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Nick Pupillo

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PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 3rd $94,681 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #58: $3,000 Limit Hold’em (6-Handed) 3rd $72,681 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #52: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw 1st $181,978 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 201st $5,253 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em 144th $4,346 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship 6th $62,255 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max 79th $1,853 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #5: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice (6-Handed) 11th $7,842 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #1: $333 No-Limit Hold’em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off 32nd $1,904 The Return - A Borgata Championship Event$2,100 Bounty Event 46th $1,940 2022 MSPT Venetian November$1,600 Main Event 4th $75,017 2022 MSPT Venetian November$1,100 Main Event 48th $2,450 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 55th $11,991 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #26: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship 10th $18,506 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #13: $1,500 Limit Hold’em 8th $13,789 2022 World Series of Poker[Online] No-Limit Hold’em BIG $500 104th $1,118 2022 World Series of Poker[Online] $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout 21st $8,720 2022 The Lodge Championship SeriesEvent #15: $1,000 NLH Turbo 2nd $19,478 2021 MSPT South Dakota State Poker Championship$1,100 Main Event 16th $5,675 MSPT Riverside CasinoMSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event 6th $31,716 2021 Wynn Spring ClassicWynn Spring Classic $1M GTD Championship 50th $9,067 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main EventMSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event 13th $10,566 2020 WSOP.

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Josh Arieh

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Biography Josh Arieh is an American poker player and five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. He can be seen on the first season of GGPoker’sGame of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel. In 2021, he won the WSOP Player of the Year title after cashing eleven times and winning two bracelets for combined cashes of over $1.1 million. Poker Achievements Arieh’s first recorded cash was a bracelet at the 1999 World Series of Poker, winning a $3,000 Limit Hold’em event for $202,800.

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Brian Altman

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Biography Brian Altman is an American poker player. He is a three-time World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event champion. He has also won three WSOP Circuit rings, most recently in February 2022. In June 2022, he won his first WSOP bracelet in the $400 NLHE Online Event for $110,662. Altman started playing poker in high school after watching Chris Moneymaker win the WSOP Main Event. His first WPT title came in 2015 winning the Lucky Hearts Poker Open for $723,000.

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Erik Seidel

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Biography Erik Seidel is one of the winningest and best known players in poker history. He is the remaining member of poker’s old generation, but is still able to compete in the modern field collecting poker’s major titles and trophies. Intro Erik Seidel is one of the most recognized faces in poker. With more than $40 million in career winnings, nine World Series of Poker bracelets and one World Poker Tour title, numerous money finishes in all of the world’s major poker tournaments and a place in the Poker Hall of Fame, Seidel is nothing but one of poker’s living legends.

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Erik Seidel

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Biography Erik Seidel is one of the winningest and best known players in poker history. He is the remaining member of poker’s old generation, but is still able to compete in the modern field collecting poker’s major titles and trophies. Intro Erik Seidel is one of the most recognized faces in poker. With more than $40 million in career winnings, nine World Series of Poker bracelets and one World Poker Tour title, numerous money finishes in all of the world’s major poker tournaments and a place in the Poker Hall of Fame, Seidel is nothing but one of poker’s living legends.

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Mike Watson

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Biography Mike Watson is a Canadian poker player and two-time European Poker Tour (EPT) champion with over $20 million in live tournament earnings. “SirWatts” won his maiden EPT Main Event title in 2016 by taking down the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event for $728,325. Seven years later, Watson won the 2023 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event for $825,731 to become just the third player in poker history to earn live EPT Main Event titles.

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Alexandre Reard

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Biography Alexandre Reard is a French poker player and Unibet Poker Ambassador. His also a World Series of Poker bracelet-winner. In 2021, he won Event #47: $5,000 Freezeout NLH, defeating Daniel Strelitz heads-up to take home $428,694. “When I saw the river card, it was just an indescribable feeling,” Reard said after the victory. “I was seeing my wife and all my friends crying and exulting on the rail. It’s such a sincere and strong moment!

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Yiannis Liperis

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Biography Yiannis Liperis is a Cypriot poker player with over $2 million in career earnings. He is number one on the Cypriot All Time Money List. The largest cash of his career came in 2019, finished 13th in the PokerStars Players Championship for $261,750. In 2022, he finished fourth in the $5,300 Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event for $230,000. A regular on the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, Liperis won GUKPT Blackpool in 2018 and has four other top-four finishes (2nd - Blackpool 2015 & Luton 2018, 3rd - Manchester 2021, 4th - Walsall 2017)

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Justin Bonomo

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Biography Justin ZeeJustin Bonomo is one of the most known poker players in the world and has been a fixture of the super high roller and high roller circuit for a number of years. He currently sits on top of the The Hendon Mob All-Time Money List with over $57 million in live tournament earnings. Intro Justin Bonomo is a professional poker player currently residing in Vancouver, Canada. He is also a well-recognized live and online player known by his alias ZeeJustin.

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Michael Rocco

@Global Poker Index Rankings @Nick Pupillo

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #13: 10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship 5th €341,000 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #8: 25,000 NLH GGMillion 2nd €365,000 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #6: 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha 13th €12,425 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris1,100 FPS Paris Main Event 103rd €3,460 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$10,300 PCA Main Event 32nd $33,800 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 94th $73,100 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 55th $10,425 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 20th $23,327 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 78th $10,066 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 43rd $2,643 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $3,000 Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 2nd $87,854 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $50,000 High Roller 7th $192,570 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold’em 662nd $2,160 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #52: $1,000 Seniors Championship 389th $2,344 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #14: $1,500 Seven Card Stud 36th $2,457 MSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event ($1.

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Josh Reichard

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Biography Josh Reichard is a poker pro from Janesville, Wisconsin who was inducted into the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Hall of Fame in September 2022, becoming just the 10th member of the club. He won an MSPT event in 2013 in Milwaukee and has 26 cashes on tour overall. Reichard has over $2 million in lifetime live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. His greatest claim to fame isn’t his MSPT Hall of Fame honor.

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Andrew Lichtenberger

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Biography Andrew Lichtenberger is an American poker player and WSOP bracelet winner. He won his WSOP bracelet in 2016, taking down Event #52: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $569,158. “It feels amazing to win,” Lichtenberger said at the time. “I’ve been playing the World Series since 2009, and I’ve been watching it since I was a kid when I saw Chris Moneymaker win, so it feels amazing.” WPT Legends Dunst and Lichtenberger Discuss Online Poker

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Andrew Lichtenberger

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Biography Andrew Lichtenberger is an American poker player and WSOP bracelet winner. He won his WSOP bracelet in 2016, taking down Event #52: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $569,158. “It feels amazing to win,” Lichtenberger said at the time. “I’ve been playing the World Series since 2009, and I’ve been watching it since I was a kid when I saw Chris Moneymaker win, so it feels amazing.” WPT Legends Dunst and Lichtenberger Discuss Online Poker

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Justin Saliba

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Biography Justin Saliba is an American poker player and WSOP bracelet winner. He won the 2021 WSOP Online Event #15: $5,300 High Roller Freezout for $253,800. From Bust to High Roller Champion Justin Jsaliba2 Salibas Road to WSOP Gold The following year, he finished fourth in Event #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em at the 2022 WSOP for $194,525. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris3,000 Mystery Bounty 41st €5,300 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship 60th $32,200 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona50,000 Super High Roller Second Chance 5th €100,600 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 781st $25,000 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 151st $5,471 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #13: $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Championship 33rd $12,036 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 32nd $8,491 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $50,000 High Roller (8-Handed) 19th $81,983 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed) 18th $56,931 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #13: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack 299th $1,202 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 101st $2,664 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #2: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Bankroll Builder 230th $1,311 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 2055th $1,160 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em III 6th €65,900 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship 134th $40,300 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$10,300 PCA Main Event 82nd $22,300 The Return - A Borgata Championship Event$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed) 5th $304,629 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #32: $10,000 NLH Super High Roller 8-Max 1st $154,752 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #30: $5,300 High Roller 10th $10,625 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #29: $1,000 NLH Championship 45th $2,829 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #5: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack 52nd $1,321 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #86: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 60th $16,000 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 113th $5,290 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 8-Max 24th $8,868 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Bracelet Championship 74th $2,657 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 4th $194,525 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha 58th $11,694 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em 511th $4,172 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em 24th $38,231 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #14: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 259th $2,630 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 697th $1,050 2022 World Series of PokerOnline No-Limit Hold’em BIG $500 199th $799 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo5,300 Main Event 15th €46,890 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo1,100 FPS Main Event 84th €3,660 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #88: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 54th $10,076 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,111 Little One for One Drop 564th $1,779 2021 MPT Venetian$1,600 Main Event 66th $4,777 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #26: $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 52nd $3,779 2021 WSOP.

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Sam Soverel

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Biography Sam Soverel is an American poker player from Florida who has amassed $18.2 million in live tournament earnings, putting him third on the state’s all-time money list behind Sean Winter and Jason Mercier. Just a month after getting his first tournament cash, Soverel finished second in the 2011 $3,500 WPT Jacksonville Main Event for $187,762. Soverel quickly moved up in stakes and now primarily plays a high roller schedule. In October 2016, Soverel took down a $100,000 Aria Super High Roller for just over a million, his biggest tournament score to date.

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Sam Soverel

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Biography Sam Soverel is an American poker player from Florida who has amassed $18.2 million in live tournament earnings, putting him third on the state’s all-time money list behind Sean Winter and Jason Mercier. Just a month after getting his first tournament cash, Soverel finished second in the 2011 $3,500 WPT Jacksonville Main Event for $187,762. Soverel quickly moved up in stakes and now primarily plays a high roller schedule. In October 2016, Soverel took down a $100,000 Aria Super High Roller for just over a million, his biggest tournament score to date.

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Sam Soverel

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Biography Sam Soverel is an American poker player from Florida who has amassed $18.2 million in live tournament earnings, putting him third on the state’s all-time money list behind Sean Winter and Jason Mercier. Just a month after getting his first tournament cash, Soverel finished second in the 2011 $3,500 WPT Jacksonville Main Event for $187,762. Soverel quickly moved up in stakes and now primarily plays a high roller schedule. In October 2016, Soverel took down a $100,000 Aria Super High Roller for just over a million, his biggest tournament score to date.

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Cary Katz

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Biography Cary Katz is an American businessman and high stakes poker player who founded PokerGO, a streaming service that offers coverage of various high roller tournaments and World Series of Poker (WSOP) events. Katz, who almost exclusively plays high rollers, has won an incredible $34.5 million in live tournament earnings to put him eighth on the all-time money list. Originally from Georgia, Katz earned his first tournament cash in 2004 at Festa al Lago II in Las Vegas, where he finished 24th in United States the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship for $10,381.

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Calvin Anderson

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Biography Calvin Anderson is an American poker player and four-time bracelet winner with over $3.5 million in live tournament earnings. Anderson’s first cash dates back to 2009 when he finished sixth in the European Poker Tour (EPT) London 50 No-Limit Hold’em - Shootout for $2,468. Five years later, Anderson won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet by taking down the 2014 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo for $190,538. He won a second WSOP bracelet in 2018 when he won the $10,000 Razz Championship for $309,220.

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Jim Collopy

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Biography Jim Collopy is an American poker player and three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. He won his first bracelet at the 2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific, winning Event #2: $1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha for A$69,662. Eight years later, he got his hands on a second bracelet after winning Event #32: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. for $172,823. It always feels cool to win on a big stage, so Id say thats what makes it most different, Collopy said comparing his second bracelet to the first.

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Cherish Andrews

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Biography Cherish Andrews is an American poker player who was named 2022 Global Poker Index (GPI) Female Player of the Year. Andrews went head-to-head with Angela Jordison down the stretch for the title. However, Andrews wrapped up the year with three deep runs at the WPT World Championship for combined cashes of close to $500,000. In 2022, Andrews cashed for $758,513, doubling her previous earnings, including a sixth-place finish in the Wynn Mystery Bounty and a final-table finish in the WSOP Ladies Championship.

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Michael Wang

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Biography Michael Wang is an American poker player and two-time WSOP bracelet winner. His first bracelet came in 2015, winning Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $466,120. He defeated Bryn Kenney heads-up. His second bracelet came in one of the last events of the 2022 WSOP. It was another $5k bracelet, winning Event #87: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $541,604 a new career highest score. Other victories for Wang include the 2022 Stairway to Millions Event #5 for $219,300 and the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open Event #20 $1,560 Purple Chip Bounty NLH.

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Matthew Wantman

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Biography Matthew Wantman is an American poker player with over $4 million in career earnings. He is a former WPT champion, winning the Aria Summer Championship in May 2019 for $443,475. At the Wynn High Rollers in December 2020, Wantman made the final table in the first three events. First, he finished fifth for $39,200 in the first high roller, and he followed it up with another fifth-place finish for $51,200 in the second one.

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Shaun Deeb

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Biography Shaun Deeb is an American professional poker player. He is the owner of six World Series of Poker (WSOP) titles, as well as eight PokerStars WCOOP and five SCOOP titles. In 2018, he was also named World Series of Poker POY after recording 16 cashes and winning two bracelets. He has also won POY titles in both the SCOOP (2012) and WCOOP (2015) festivals. As of June 2023, he has amassed over $12 million in live earnings.

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