Ted Forrest – Net Worth: Three Bracelets in One Summer, But Not the Expected Financial Story!
Forrest won three WSOP bracelets from six tournaments in 1993. His biggest income later came from a poker site, not a poker table. And that is long gone.
Koray Aldemir – Net Worth: Two Bracelets, $23M in Earnings, and One Very Deliberate Tax Move!
Aldemir had $12M in earnings before the Main Event and added $8M more. The gross total is easy to find, but the net figure is the part worth examining.
Liv Boeree – Net Worth: Retired for Five Years and Came Back to Break a Record!
Liv Boeree retired in 2019, returned in 2024, and won $2.8M—the largest single prize ever for a female poker player. What she kept is another matter.
Qui Nguyen – Net Worth: The Man Who Turned $1,100 into an $8 Million Payday!
The 2016 WSOP Main Event made Qui Nguyen both famous and wealthy. But the gap between his headline prize and actual net worth is larger than most assume.