Frederico Pereira
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Stu Ungar won the WSOP Main Event three times, matched by only one other player. His tournament record and his financial story couldn’t be further apart.
Ryan Riess won $8.3M at his first WSOP Main Event. He told CNBC that staking and taxes cut that to roughly $2M. So, what is he actually worth today?
Pius Heinz won $8.7M in 2011, paid no tax on it, and then largely disappeared from poker. Fifteen years later, the net worth figure is anyone's guess.
Jason Koon ranks 3rd on poker's all-time money list with 12 Triton titles. He pays up to $250K for an entry. Still, the recorded total is not the full story.
At 55, Hossein Ensan became the oldest WSOP champion since 1999. The real story begins with what Germany's gambling tax law does to the $10 million he won.
Scotty Nguyen won the WSOP Main Event on a buy-in he couldn't afford himself. Five bracelets and $12.7M later, the real figure is harder to confirm.
