The online landscape is shifting. With high stakes games moving away from PokerStars, this means that many of the high stakes sessions that are played are no longer recorded. Despite this, the games at Pokerstars provide an interesting snapshot of who has been winning what. So, excluding games on platforms such as partypoker or PokerMaster, we bring you the top 5 Best Online Poker Players. Jun 20, 2019 Former PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu was the former number one in the biggest poker tournament winners of all time until Bonomo went on his epic run. Negreanu is currently sat in second-place with $40,045,583 in winnings. The Canadian, who resides in Las Vegas is regarded as one of the best all-round poker players of all time, one who has amassed six WSOP bracelets and two.

2017 is done and dusted and the scores have been tallied. 'BERRI SWEET' and Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov were locked in a fierce battle throughout the year to claim the top spot, but a late slump by Kuznetsov gave 'BERRI SWEET' one of his tastiest victories yet. The high staker recorded a profit of $1,769,395 at the PokerStars high-stakes cash tables, while Kuznetsov finished the year with $1,454,838 in winnings. 'BERRI SWEET's monster 1.7M year puts him at $2,330,314 in winnings lifetime.

'BERRI SWEET' follows in the footsteps of Alexander 'joiso' Kostritsyn, who was last year's biggest winner with $1,466,568. Kostritsyn wasn't able to follow up on his stellar 2016 and finished 2017 with $457,729 in the red. 2015's top money winner Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom ($3,497,527 in 2015) had another one of his fabled rollercoaster years and eventually finished $645,327 in the black, after surpassing the $1M mark earlier this year.

On the other side, Sami 'Lrslzk' Kelopuro posted the biggest loss of the year and ended $1,277,737 in the red. However, the Finnish pro posted in his blog (found here, in Finnish) that he actually was a big winner in 2017. According to Kelopuro, he made $580,000 in profit in 2017, with a massive $800,000 in winnings on partypoker standing out. Kelopuro also noted that the cash games on PokerStars went great up until 50/100, but that he lost a ton on the bigger ones, skewing the results as posted here.

The 2017 Leaderboard

Sure, some poker players in the top 100 of the all-time earnings list have only had one huge score (see also: Gold, Jamie), and many players in the top 50 have earned the bulk of their winnings in super high roller tournaments with limited field sizes and astronomically high buy-ins, but when we look at the top names on the all-time money list, it’s very much a who’s who of poker.
WSOP bracelet winner Dan Kelly has been a wrecking ball in the World Championship of Online Poker and is one of the very few players who has won three separate WCOOP events. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier - $1,016,586 Multi-tabling Team PokerStars pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier has 33 cashes in the WCOOP with two victories.

Behind 'BERRI SWEET' and Kuznetsov, it was Carlo 'Ravenswood13' van Ravenswoud who claimed the bronze medal at the end of the year. The Dutchman residing in Malta had a stellar year at the high stakes tables and won $814,543. 'ActionFreak' ($790,920) and Linus 'LLinusLLove' Loeliger ($650,695) rounded out the top 5. The aforementioned Blom ($645,327) finished in 6th place, before Jordi 'prot0' Urlings ($624,265), 'RaúlGonzalez ($574,768), 'Mongano' ($438,392) and 'donthrnmepls' ($389,426).

'8superpoker' won't remember 2017 as fondly, as he posted the second biggest loss behind Kelopuro. '8superpoker' finished $826,554 in the red, followed by Dani 'supernova9' Stern (-$777,373), who announced his retirement from poker, 'ImagineKing' (-$525,044) and Bill 'GASTRADER' Perkins (-$517,020). Kostritsyn, 2016's biggest winner, posted the 6th biggest loss in 2017 with -$457,729. Dan 'W00ki3z.' Cates, better known as 'Jungleman', dropped $362,952 at the highest stakes online in 2017.

(user)name	hands 2017	profit/loss 2017	profit/loss per hand 2017	profit/loss all time	most played game
Winning Players
1	BERRI SWEET	55,120	+$1,769,395	+$32.10	+$2,330,314	PLO
2	Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov	59,505	+$1,454,838	+$24,45	+$3,345,605	NL Hold'em
3	Carlo 'Ravenswood13' van Ravenswoud	57,502	+$814,543	+$14,17	+$32,264	PLO
4	'ActionFreak'	75,218	+$790,920	+$10,52	+$802,211	PLO
5	Linus 'LLinusLLove' Loeliger	104,092	+650,965	+$6,25	+$630,581	NL Hold'em
6	Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom	198,340	+$645,327	+$3,25	+$2,145,101	PLO
7	Jordi 'prot0' Urlings	48,062	+$624,265	+$12,99	+$552,156	NL Hold'em
8	'RaúlGonzalez'	96,439	+$574,768	+$5,96	+$1,317,218	NL Hold'em
9	'Mongano'	13,232	+438,392	+$33,13	+$453,381	Draw
10	'donthnrmepls'	14,212	+389,426	$27,40	+$420,086	NL Hold'em
Losing Players
1	Sami 'Lrslzk' Kelopuro	55,654	-$1,277,737	-$22,96	-$1,980,900	PLO
2	'8superpoker'	41,356	-$826,544	-$19,99	-$2,837,608	Limit
3	Dani 'supernova9' Stern	10,039	-$777,373	-$77.43	-$1,439,781	PLO
4	'ImagineKing'	31,003	-$525,044	-$16,94	-$1,565,651	PLO
5	Bill 'GASTRADER' Perkins	4,598	-$517,020	-$112,44	-$850,353	NL Hold'em
6	Alexander 'joiso' Kostritsyn	34,138	-$457,729	-$13,41	+$3,961,870	8-Game
7	Dan 'W00ki3z.' Cates	28,466	-$362,592	-$12,74	+$983,381	8-Game
8	Mikael 'ChaoRen160' Thuritz	17,286	-$335,394	-$19,40	+$986,163	8-Game
9	'totti1992100'	13,945	-$309,296	-$22,18	-$314,951	8-Game
10	Kristijonas 'greezhool' Andrulis	13,217	-$298,239	-$22,56	-$311,950	NL Hold'em

Catching Up on High Stakes Action: Three Biggest Pots of The Week

On New Year's Eve, Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene and Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov locked horns at the 100/200 PLO 6-Max Tables, resulting in three of the biggest pots of the week.

1) Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene wins an $89,929 Pot (450 Big Blinds) from Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov
^{($100/$200 PLO 6-Max)}

Kuznetsov raised to $680 first to act, Tollerene three-bet to $2,120 and Kuznetsov called. On the flop, Tollerene bet $950, Kuznetsov raised to $4,400 and Tollerene called. The turn was the and Tollerene check-called a bet of $8,800 from Kuznetsov.

The river brought the and Tollerene checked. Kuznetsov ripped it for $29,565, nearly equal to the size of the pot, and Tollerene called with for top two pair, kings and jacks. Kuznetsov was caught bluffing with and was forced to reload.

2)Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene wins a $38,425 Pot (191 Big Blinds) from Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov
^{($100/$200 PLO 6-Max)}

Another three-bet pot to $2,120, this time with Tollerene in position. On the flop, Kuznetsov check-called $2,159 from Tollerene. The turn brought the and Kuznetsov lead out for $8,634, leaving himself with $6,220 behind. Tollerene stuck the rest in and Kuznetsov called.

Player	Hand	Equity
Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene	100%
Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov	0%

Although players agreed to run it twice, it didn't matter as Kuznetsov was drawing dead despite holding two pair and a flush draw. Tol

The 2017 Leaderboard

Catching Up on High Stakes Action: Three Biggest Pots of The Week

1) Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene wins an $89,929 Pot (450 Big Blinds) from Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov($100/$200 PLO 6-Max)

2)Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene wins a $38,425 Pot (191 Big Blinds) from Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov($100/$200 PLO 6-Max)

1) Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene wins an $89,929 Pot (450 Big Blinds) from Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov
^{($100/$200 PLO 6-Max)}

2)Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene wins a $38,425 Pot (191 Big Blinds) from Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov
^{($100/$200 PLO 6-Max)}

Biggest Online Poker Winners Of All Time