Frederico Pereira
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Gus Hansen’s net worth is estimated to be between $3 million and $8 million, and the range is wide because his finances are better documented on the losing side than the winning side. The Danish professional, one of the defining figures of poker’s television era, has $10.65 million in recorded live tournament earnings and more than $21 million in publicly tracked online cash game losses.
Annie Duke won $2 million in a single invitational, then left poker in 2012. What she has earned since is documented in kind, but never in amount.
Tony G founded PokerNews, sat in the European Parliament for five years and has publicly named his own net worth. His tournament record tells a smaller story.
Sam Farha's recorded tournament earnings are under $3M. Estimates put his net worth at $100M. The gap lives in cash games that no database has ever tracked.
Mike Sexton called the WPT for 15 seasons, co-founded an online poker site, and won a bracelet in 1989. His tournament total tells only part of the story.
Howard Lederer walked away from Full Tilt with $44.3, as documented by the DOJ, and a $2.5M settlement. What's left is a question nobody has answered.