Top 10 Poker Players in 2017

Source - pokerplayersbase.com
Twitter - @magicantonio

One of the most popular poker players on the live tournament scene, Esfandiari has been a household name for more than a decade and it is 10 years since his first million dollar score at the LA Poker Classic. The Iranian-born pro, now living in the United States, has made six figures every single year since 2004 and has two World Poker Tour titles to go with his three World Series of Poker bracelets. However the biggest achievement of Esfandiari’s career came in The Big One for One Drop in 2012, when he beat a star-studded field to win poker’s biggest ever prize of more than $18.3m.

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 this year, with the $3.5m prize representing the biggest win of his career.

Source - poolandspa.com
Twitter - @phil_hellmuth

The highest-placed World Series of Poker Main Event Winner on this list, Hellmuth would point to his record 13 WSOP bracelets as a reason for him to be considered the world's best. In fact, Hellmuth has more World Series of Poker Cashes than any other player in history, with none bigger than the $2.65m he won for finishing fourth in The Big One for One Drop.

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 - 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.