The Richest Poker Players of 2025: Verified Fortunes and the Stories Behind Them

Andy Beal (~ $12 billion, verified)

Country: USA
Source: Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List (Sept 2025)

A Texas banker, mathematician, and high-stakes enthusiast, Andy Beal tops every “richest poker player” list, not only because poker made him rich, but because his fortune made poker history. If there’s one player that made poker feel like Wall Street on steroids, it’s Andy Beal. 

He famously faced off against “The Corporation”, a team of elite pros including Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey, in multi-million-dollar heads-up limit matches. In fact, the Corporation once faced Andy Beal for pots worth $20 million.

Beal also once won $11.7 million in a single pot at Bellagio playing high stakes heads up.

Beal’s inclusion at the top of every wealthiest poker players list shows how business wealth and poker legend can intertwine to shape poker folklore.

Paul Phua (~ $400 million – $1 billion, estimated)

Country: Malaysia / Macau
Source: PokerDiscover 2025 Rich List; 888poker profile

Paul Phua made his name in Macau’s private-game scene and later as a founder of Triton Poker, the elite high-roller tour now streamed worldwide.

Anyone who’s played Macau’s nosebleeds

Phua’s wealth blends gaming ventures, real estate, and long-standing private-game stakes with poker’s biggest whales. Phua represents the rise of the “private-game magnate” - part organizer, part player, part brand.

Phil Ivey (~ $100 – 125 million, estimated)

Country: USA
Source: PokerNews; BusinessInsider; PokerTube

Often called “the Tiger Woods of Poker,” Phil Ivey is the most decorated pro on this list, and a WPT® Global ambassador. He possesses 11 WSOP bracelets, a WPT® title, and millions in live and online cash-game earnings. 

His fortune also comes from business investments and multiple brand partnerships.

Ivey’s mix of on-felt dominance and off-felt entrepreneurship defines the modern poker professional, and has cemented him as one of the greatest of all time. 

Many consider Phil Ivey, a WPT® Global Ambassador, to be the greatest poker player of all time.

Sam Farha (~ $100 million, speculative)

Country: Lebanon / USA
Source: PokerDiscover; CardPlayer

A legend of the early-2000s poker boom, Sam Farha became famous after his 2003 WSOP heads-up duel with Chris Moneymaker. 

While his official live winnings sit below $3 million, Farha’s investments and private-game reputation fuel persistent nine-figure estimates. A high roller in every sense of the word, Farha was a regular on High Stakes Poker during its $500,000 minimum-buy-in season.

Farha personifies poker’s golden-era mystique of high stakes, higher style, and a taste for the unknown.

Daniel Negreanu (~ $70 – 80 million, estimated)

Country: Canada
Source: PokerNews; Wikipedia (cited sources PokerStars & Forbes interviews)

The face of poker, and a staple on the poker millionaire list for over two decades, Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu has over $57 million in recorded live earnings and a fortune built through sponsorships, content, and coaching ventures. 

His long-term partnerships with PokerStars and GG Poker, plus his YouTube and MasterClass presence, have made him one of the most commercially successful figures in the game. His TV presence on shows like High Stakes Poker helped make him one of poker’s most recognised ambassadors.

Negreanu’s consistent brand power proves that personality and consistency can be as lucrative as tournament wins on the poker rich list.

Justin Bonomo (~ $60 million, estimated)

Country: USA
Source: Hendon Mob & PokerNews rankings

One of the wealthiest poker pros, Justin Bonomo remains a top 5 all-time live-tournament money leader (over $64 million). 

He began his competitive card-game journey playing Magic: The Gathering in his early teens, and at age 19 became the youngest player to reach a televised final table in Europe (EPT French Open, 2005)

While most of his wealth is from prize winnings, his disciplined bankroll management and crypto investments have further grown. He’s proof that pure tournament success can translate into sustained personal wealth.

Justin Bonomo, one of the all-time tournament money leaders, stays cool and calculated at the felt.

Bryn Kenney (~ $55 million, estimated)

Country: USA
Source: Hendon Mob; CardPlayer 2025 Profile

Before poker, Bryn Kenney was another top-ranked Magic: The Gathering player in his age group; this strategic background helped him convert into super-high-roller success and ultimately the all-time live tournament money-list leader

As of 2025, Bryn Kenney leads the Hendon Mob all-time money list with over $77 million in live earnings, while Justin Bonomo remains close behind with around $65 million. 

His most notable date is without doubt his record-setting $20 million finish at the 2019 Triton Million. He continues to play super-high-rollers worldwide while running staking and coaching operations.

Kenney illustrates the growing trend of poker’s shift toward business-style career management.

Chris Ferguson (~ $80 million, speculative)

Country: USA
Source: Older estimates; Poker.org archive

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, former WSOP Main Event champion and Full Tilt Poker co-founder, reportedly amassed substantial equity before the site’s 2011 collapse. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science and was an early adopter of game-theory modelling in poker; his nickname “Jesus” came from his long hair & beard look when he won the 2000 WSOP Main Event.

Exact figures remain unverified, but estimates continue to place him near the top tier. Ferguson’s inclusion highlights poker’s early online-boom wealth and its lasting impact.

Fedor Holz (~ $40 – 50 million, estimated)

Country: Germany
Source: PokerNews; RunItOnce interview

German prodigy Fedor Holz dominated the high-roller circuit in his early 20s, then pivoted into tech, founding the mindset app Primed Mind and investing in NFT and AI ventures. 

He remains a flagship figure in modern poker culture and one of the highest earning poker pros. At just 23, after dominating online and high-roller tournaments, he pivoted into tech entrepreneurship (co-founding a mindset app and poker teaching platform) while still remaining active in elite poker.

Holz’s career bridges the new economy of poker - one that is digital, data-driven, and diversified.

Dan Bilzerian (~ $150 – 200 million, speculative/mixed sources)

Country: USA
Source: Multiple public records; Poker.org; GamblingNews (2025) (estimates)

While not a career pro, Dan Bilzerian continues to make the richest-lists discussion for his poker-adjacent celebrity wealth.

Much of his fortune comes from family trust funds and business ventures like Ignite, but his public persona is tied to high-stakes private games and a lavish Instagram lifestyle. He was even once coined as the “King of Instagram”

Bilzerian embodies poker’s intersection with lifestyle marketing, achieving extraordinary fame and highly respectable poker winnings.

Dan Bilzerian brings his trademark confidence to the poker table.

Regional Snapshot (2025)

Summary

In a game where fortunes swing on a single hand, poker’s richest prove that the biggest stacks aren’t always built at the table.

Net worth figures are verified or estimated from credible financial and poker industry publications, including Forbes, PokerNews, 888poker, PokerDiscover, and CardPlayer. Figures are approximate and may include earnings from business ventures, sponsorships, and private-game play.

Written by the WPT® Global Editorial Team, with research verified through financial and industry sources as of October 2025.