Top 10 Poker Players in 2017

Source - fi.wikipedia.org
Twitter - @Erik_Seidel

Seidel is another player to have begun his career before the internet poker boom, first making a name for himself with a second-place finish at the 1988 WSOP Main Event, his knockout hand being immortalized in the movie 'Rounders'. His career year came in 2011, with million-dollar prizes on two continents highlighting a phenomenal 12 months in which he took home more than $6.5m.

Source - casino.org
Twitter - @philivey

Ever since his days playing underage at New Jersey casinos under the alias ‘Jerome', Phil Ivey has marked himself out as one of the best poker talents around. The 38-year-old, known as The Tiger Woods of Poker, won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2000 and has gone on to add eight more, while his five separate million-dollar scores include a seventh-place finish at the 2009 WSOP Main Event. Ivey spent several months away from the poker limelight after Black Friday, but returned in style in January 2012 with first place in the Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge for $2m, and he became the first two-time winner of the event in January of 2014, with the $3.5m prize representing the biggest win of his career.

Source - en.wikipedia.org
Twitter - @LuckBoxJuanda

Juanda is one of those opponents who everyone dreads having at their table, and when you look at his results you can see why. The Indonesian-born player has an incredible 35 cashes of $100,000 or more over the last two decades, and can often be seen in Macau, where he recorded his biggest ever cash of $1.6m in 2012.

Source - pokerlistings.com
Twitter - @JasonMercier

This American player burst into the world of competitive poker with a vengeance in 2008 by taking the top spot in the European Poker Tour Sanremo Main Event and walking away with close to $1.4 million. Since then he's achieved a level of fame and earnings that rivals some players with a lifetime of experience. At just 28 years of age, this player has managed to win multiple World Championship of Online Poker titles, while also ranking well on the Global Poker Index. His most recent world series of poker bracelet was earned in 2015 at the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Tournament where he brought home $633,357.

Source - sixsevensuited
Twitter - @thegrinder44

It is remarkable to think Michael Mizrachi is just 33 years old. Florida's most successful poker player is nicknamed 'The Grinder', and has been grinding away for 10 years at tournaments all over the world. He can boast six-figure scores on three continents, and won four separate tournaments with first prizes of more than $1m. However none come close to the $2.3m he earned for a fifth place finish in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event.