Player Profiles

$20.5M at the 2019 Triton Million via chip-count deal — the largest single prize in tournament poker history; three confirmed Triton titles

Bryn Kenney spent his teenage years playing competitive Magic: The Gathering and grinding PokerStars before he was old enough to walk into a casino. In August 2019 he pocketed $20,563,324 at the Triton Million in London — the largest single prize in the history of live tournament poker — after striking a chip-count deal heads-up with Aaron Zang that left him with more money than the winner. From a Long Island suburb to the summit of the global earnings list, on a career built from trading card games, online volume, and a £1,050,000 buy-in event that paid more than anything before or since.

5 WSOP bracelets, undefeated at WSOP final tables, $62.67M in live earnings

Spain's all-time leading earner and one of the most technically complete players in the world. Five WSOP bracelets from five final tables. Three Triton titles. A $6.37 million career-best win in May 2026. Adrian Mateos has spent the last decade quietly building one of the most untouchable resumes in tournament poker history.

3 WSOP bracelets, $34.5M in live earnings, Latvia's all-time #1, Triton specialist

Latvia's greatest poker export and one of the most feared tournament players in the world. Three WSOP bracelets, including a win over Phil Ivey heads-up. More than nineteen Triton final tables across four years before finally converting the first title at WSOP Paradise in December 2025 for $4.75 million. Aleksejs Ponakovs built his game online in Riga and moved to Monaco. He rarely gives interviews. His results speak instead.

3 WSOP bracelets, 4 Triton titles, GGMillion$ record holder, Russia's all-time #1

Russia's all-time leading earner and one of the most technically complete short-handed players in the world. Three WSOP bracelets. Four Triton titles, three of them in PLO. The GGMillion$ all-time record with 12 wins, 49 final tables, and $10.5 million from that one event alone. Artur Martirosyan started grinding $7 Spin & Gos in Voronezh, dropped out of university, and built into one of the most decorated players in the sport.

4 WSOP bracelets, Australia's all-time #1, $3.4M Super High Roller Bowl champion

Australia's greatest tournament player. Four WSOP bracelets across three years, including two at the 2021 series alone. A $3.4 million Super High Roller Bowl title won ten days after claiming the Poker Masters. Michael Addamo was a competitive chess player and actuarial student before he was a poker professional, and his approach to the game reflects both backgrounds: problems are evaluated methodically, patterns are recognized before opponents recognize them, and the bluff looks identical to the value bet.

4 WSOP bracelets, Portugal's all-time #1, $23M+ online, former professional basketball player

Professional basketball player at 18. Poker millionaire at 22. One of the greatest online tournament players in the history of the game. Joao Vieira grew up on the island of Madeira, played point guard in Portugal's first division, walked away from basketball at 21, and rebuilt himself entirely around poker. Four WSOP bracelets. A $4.61 million Triton title. More than $23 million in online earnings on PokerStars. He had no formal poker background when he started. He has everything now.

$50M+ in online cashes, 14 SCOOP + 12 WCOOP titles, peer-voted best online player in history

The greatest online tournament player in poker history by documented cashes. Playing as Lena900 on PokerStars, Niklas Astedt has accumulated more than $50 million in career online tournament earnings, 14 SCOOP titles, 12 WCOOP titles, and 97 weeks at number one on PocketFives. He gives no interviews, has no social media presence, and almost nobody outside the poker world knows who he is. In July 2024, he went to the WSOP Main Event and finished third in front of 10,000 players, entering as the chip leader at the final table.

All-time WSOP Circuit ring record holder with 25 rings

The undisputed king of the WSOP Circuit. Twenty-five gold rings, nearly $7 million in live earnings, and a career that started when he chased an armed robber out of his house and tore both hamstrings in the process. Nobody in poker has built a record like Maurice Hawkins, and none of it has been quiet.

7 GGMillion$ titles, 2024 WCOOP Main Event champion, $26M+ on GGPoker

Born in Hong Kong, raised in a small town in Finland, and built into one of the most prolific online tournament players in the world. Samuel Vousden has seven GGMillion$ titles, the 2024 WCOOP Main Event championship, and more than $26 million in earnings on GGPoker alone. His live record is minimal by design. He built his game online, he continues to dominate online, and he has the numbers to prove it.