At poker tables, players get not only a sea of emotions and drive, but also pursue their main goal - to win money. In some, this is obtained with varying success, someone stands still, others lose themselves to the nines. Players with envy look at those who managed to achieve the greatest success in the game and to disrupt the biggest win in the history of poker .It is to these people that this review is devoted. Their names are known to every player who has at least a little interest in poker.
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3. Sam Trickett( $ 10 million)
The British are proud that they have a poker star of such magnitude. Sam is only 27 years old, but in his years he has already become a millionaire. Its total balance is 16.6 million dollars. Most of this amount was won at the World Series of Poker in 2012 in London. Trickett reached the final, reached the heads-up, but could not knock out the opponent and took 2nd place. He was not upset, as the second place brought him as much as $ 10 million and the third place in our ranking of the biggest winnings in the history of poker.
2. Jamie Gold( $ 12,000,000)
Jamie Gold is an American professional poker player, producer. Many young players did not hear his name, since besides winning the World Series of Poker in 2006, Jamie has not had much success since. In the tournament took part almost 9 000 people and the prize money was not small. The contribution for participation in the tournament in 2006 was $ 10,000.Jamie Gold took the first place and broke the jackpot in 12 million dollars. For a long time he was in the lead, but. ..
1. Antonio Esfandiari( $ 18,346,673)
Notorious Iranian Antonio Esfandiari beat Jamie Gold's record. The Antonio family moved to the States when he was 9 years old. Esfandiari's main achievement as a poker player is the 1st place in the 2012 World Series of Poker in London. He went into heads-up with Sam Trickett, who holds the 3rd position of our rating, and won. In addition to the deserved WSOP bracelet, he grabbed a fabulous prize - 18,346,673 dollars! It will not be easy to beat such a record.
The Legend of Poker. Phil Hellmuth
Let's digress a bit from the material values and talk about the sports side of poker. The dry figures will go down in the air, but the achievements of Phil Hellmuth will remain forever. What does the WSOP win if you do not take into account the prize money? The winner gets title and bracelet WSOP.Phil Hellmuth managed to win the tournaments of the World Series of Poker 13 times and this is an absolute record. Only a professional in his field could achieve this result. Luck plays a role, but with the skill of Phil you can not argue. By the way, in 2014 in the WSOP Phil Hellmuth failed to break even into the prize zone.