Top High-Stakes Poker Earnings of 2014: Who Made the Most?

The Highstakes DB website published a list of the top 2014 leaders in high-stakes cash games, with only 8 players' statistics open.

The top earner won $3,387,548 in 77,000 hands, all in 2-7 with a triple draw. Kort thecortster Kiibler-Melbi won around $2,000,000 from Gus Hansen in August and September. Ben Tollerene won $3,343,083 in 56,755 hands, with 42,991 of those in PLO. Sebastian taktloss47 Ruttenberg earned $2,012,703 in 2-7, with around $4 million in late July. Kagome Kagome won $1,429,226 in 2-7, with 15% of his profit from limit hold'em. WCGRider won $1,426,365 in 85,000 NLHE hands. Alexonmoon Alex lost over $2 million in the last three months of 2014. Trueteller won around $2 million in 2-7 but lost six-figure sums in NLHE, PLO, and 8 games.

Victor Bloom lost $81,182 in 32,845 hands. Phil Ivy lost $70,212 in 16,534 hands. Gus Hansen won $382,664 in 3,002 hands. Albert Riera was fired by Udinese for attending a poker tournament instead of a match. The WSOP 2015 will run from May 27 to July 14, with a $565 buy-in for The Colossus tournament and a $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Daniel Negreanu criticized the WSOP's decision to guarantee $10 million to the main event winner. Paul Phua and his son were released on bail and await sentencing. The Malaysian Minister of the Interior testified that Paul Phua is not connected to any criminal groups and has helped the Malaysian government with national security issues.