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Highest Earning Poker Players in USA, UK, Australia & The Rest of the World

This article is one in which we are going to be taking a look at the stats from poker players based in the US, the UK as well as Australia and we will also be looking at players who have played at the top of their game in the rest of the world too.

Stats from Players in the USA

The highest earning poker player who is from the United States of America is Erik Seidel and his winnings from playing poker so far amounts to $30,841,306

The second best player to date who is from the USA is of course Antonio Esfandiari and thanks to his skill and abilities playing poker he has so far won a cool $26,230,553!

You may have heard of the third best poker player in the US for he has been around for many years playing all over the world and that play is Phil Ivey who has a good track record and has won in total $23,204,561!

Next is of course the fourth best player in the USA and that player is Scott Seiver and he has certainly made his mark having so far picked up a huge $20,777,877 in poker winnings! Much like all other poker players on this listing though his position may just change in the very near future based on just how well he and other players do play!

Daniel Colman is certainly a poker player who does have the knowhow and skill in regards to playing poker optimally, and he has taken part in many differently structured poker tournaments and poker games over the years and is going very well. In fact, he is currently in fifth place on our listing of the top poker players from the United States of America and to date his cash winnings are huge working out at some $20,442,739!

The Best Players in the United Kingdom

Let us now turn our attention to the poker players with the best stats in the United Kingdom as such below you are going to find an overview of the players based in Great Britain who have so far accumulated the highest amount of cash winnings.

The best poker player in the United Kingdom is currently Sam Tricket, and with total prize winnings from playing in poker events around the globe he has so far won a whopping $20,540,658!

The second best poker player in the UK with an enviable success rate in regards to the amount of cash he has won is Dave Ulliott and until his untimely death in 2015 picked up poker cash prizes totalling $6,208,015!

If you are wondering who the third best poker player in the UK is then that player is Chris Bjorin who has become a multimillionaire with his poker playing prowess and has so far won a total of $5,535,050 in prize money.

Next we shall look at the fourth best poker player in the UK and that player is no other than Roland de Wolfe who has won an enormous amount of cash playing poker that being some $5,330,556

The fifth best player in the UK is Stephen Chidwick and he is certainly not short of cash having won in total so far an enormous $4,859,825!

Stats and Winnings from Australian Poker Players

To date, the highest earning poker player who is from the Australia is Joe Hachem and his winnings from playing poker so far amounts to a whopping $11,886,371 in cash prizes.

The second best Australian player so far based on his total winnings is Jeff Rossiter and those winnings are not insignificant at some $4,624,325!

You may just have heard of the third best poker player in the Australia for he has been around for many years playing all over the world and that play is David Steicke and the reason he is third placed on this listing is that he has so far won $3,359,819!

Next is of course the fourth best player in the Australia and that player is Tyron Krost and he has certainly made his mark in his home country and beyond having so far picked up a huge $2,607,236 in cash prizes.

It is Jonathan Karamalikis who is currently on fifth place on this listing of the very best players from Australia and if you are wondering just how much he has picked up so far in winnings that amount of cash is a huge $2,504,038!

Highest Winning Players from the Rest of the World

It is a Canadian player who is top of our rest of the world poker players with the best stats and that player is Daniel Negreanu who, as of the time of writing this guide, has won in total a huge $31,545,923 playing poker!

The second best player from the rest of the world is from Canada and is of course Jonathan Duhamel and thanks to his skill and abilities playing poker he has so far won a cool $19,811,270

It is a Swedish player that is the fourth best player from the rest of the world and that player is of course Martin Jacobson who really has mastered the very fine art of playing poker and has so far accumulated cash winnings of a huge $12,015,213!

The fourth best player in the rest of the world from Vietnam and that player is Scotty Nguyen and he has certainly made a huge fortune playing poker and his winnings to date amount to some $11,789,031.

The fifth best player from the rest of the world is from Canada and that player is no other than Mike McDonald and his winnings to date are huge at some $11,748,017!

Paul Butcher

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