Isaac westmenloAA Baron
Isaac Baron is widely recognized as one
of the best tournament and cash game players in online poker. In 2007,
Isaac was named the CardPlayer Online Player of The Year. In his poker
career, Isaac Baron has pocketed more than $3,000,000 in prize money,
captured 13 titles, and become one of the most well-known online poker
players. The most prestigious of Isaac's victories came in the
PokerStars Sunday Million, Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee, and PokerStars
$200 Rebuy events. Although Baron has begun to focus his attentions
more on cash games and live tournament action, he is still a threat to
take down any tournament he enters. A recent European Poker Tour Final
Table appearance netted Isaac Baron nearly $1,000,000, and solidifies
his place as one of the best online or live tournament poker players.
Alex AJKHoosier1 Kamberis
With
over $3,300,000 in career poker winnings, AJKHoosier1 is undeniably on
the shortlist of best online poker players. Alex started playing poker
in 2006 and after a solid start to his career in 2007, he exploded onto
the poker scene in 2008 with just under 2.8 million dollars in
tournament winnings.
In 2008, AJKHoosier1 was the CardPlayer
Online Player of the Year, and has already accrued 122 cashes and 9
titles in his short career. As with many of the dominant online poker
player, Alex has started branching out in live poker tournaments, and
will certainly be a tough out in any live or online poker tournament he
enters.
Shaundeeb
Shaun Deeb is the current leader in the
CardPlayer Online Player of the Year race, and has been one of the top
online poker players for the past few years. Deeb recently took down
the $75,000 Guarantee and has 2nd place finishes in the PokerStars Super
Tuesday and Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawl. In his poker career, Shaun
Deeb has already accumulated more than 2,000,000 in tournament winnings,
20 poker titles, and an amazing 120 cashes. Deeb is not only extremely
talented, but is known as a poker grinder, reportedly playing 30
tournaments a day on average.
Annette_15
Annette Obrestad
has already etched her name into poker history with a victory at 2007
World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. The fact that Annette_15 is
still not old enough to enter live poker tournaments in the United
States, makes her $3,400,000 in career poker tournament winnings even
more impressive. Annette Obrestad has also famously won a 180 person
sit n go while only peaking at her cards once. Among the other
legendary tales of Annette_15, is that she has turned money won from
freerolls into millions of dollars without ever making a deposit with an
online poker site. Annette_15 has not repeated her earlier tournament
dominance in the past two year, but the legend will undoubtedly continue
to grow.
Kevin BeL0WaB0Ve Saul
Kevin BeL0WaB0Ve Saul is
known as one of the most dominant forces in early online poker
tournaments. Kevin Saul parlayed his early online success into a
$1,3000,000 payout at the 2007 Bellagio Cup and a WPT title. BeL0WaB0Ve
and a small group of tournament players began playing
hyper-aggressively and dominating the online poker tournament circuit a
couple years ago. The rest of the online tournament fields were forced
to change their style of play, and the end-result is that tournament
players utilize more 3 and 4bet bluffs and have loosened up their
raising and calling ranges significantly. BeL0WaB0Ve helped to move
tournament poker to the next level, and usually busts early or contends
for the title. Kevin Saul's dominance at online poker may be
disappearing, but figures to be a force on the live tournament poker
scene.
Jon PearlJammer Turner
After a humble beginning to
his career in 2005 and 2006, Jon PearlJammer Turner has turned into one
of the best live and online tournament poker players. PearlJammer has
over $2,000,000 in career poker winnings, and is currently ranked highly
in both the live and online Player of The Year Leaderboards. Jon
impressed the folks at Full Tilt Poker enough to receive a sponsorship
deal and is listed in red on the website as Full Tilt Professional. In
addition to his 9 career victories, PearlJammer has 138 cashes,
including two final tables at 2009 World Series of Poker. Jon is a
well-rounded player and excels in mixed games as well as No-Limit
Hold'em. PearlJammer could be a dual threat for years to come with the
chance at winning the Player of the Year and Online Player of the Year
awards. In 2008, PearlJammer and fellow online studs Eric Rizen Lynch
and Jon Apestyles Van Fleet released Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand
at a Time, Volume I, a book on online tournament strategy.
Steve Gboro780 Gross
Gboro780
is currently the 2nd ranked player in the 2009 CardPlayer Online Player
of the Year Race. Gboro780 has quickly ascended to the top of online
poker world and has nearly $2,000,000 in career poker tournament
winnings to his name. The bulk of Steve Gross's money has been won in
2008 and 2009, with nearly 1 million dollars earned each year. There
have been a lot of player in the past five years that have been shooting
stars and then moved onto great fame and fortune in live tournaments or
fizzled out completely, but Gboro780 has consistently been one of the
best online poker players the past couple years. Gboro780 has 16 wins
to his name and an astounding 124 career cashes to date. The sky is the
limit for this player, and there might just be an online player of the
year award in his future.
Adam Roothlus Levy
Roothlus
gained poker popularity at the 2008 World Series of Poker with his deep
finish in the Main Event and his interactions with the Poker Brat Phil
Hellmuth. Adam has nearly $2,000,000 in poker winnings including 112
cashes and 4 titles to date. Roothlus has pulled of some of the most
impressive feats in online poker tournament history with 2 final tables
in a 5 week period of time and the PokerStars Sunday Millions. The size
of the Sunday Millions regularly breaks 5,000 entrants and the only
tournament comparable in size is the WSOP Main Event, and Roothlus has
routinely cashed and final tabled some of the biggest tournaments.
JohnnyBax
Cliff JohnnyBax Joseph
One
of the best known online poker players ever is JohnnyBax. Early in
JohnnyBax's career, he was considered one of if not the best poker
players in online poker tournaments. Josephy started his online career
in 2004 and has routinely been ranked atop the online player of the year
rankings. Although his attentions have turned to his own poker
training site, PokerXFactor, JohnnyBax's 2005 World Series of Poker
bracelet, $2,700,000 in career winnings, and legendary status as one
online pokers original stars will continue to have him rank as one of
the legends of the online game.
Darrell Gigabet Dicken
Gigabet
is arguably the best known online poker player ever. Gigabet began his
online career dominating the online tournament fields, before turning
his attentions to live poker tournaments. Deep runs in World Series of
Poker and World Poker Tour Events in the past couple years confirmed
that his abilities are easily adaptable to live poker as well. Gigabet
has won 4 titles, including a WSOP Circuit Event victory and WPT
Championship. Between 2005 and 2007, Gigabet dominated the online poker
scene, but the past couple years has significantly cut back on his
tournament participation and is no longer a threat to win Online Player
of the Year awards. Gigabet is still a legend in the online poker
community, but should be a live threat in any tournament he participates
in.
