

Top Online Poker Players: Brazil and Finland Dominate the Leaderboard
Yuri Martins Dzivielezki, Sami Kelopuro, and Bruno Volkmann are the top three online poker players in the world, with combined earnings exceeding $45 million.
Sami Kelopuro, known online as 'Lrslzk' and 'LarsLuzak', has earned $21,547,867 in online poker. His highest single win was $735,300 at the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Main Event a decade ago. In April 2023, Kelopuro earned $4,446,237, securing the Player of the Month title on PocketFives.
Bruno Volkmann, known online as 'great dant', has earned $11,236,424 in online poker. His highest online cash was $564,947 at the GG SuperMillion$ last year. Volkmann's live poker resume includes a second-place finish in the $10k Main Event at the partypoker MILLIONS Live tour in Rio De Janeiro in 2019.
Yuri Martins Dzivielezki, known online as 'theNERDguy', 'relentless', 'smashedavocado', and 'Y Dzivielezki', has earned $13,226,697 in online poker. His highest online cash was $1,253,070 at the 2014 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event. Additionally, Dzivielezki has earned over $1.2 million in live poker earnings.
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