Although many have tried and failed, becoming rich from poker is one of the most alluring aspects of the game. To play a tournament or a cash game and win one hundred times your buy-in is an exhilarating and freeing experience.
Some pros have seemingly found the secret to success in poker. Here are the richest poker players in the world. Fedor Holz
With over $32 million in live poker earnings, Fedor Holz comes in at number ten. The German won seven figures in 2015 when he took down the WPT Highroller and never looked back.
His most significant cash came when he took second in the Big One for One Drop in 2018 for $6 million. Just last year, Holz won a $25,000 heads-up event in the WSOP Online for a little over $1 million. His live earnings are impressive, but that’s not all Holz is doing these days.
Holz also has an impressive business acumen. He and Elliot Roe came together to produce the popular mindset coaching app Primed Mind .
Holz created a version of Primed Mind for kids called Primed Kids, along with a poker coaching service, a travel agency, a consulting firm and a clothing line. Cary Katz
The founder of PokerGO is no slouch on the felt. Cary Katz has managed to amass over $33 million in live earnings while simultaneously pursuing a business career.
Katz has been consistently playing tournaments since 2004 and recently has been focusing on high roller events, with his biggest cash coming in the 2019 Super High Roller Bowl in London for $2.6 million.
Before poker, Katz was already a successful businessman. He was the founder and CEO of College Loan Corporations for fifteen years. With Katz at the helm, his company provided $19 billion in loans and became the seventh largest student loan company in the United States.Before PokerGo became the hit that it is today, Katz founded it’s predecessor, Poker Central. Although Poker Central didn’t last long, Katz knew he had a gold mine when it came to televising and streaming poker. Erik Seidel Erik Seidel has been on […]
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