Top 15 Richest Poker Players in the World for 2025

Bryn Kenney ($75+ Million)

Bryn Kenney broke into the ranking of the richest poker players after the £1,050,000 Triton Million for Charity in 2019. He made a heads-up deal with Aaron Zang and secured an astronomical payout of $20,563,324. Since then, Kenney has been a regular at Triton Poker Series events, frequently earning six-figure cashes. Here are his three biggest wins:

• $6,860,000 — for winning the $250K Triton London Luxon Invitational 2023
• $4,410,000 — for winning the $125K Triton Monte Carlo Main Event 2024
• $3,062,513* — for finishing second in the HK$2,000,000 Triton Jeju Main Event 2019

Kenney is also involved in poker-related ventures. He was an ambassador for GGPoker and founded the poker site 4Poker.

Justin Bonomo ($65+ Million)

Justin Bonomo reached the top of the rankings in 2018 after winning the $1,000,000 WSOP The Big One for One Drop, earning $10,000,000. That year was a milestone in his career, as he also won the $300K Super High Roller Bowl IV for $5,000,000 — the second-largest cash of his career.

Currently, Bonomo has stepped back from poker somewhat. He now spends more of his free time practicing acroyoga and engaging in political debates on X (formerly Twitter). In 2024, he recorded only 9 ITM finishes, including a 7th-place finish in the $25K WSOP Paradise Main Event for $1,300,000.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Justin Bonomo:

• $10,000,000 — for winning the $1,000,000 WSOP The Big One for One Drop 2018
• $5,000,000 — for winning the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl IV 2018
• $4,823,077 — for winning the HK$2,000,000 Super High Roller Bowl China 2018

Stephen Chidwick ($64+ Million)

Stephen Chidwick is highly respected in the poker community. He has won the “Players Choice for Toughest Opponent”Global Poker award three times, in 2019, 2022, and 2023. Unlike some of the previous players on this list, he has yet to secure a seven-figure tournament win. However, his biggest cashes have come from events across different poker formats.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Stephen Chidwick:

• $5,368,947 — 4th place in the £1,050,000 NLHE Triton Million London for Charity 2019
• $1,916,463 — for winning the €100K Short Deck Triton Madrid Main Event 2022
• $1,618,417 — for winning the $25K PLO WSOP High Roller 8-Handed 2019

Mikita Bodyakovsky ($61+ Million)

The strongest player from Belarus, Mikita Bodyakovsky, has likely won every possible high roller tournament. He holds trophies from major series such as Aussie Millions, APPT, Triton, EPT, PGT, Super High Roller Series, and, of course, WSOP. And that doesn’t even include his online titles under the nickname “fish2013.”

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Mikita Bodyakovsky:

• $7,114,500 — for winning the $1,000,000 World Poker Tour World Championship 2023
• $5,257,027 — for winning the HK$2,000,000 Triton Jeju Main Event 2018
• $2,499,184 — for winning the HK$1,000,000 Triton Montenegro Main Event 2018

Mikita Bodyakovsky continues to grind actively. At the recent Triton Jeju 2025 series, he secured 4 ITM finishes totaling over $2,200,000.

Dan Smith ($59+ Million)

Before discovering poker, Dan Smith was a chess player. He stumbled upon the game by accident — while shopping for checkers at a toy store, he mistakenly picked up a chess set instead. With no other choice, he had to learn a new game. In 2003, Smith and other chess players got caught up in the Moneymaker poker boom — between chess matches, they would pull out a deck of cards and play poker. Back then, he watched the world’s best players and thought that one day, he should be in their place.

And that’s exactly what happened. Today, Dan Smith ranks 5th on the list of the richest poker players.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Dan Smith:

• $8,765,628 — for 3rd place in the £1,050,000 NLHE Triton Million London for Charity 2019
• $4,000,000 — for 3rd place in the $1,000,000 WSOP The Big One for One Drop 2018
• $3,870,000 — for winning the $200K Triton Invitational Monte Carlo 2023

Jason Koon ($59+ Million)

Jason Koon holds a unique record — he has won 10 titles in Triton Poker Super High Roller Series. In fact, half of his total live earnings ($29.3 million) come exclusively from Triton events.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Jason Koon:

• $3,579,836 — for winning the HK$1,000,000 Short Deck Triton Montenegro 2018
• $2,840,945 — for winning the HK$1,000,000 Short Deck Triton Jeju 2019
• $2,451,082 — for winning the $100,000 Triton Cyprus Main Event 2023

Daniel Negreanu ($55+ Million)

A player who needs no introduction — Daniel Negreanu is known even by those outside the poker world. He is a 7-time WSOP bracelet winner, with his first victory coming in 1998, five years before the online poker boom.

Over his career, Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu has accumulated $55M+ in tournament poker winnings. This number could be even higher, but he prefers to play tournaments in Las Vegas, often skipping high-roller Triton events around the world.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Daniel Negreanu:

• $8,288,001 — for 2nd place in the $1,000,000 WSOP The Big One for One Drop 2014
• $3,312,000 — for winning the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl VII 2022
• $3,000,000 — for 2nd place in the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl IV 2018

Adrian Mateos ($52+ Million)

Adrian Mateos was the best poker player with the highest earnings last year. He cashed for $13,109,217 in tournaments. He also set a unique record by becoming the fastest player to surpass $50 million in total earnings, achieving this milestone in 4,369 days — 95 days faster than Bryn Kenney. At just 19 years old, he won the €10K WSOPE Main Event 2013 bracelet ($1.35M), becoming the youngest WSOPE bracelet winner, a record that still stands. From that prize money, Mateos spent $40K on a party with friends, bought a car for his parents, and invested the rest into his bankroll.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Adrian Mateos:

• $3,292,000 — for 2nd place in the $200,000 Triton Montenegro 2024
• $3,265,362 — for winning the $250,000 WSOP NLHE Super High Roller 2021
• $3,120,739 — for 2nd place in the $125K Triton Monte Carlo Main Event 2023

Isaac Haxton ($51+ Million)

When Isaac Haxton turned 17, he asked his mom to create an account for him on an online poker site. He made his first deposit by mailing a $50 bill to a friend. A few months later, his mom received a check for $40,000 — Haxton’s first cashout. That was the beginning of his online poker career.

Since then, Isaac Haxton has accumulated over $51 million in live tournament earnings. He is regarded as one of the strongest and most respected high-stakes tournament players. His list of victories includes high roller events at PCA, EPT, Poker Masters, Super High Roller Bowl, and USPO.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Isaac Haxton:

• $3,672,000 — for winning the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl V 2018
• $2,760,000 — for winning the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl VIII 2023
• $2,525,841 — for 2nd place in the A$250,000 Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2014

Fedor Holz ($49+ Million)

In 2016, a new star emerged on the poker scene — Fedor Holz. At just 23 years old, he dominated Super High Roller events, winning over 10 million dollars in a single year. Just as importantly, Holz played a key role in uniting the German poker community by creating projects like PokerCode (founded by Fedor Holz, Matthias Eibinger, and Steffen Sontheimer) and Grindhouse, which helped develop well-known players such as Mario Mosboeck, Samuel Mullur, Roland Rokita, and others.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Fedor Holz:

• $6,000,000 — for 2nd place in the $1,000,000 WSOP The Big One for One Drop 2018
• $4,981,775 — for winning the $111,111 WSOP High Roller for One Drop 2016
• $3,500,000 — for 2nd place in the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl 2016

Phil Ivey ($48+ Million)

The Man, the Myth, the Legend. Phil Ivey could very well top the list of the richest poker players — if only we knew how much he has won in high-stakes cash games. His tournament earnings might represent just a fraction of his total profits, considering he won nearly $20,000,000 in cash games on Full Tilt Poker alone.

He holds 11 WSOP bracelets (second only to Phil Hellmuth, who has 17). However, his biggest tournament cashes have come from Aussie Millions and Triton events.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Phil Ivey:

• $3,582,753 — for winning the A$250,000 Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2014
• $2,058,948 — for winning the A$250,000 Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2012
• $1,795,000 — for 4th place in the $125,000 Triton Montenegro Main Event 2024

Erik Seidel ($47+ Million)

A living poker legend who was there at the birth of tournament poker, Erik Seidel recorded his first ITM finish in 1988 — when a third of the players on this list weren’t even born yet. He holds 10 WSOP bracelets (trailing only Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey, and tied with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan). Even more impressively, he won his 10th bracelet in the $50K WSOP Paradise Super High Roller 2023 and his ninth in the $10K Super MILLION$ on GGPoker — one of the toughest online tournaments packed with top regulars. At 65 years old, Seidel continues to travel the world, competing on equal footing with younger players in the highest-stakes and most challenging tournaments.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Erik Seidel:

• $2,472,555 — for winning the A$250,000 Super High Roller Aussie Millions 2011
• $2,400,000 — for 3rd place in the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl 2016
• $2,222,222 — for winning the €100,000 Super High Roller European Poker Tour Monte Carlo 2015

David Peters ($46+ Million)

Like many other poker pros, David Peters started playing poker after the Moneymaker Boom in 2003. He initially played online under the nickname “dpeters17,” but he is now focused on live tournaments. A four-time WSOP bracelet winner, David Peters is known as one of the most humble, quiet, and focused players at the table.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for David Peters:

• $2,699,752 — for 2nd place in the $200,000 WPT Triton Super High Roller Philippines, 2016
• $1,848,008 — for 2nd place in the €100,000 WSOP Europe Super High Roller 2018
• $1,505,000 — for 5th place in the $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl 2015

Steve O’Dwyer ($46+ Million)

Started playing poker in 2004, but the first couple of years brought little success. In 2007, he found backers, and a year later, he started playing high-stakes tournaments. After “The Black Friday”, his entire bankroll was stuck on Full Tilt Poker, forcing him to borrow money for food while his makeup reached $400K. With no money, he had to sleep on an air mattress at Scott Seiver’s place.

That was the early career of Steve O’Dwyer. Now, he is a regular in high-roller tournaments with over $46.4M in live earnings and at least another $7M online.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for Steve O’Dwyer:

• $2,157,000 — for 3rd place in the $200,000 Triton Poker Montenegro 2024
• $1,872,580 — for winning the $100,000 PCA Super High Roller 2015
• $1,811,638 — for winning the HK$500,000 APPT Super High Roller 2014

William Alex Foxen ($44+ Million)

Alex Foxen could have become a professional athlete or a successful financier. But at the age of 12, he saw a broadcast of the World Series of Poker where Chris Moneymaker won, and he fell in love with the game. Before discovering poker, Foxen played for Boston College’s American football team but had to end his career due to injuries and dedicated his life to poker instead. Foxen plays non-stop — over the past seven years, he has barely had a total of two months away from poker.

Top 3 largest ITM finishes for William Alex Foxen:

• $4,563,700 — for winning the $250,000 WSOP Super High Roller 2022
• $3,850,000 — for winning the $100,000 WSOP Paradise Triton Main Event 2024
• $2,795,000 — for 6th place in the $500,000 WSOP Paradise Triton Million 2024