a fanatical following of Brazilian poker players who follow his success on Instagram, Twitter and Twitch. Felipe Ramos: A Friendly Face in the “Sport” of Poker Background After graduating from college, Ramos’ first experience playing poker was playing against his boss. He didn’t have to wait long for his first success, after winning the first 8-handed Sit & Go, and finishing runner-up to his boss in the second! In 2007, Ramos won a BSOP event in his hometown of So Paulo for R$54,400, and received a sponsorship deal that would see him turn pro and begin his poker adventures around the world. He cashed in numerous tournaments on the EPT, LAPT before heading to Las Vegas for his first WSOP in 2009. He final tabled the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event, racking up numerous firsts in the process. Not only was he the first Brazilian on a final table of a $5,000 event, he was also the first Brazilian to make the final nine in a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. After brief stints as an ambassador for partypoker and Lock Poker, he eventually signed as a PokerStars Team Pro in 2015. The Brazilian enjoyed two and a half successful years with the site, during which he was named as the best player in Latin America by The Global Poker Index in 2017. He left PokerStars in 2018, and later that year married fellow poker player Natalie Hof in Las Vegas. In October 2019, Hof gave birth to a daughter named Luna. In January 2020, Ramos joined GGPoker as their third official Ambassador after Daniel Negreanu and Bryn Kenney. Since joining GGPoker, Ramos has enjoyed playing in their Bounty Hunter Series as well as participating in the GGPoker High Roller Week.

Biography Alex Livingston is a Canadian poker player, WSOP bracelet winner, and former WSOP Main Event final tablist. In 2019, he finished third in the WSOP Main Event behind Dario Sammartino and Hossein Ensan to win $4,000,000. He had previously finished 13th in the same event for $451,398 back in 2013. Three years later, Livingston won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud for $103,292. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 418th $8,500 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 29th $77,000 2023 The Grand Big Wrap10,000 Diamond High Roller 4th €170,000 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 35th $5,762 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #77: $777 Lucky 7’s 52nd $9,070 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship 2nd $227,193 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship 2nd $261,278 2023 World Series of PokeEvent #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 16th $10,943 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #24: $1,500 Razz 45th $3,329 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 302nd $1,602 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #14: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship 10th $24,445 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 50th $12,187 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 3rd $235,062 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 369th $4,070 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 50th $10,061 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #38: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship 4th $96,104 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 36th $3,021 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #15: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 7th $61,991 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud 1st $103,282 2022 Wynn Millions$10,000 Main Event $10,000,000 GTD 3rd $745,749 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 350th $33,900 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #73: 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 21st $16,340 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #54: $2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed 39th $4,445 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #42: $1,500 Razz 7th $11,305 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 100th $2,625 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E 26th $4,505 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #10: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em 218th $1,065 2019 World Series of Poker EuropeEvent #10: 25,500 Mixed Games Championship 7th €38,389 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 3rd $4,000,000 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #51: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 7th $23,362 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 9th $12,969 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 251st $42,980 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 84th $2,617 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 32nd $5,162 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 23rd $4,899 2017 World Series of Poker EuropeEvent #6: 2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 17th €3,594 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 13th $10,248 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #30: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 13th $7,588 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em 56th $3,711 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event 13th $451,398 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout 70th $4,998

Biography Wei Seng Phua, orPaul Phua as he is more commonly known, is a mega-rich Malaysian businessman and poker player, who is usually found playing high-stakes cash games and tournaments in Macau, although he does frequent Super High Roller events that are part of the Triton Poker Series. Born in 1964, Phua, surprisingly, did not begin playing Texas Hold’em until he was in his 40s. Phua considers himself an amateur poker players despite amassing more than $25 million in live poker tournament winnings. He attributes his rapid rise in the game to the fact fellow high-stakes stars Tom Dwan, Gus Hansen, Chau Giang, Patrik Antonius, and Phil Ivey frequenting Macau casinos in the early 2010s. Although Phua prefers cash games, and Short Deck Hold’em in particular, he has an impressive tournament resume. His first recorded live cash came in a 100,000 buy-in event at Aspers Casino, London, United Kingdom, in September 2012, which he won after defeating Richard Yong heads-up. Phua walked away with 1,000,000 ($1,621,297) for his victory. That impressive haul remained Phua’s biggest-ever score for almost seven years. He bested it when he finished second to Jason Koon in a Triton Poker Super High Roller Short Deck event in Jeju, South Korea, which earned him the equivalent of $2,025,607. Phua has since reeled in a handful more seven-figure scores, including a career-best 2,558,305 ($3,113,429) in August 2019.

Biography Wei Seng Phua, orPaul Phua as he is more commonly known, is a mega-rich Malaysian businessman and poker player, who is usually found playing high-stakes cash games and tournaments in Macau, although he does frequent Super High Roller events that are part of the Triton Poker Series. Born in 1964, Phua, surprisingly, did not begin playing Texas Hold’em until he was in his 40s. Phua considers himself an amateur poker players despite amassing more than $25 million in live poker tournament winnings. He attributes his rapid rise in the game to the fact fellow high-stakes stars Tom Dwan, Gus Hansen, Chau Giang, Patrik Antonius, and Phil Ivey frequenting Macau casinos in the early 2010s. Although Phua prefers cash games, and Short Deck Hold’em in particular, he has an impressive tournament resume. His first recorded live cash came in a 100,000 buy-in event at Aspers Casino, London, United Kingdom, in September 2012, which he won after defeating Richard Yong heads-up. Phua walked away with 1,000,000 ($1,621,297) for his victory. That impressive haul remained Phua’s biggest-ever score for almost seven years. He bested it when he finished second to Jason Koon in a Triton Poker Super High Roller Short Deck event in Jeju, South Korea, which earned him the equivalent of $2,025,607. Phua has since reeled in a handful more seven-figure scores, including a career-best 2,558,305 ($3,113,429) in August 2019.