Back in 2007 Jerry Yang, one of the more experienced players, took home the prize of $8.2 million. He outplayed over 6000 entrants in the World Series of Poker at a buy-in of $10,000 and total prize pool of $59.7 million. He donated 10% of his winnings to charity and used the rest of his money to set his 6 kids up for life and send them to the best universities. 

In 2010, at one of the largest poker events held in the WSOP, from over 7,300 registrants at a buy in of $10,000 each, Jonathan Duhamel took the winning pot at a staggering $8.9 million. The total prize pool sat at $68.7 million and took 4 months to finally get to the winning hand. Duhamel was in the lead most of the time and with his win, he became the first Canadian to win the WSOP gold bracelet. Jonathan generously donated $100,000 of his winnings to the Canadian Children’s Foundation.

One of the largest cash prize winnings in a tournament held outside the USA was taken in 2016 by poker player Elton Tsang. Tsang, who was born in Canada but currently resides in Hong Kong, won $12.2 million at the Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza. The tournament had a $1 million buy-in, bringing the total prize pool to $27.4 million. 

At age 23, Daniel Coleman took home $15.3 million when he won the 2014 WSOP tournament. Daniel got his start playing online poker but became social media famous for showing no emotion after his win. The total prize pool for this charity event, The Big One for One Drop, was $37.3 million and the charity itself raised $4.6 million to provide clean water in developing countries. 

During the 2012 WSOP event, Antonio Esfandiari took home a whopping $18.3 million. Antonio, who is also called “The Magician,” is well known for his magic tricks with poker chips. With a total prize pool of $42.6 million, even the runner up was able to take home $10.1 million. 

So, are you ready to try your hand with Lady Luck?