Professional Poker Players

Welcome to our professional poker player profile page , The poker pros are listed in alphabetical order by first name , so scroll down and see all of your favorite poker pros and wsop winners. This page is updated daily so if you dont see you favorite Poker Pro listed check back often as we add new poker pros on a daily basis. Click poker players name for a full profile and pictures.

Aaron Bartley comes from a family of card players. Bridge, Spades, Hearts, Sheepshead, Canasta, and Gin were all a regular part of the evening’s entertainment. When it came time to go to college, he started hitting the books - the poker books, that is.

Allen Cunningham attended UCLA where he planned on pursuing an Engineering degree. While he enjoyed his studies, Allen Cunningham also discovered that playing poker in some of the local casinos was an enjoyable and profitable past time.

Amarillo “Slim” Preston - Amarillo Slim Preston has been called the greatest gambler who ever lived.

Andy Bloch started playing casino poker at Foxwoods in 1992, entering some small $35 weekly tournaments once a month. By the end of that year, he’d won one of the World Poker Finals tournaments, a $100 entry fee No-Limit Hold ‘em tournament.

Annie Duke - Duke was born in Concord, New Hampshire where her father, Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist ..

Antonio Esfandari - Antonio was born in Tehran and moved to the United States when he was nine.

Chris Ferguson - Chris can’t remember a time when he wasn’t playing cards. A stinging loss in the 4th grade (his trip queens lost to a heart flush, costing him his last $.35) made Chris resolve never to go broke again. He regularly beat his high school home game, and always returned from weekend jaunts to Las Vegas with a tidy profit.

Clonie Gowan - Cycalona (Clonie) Gowen (born 1971) is an American professional poker player.

Cyndy Violette - Cyndy Violette (born 19 August 1959 in Queens, NY) is an American professional poker player.

David Williams - David Williams Williams’s poker success was capped at the 2004 World Series of Poker..

Doyle Brunson - Texas Dolly is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 40 years.

Erick Lindgren - Erick won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first WPT win just 10 months later. Not even six months after that, Erick won the Poker Million III, where he walked away with the million dollar top prize.

Eric Seidel - Erik was born and raised in New York where he started out as a backgammon player. He spent eight years on the backgammon tournament circuit before moving on to the stock market. For years, Erik traded on Wall Street and played poker on the side. Now he lives in Las Vegas and it’s the other way around.

Erin Ness - Erin Ness is a rising star among the ladies of professional poker. Erin works as a writer for Maxim magazine

Evelyn Ng - Evelyn Ng is a former blackjack and poker dealer. You have to make sure to call her a serious contender .

Freddy Deeb - Deeb was attending Utah State University when civil war broke out in Lebanon in 1975.

Greg Raymer - Greg “Fossilman” Raymer made history when he won the 2004 WSOP Championship..

Gus Hansen - Gustav (Gus) “The Great Dane” Hansen ) is a professional poker player who lives in Monaco.

Howard Lederer - Howard made big strides in his game when he started playing in the Mayfair Culb in New York .

Isabelle Mercier - Isabelle has been the TV commentatorfor the last three editions of the World Poker Tour Championships.

Jennifer Harman - Jennifer Harman despite a reputation as a cash game player, Jennifer is making her mark in the tournament world. She won her first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2000 playing Deuce to Seven No-Limit, and her second bracelet in 2002 in the $5K Limit Hold ‘em event. Jennifer is the only woman in the world with two bracelets in the open events.

Jennifer Tilly - Tilly became involved with poker the way that many other Hollywood celebrities have in the last few years.

Johnny Chan - Chan, along with Doyle Brunson, are the only living card players to have twice won the World Series of Poker.

Joseph Hachem - Joseph (Joe) Hachem (born 3 November 1966 in Lebanon) is an Australian poker player.

Josh Arieh - Josh Arieh (born September 26, 1974 in Rochester, New York) is an American professional poker player.

Kathy Liebert - Ranked third for women on the all time money list at the World Series, Liebert, in her mid-thirties ..

Linda Johnson - The “First Lady of Poker,” serves as a Poker Relations Consultantfor the World Poker Tour..

Martin De Knijff - “The Knife” is a professional sports better and high-stakes poker player from Gothenburg, Sweden..

Mike Matusow Like many other professional players, Mike’s career began as a dealer. After countless hours spent turning cards and analyzing hands, he decided to put his money where his mouth was and start playing for himself.

Max Pescatori - Massimiliano (Max) “The Italian Pirate” Pescatori is an Italian professional poker player.

Mike Sexton - Sexton attended Ohio State University where he earned a degree in public recreation.

Paul Clark - Before turning to poker, Clark was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he worked as a medic.

Paul Phillips - In 1994, one of his colleagues discovered he had an interest in blackjack and introduced him to poker..

Phil Gordon - Phil “Tiltboy” Gordon (born July 6, 1970) is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas..

Phil Hellmuth - In 1989, Hellmuth became the youngest World Champion of Poker by defeating Johnny Chan in the WSOP main event.

Phil Ivey - Phil won his first World Series of Poker title at the age of 23 when he beat Phil Hellmuth and Amarillo Slim in the Pot-Limit Omaha event. Two years later in 2002, he won three more WSOP titles.

Robert Mizrachi - Robert’s first tournament win occurred nearly 10 years ago at the Victoria Casino in London. Robert immediately knew the game was for him, but it took six additional years to convince the rest of the world.

Scotty Nguyen - Nguyen is one of the most active players poker today, from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 events

Shannon Elizabeth - Poker player Elizabeth rocked the tables at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament.

Stu Ungar - Ungar was originally a champion gin player. By 1967, he was regarded as one of the best players in New York.

Susie Issacs - Susie gained the respect of the male players when she finished tenth in the 1998 main event.

T.J. Cloutier - Cloutier specializes in playing tournament poker, especially No Limit and Pot Limit Hold’em.

Walter Pearson - His name was Walter Clyde Pearson, but everyone in the world of poker knew him as “Puggy.”.

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