In this online poker article we will take a look at the online poker players who are believed to have won the most money from online poker. We will reveal their real identity behind the online poker nick and tell you how much they are estimated to have won from online poker.
3 Biggest online poker winners:
Phil Ivey
It might come as a surprise that we think Phil Ivey is indeed the biggest online poker winner of all time. After all everyone agrees that he is a great poker player. But most consider him to be almost exclusively a live player. However according to the statistics Phil Ivey has won over $11millon at FullTiltPoker alone during the last 3 years. And it is believed that already before that time he used to play online poker, with great results, at UltimateBet.com poker (Phil Ivey played at UltimateBet.com poker under the screen name DonButtons).
Phil Ivey life time online poker winnings estimate: $13million.
His winnings come from across several games, however especially in the 7 card stud, pot limit omaha games and mixed games he has been unstoppable.
Patrik Antonius
Almost everyone has seen Patrik Antonius crush the games over at FullTiltPoker, where he is estimated to have won around $6million. However already before Patrik Antonius began playing at FullTiltPoker he was playing the biggest online poker games at bunch of European online poker sites.
At Ladbrokes online poker Patrik Antonius used to play under the online poker nick I_KNOCKOUT_U and was one of the biggest winners in the $200/$400 fixed limit games, as well as in their biggest no limit holdem and pot limit omaha games. Patrik also used to play at the microgaming poker network, where he would constantly win in the $200/$400 no limit holdem games, as well as MR. Antonius played the biggest fixed limit holde games at the Cryptlogic poker network.
Patrik Antonius life time online poker winnings are estimated to be: $12million.
Majority of Patrik’s winnings come from pot limit omaha.
Tom Dwan aka Durrrr and Holdem_NL
Tom Dwan is the online poker player who gets the most exposure in the main stream poker media. After appearing in the GSN High Stakes Poker and NBC’s Poker After Dark TV shows even the people who don’t follow online poker recognize his name.
Tom Dwan has been playing online poker for years, even much before he became such an online poker figure he was winning in the biggest games. These days Tom appears to do most of his online poker at FullTiltPoker, however earlier in his career he used to beat the games over at several different sites.
At PartyPoker.com he was constantly among the biggest winners in their $10/$20 and $25/$50 no limit games. At PokerStars.com he used play insane sessions in $10/$20 no limit holdem tables. He would often fire up 8 or more tables and play in them for hours, and at the end of the session he would be sitting with multiple $10,000 and bigger stacks in the tables.
Over at UltimateBet.com he used to play the no limit holdem games, but also the big pot limit omaha tables. And Tom is believed to be among the biggest winners at that site as well. Besides those major sites he also used to play at least at Paradise Poker and Microgaming poker network.
Tom Dwan’s estimated life time poker online winnings: $10million
Other notable mentions:
Phil Galfond aka OMGClayAiken
Even though he doesn’t get nearly as much attention as Tom Dwan, Phil Galfond is a best in the online poker tables. Playing at FullTiltPoker.com under the screen name OMGClayAiken Phil Galfond is estimate to have won more than $8million from online poker during the last few years. Besides FullTiltPoker he has played at least at PartyPoker.com and PokerStars.com.
Hac Dang aka Trex313
Hac Dang is another well known FullTiltPoker player. You can often find him playing in the biggest pot limit omaha and no limit holdem games. And he has done extremely well in them, as of today Hac Dang is estimated to have won more than $5million at FullTiltPoker. Little known fact is that before Hac Dang began playing at FullTiltPoker he was maybe the biggest winner in the PartyPoker.com $10/$20 6max no limit holdem games. We would estimate that Hac Dang aka Trex313 has won $7million from online poker.
