The richest poker players
The wise men say: money is everywhere around you, even in the air. As the evidence to that statement one can mention gambling activities, which at times grant people with huge sums of cash for, practically, doing nothing.
The fortunate individuals, we are going to talk about, don’t work for 8–10 hours on daily basis and aren’t engaged in any kind of exhausting brainwork. Yet, they manage to earn millions of dollars by simply entertaining themselves and life seems to be very gracious to their approach.
Annie Duke
Annie Duke is the first to start and the only female star in our list of professional poker players. The woman managed to earn 8 million dollars playing poker and is currently known all over the planet. Ever since her great success Annie was invited for a variety of TV shows, including the Celebrity Apprentice. She’s now a published author and is known for tutoring Ben Affleck of playing poker prior to her worldwide fame.
Chris Ferguson
This aged 52 player from California has won 5 World Series of Poker bracelets. Despite his somewhat rough cowboy-style appearance, the man is very educated and originates from a family where both parents have PhD in math. Chris has got PhD himself in computer science. No doubt, he is very intelligent, for his playing strategy brought him as many as 25 million dollars.
Phil Ivey
For the time this man’s been playing poker professionally he has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets and received a prestigious title the World Poker Tour. Phil Ivey is undoubtedly one of the greatest poker players of all times, whose total gambling income is around 100 million dollars. Not bad!
Dan Bilzerian
This guy is an iconic playboy, always driving fast cars and appearing on public in a company of cute ladies. But, naturally, what would one do if he had a comparably huge amount of cash? Bilzerian won his money through the numerous competitions and poker tournaments. His previous big winning was 10 million dollars, while the total profit counts the whole 150 million.