Tue, 04/19/2011 – 03:14 – PokerPages Staff

#5 Peter Eastgate, $11,326,226

Peter Eastgate was born in Denmark 1985, broke into the full time game in later years, quitting his economics course and quickly racking up millions online.  This allowed him into high stakes games where he excelled- and promptly started playing live, too.  He has won two main events in his short career and taken one WSOP bracelet.

#4 Erik Seidel, $11,530,256

Erik Seidel hails from Las Vegas and started out as a professional backgammon player.  A career stock market player, he quickly branched into poker and has not looked back since.

#3 Jamie Gold, $12,223,798

Jamie Gold from Mailbu, CA, is one of the game’s biggest winners.  Known for taking down the largest winnings ever at the 2006 WSOP tournament, Gold is an active and lively player at the table.

#2 Phil Ivey, $13,745,806

Phil Ivey is often known as the Tiger Woods of poker, although he himself says he does not deserve the comparison.  Phil is now 34, but won his first three WSOP bracelets at the tender age of 23.

#1 Daniel Negreanu, $14,140,104

Daniel is the poker player whose career earnings put him at the top of the all time list.  Starting out at the age of 21, Daniel took two first place finishes in the 1997 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods and has not looked back since.  Daniel also contributes heavily to PokerSchoolOnline, having written over 100 articles on the game.

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