Professional Poker Players: Daniel Wins The Race

Daniel Negreanu aka “Kid Poker” leads the all time money list leaving behind Jamie Gold who won $12,198,040 till date. Daniel who recently played the fifth WSOP event, finished with disappointing 2nd position after losing the heads-up to Barry Shulman and managed to win $817,035. This win made Daniel the first in the list of all time money makers. Daniel was also declared the most successful tournament poker player officially. Many professional poker players admire his strategies and tricks of playing poker.

Till the 2nd of October it was Jamie Gold’s name that appeared first in the list. But, after finishing 2nd in WSOP event Daniel’s figure has topped. Daniel favorite game is NL-Omaha where he won most of the games. His favorite place to play poker is Las Vegas. The total cashes of 172 are under his belt. The most staggering part is 133 out of 172 are for reaching the final table. He managed to win 35 out of these tournaments.

Chri's Moneymaker - Professional Poker Player

Chris Moneymaker, people may get startled to hear that Moneymaker is Chri’s real surname. His friends call him “Money” and the crowd applauds him by saying “go money” while he is playing poker. People who don’t have any idea of poker but still want to become professional poker players then Chris is the best example to enter the world of poker. Chris has literally become a professional poker player overnight.

Chri’s moneymaker was an underdog accountant who tested his luck with $40 in an online poker tournament that was conducted by poker stars. Chris has won more than $2.5 million in that particular poker tournament. People say that Chris mostly depends on luck but he is slowly proving them wrong with this illustrious performance. The victory in an online poker tournament gave him an entry into World Series of poker (WSOP). WSOP 2003 was the first title won by Chri’s. He is among the top poker professionals for the year 2003.