Top Poker Earnings of 2011: Who Came Out on Top?

Pius Heinz of Germany topped the list of poker earnings in 2011 with a staggering $8,830,087. This impressive sum secured his place at the top of the rankings, ahead of other notable players such as Erik Seidel of the USA, who won $6,530,154, and Martin Stajko of the Czech Republic, who earned $5,462,876.

Following closely behind were Ben Lamb of the USA with $5,352,970, Sam Trickett of England with $4,598,039, Matt Gianetti of the USA with $3,365,430, Galen Hall of the USA with $3,054,778, Elior Fox of the USA with $2,669,313, Evgeniy Kachalov of the USA with $2,572,726, and Jason Mercier of the USA with $2,416,013.

Among the top earners from the CIS region, Andrey Pateychuk of Russia led the way with $2,085,013, followed by Maxim Lykov of Russia with $1,606,780, Alexey Kovalevchuk of Ukraine with $1,600,782, Anton Makievsky of Ukraine with $1,019,250, Mikhail Lakhitov of Russia with $907,648, Alexander Kuzmin of Russia with $790,990, Dmitry Gromov of Russia with $771,856, Andrey Danilyuk of Russia with $682,523, Vadim Koursevich of Belarus with $573,509, Maxim Kolosov of Russia with $526,042, Alexander Dovzhenko of Ukraine with $503,651, and Vyacheslav Zhukov of Russia with $492,319.