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Isaac Baron is widely recognized as one of the best tournament and cash game players in online poker. In 2007, Isaac was named CardPlayer Online Player of the Year. In his poker career, Isaac Baron has bagged more than $3,000,000 in prize money, won 13 titles and has become one of the most well-known online poker players. Isaac's most prestigious wins come in the bandarqq Sunday Million, Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee and PokerStars $200 Rebuy events. Although Baron has started turning his attention more towards cash games and live tournament action, he is still in danger of winning every tournament he enters. A recent European Poker Tour final table appearance netted Isaac Baron nearly $1,000,000 and cemented his place as one of the top online or live tournament poker players.

Alex AJKHoosier1 Camberis

With over $3,300,000 in career poker winnings, AJKHoosier1 is undeniably on the shortlist of top online poker players. Alex started playing poker in 2006 and after a solid start to his career in 2007 , he exploded onto the poker scene in 2008 with nearly $2.8 million in tournament earnings.

AJKHoosier1 was CardPlayer Online Player of the Year in 2008 and has accumulated 122 cashes and 9 titles in his short career. Like many of the dominant online poker players, Alex has started branching out into live poker tournaments and is sure to be a tough hit at any live or online poker tournament he enters.

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Shaun Deeb is the current frontrunner in the race for CardPlayer Online Player of the Year and has been one of the top online poker players in recent years. Deeb recently won the $75,000 guarantee and placed 2nd in the PokerStars Super Tuesday and Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawl. During his poker career, Shaun Deeb has amassed more than 2,000,000 tournament winnings, 20 poker titles and a whopping 120 cashes. In addition to being extremely talented, Deeb is also known as a poker grinder, reportedly playing an average of 30 tournaments a day.

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Annette Obrestad made poker history by winning the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. The fact that Annette_15 is still not old enough to play live poker tournaments in the United States makes her $3,400,000 in poker tournament winnings even more impressive. Annette Obrestad also famously won a 180-person sit n go while only playing her cards once. Annette_15's other legendary stories include turning freeroll money into millions of dollars without ever making a deposit at an online poker site. Annette_15 has not repeated her previous tournament dominance in the past two years, but the legend will no doubt continue to grow.

Kevin BeL0WaB0Ve Saul

Kevin BeL0WaB0Ve Saul is known as one of the most dominant forces in early online poker tournaments. Kevin Saul turned his early online success into a $ 1,300,000 payout at the 2007 Bellagio Cup and a WPT title. BeL0WaB0Ve and a small group of tournament players started playing hyper-aggressively and dominating online poker tournaments a few years ago. The rest of the online tournament field has been forced to change their playing styles, and the end result is that tournament players have been using more 3- and 4-bet bluffs and have loosened their raise and call ranges significantly. BeL0WaB0Ve has helped take tournament poker to the next level and is usually eliminated early or fighting for the title. Kevin Saul's dominance of online poker may be waning, but he appears to be a force on the live tournament poker scene.

Jon Pearl Jammer Turner

After a humble beginning to his career in 2005 and 2006, Jon PearlJammer Turner has grown into one of the premier live and online tournament poker players. PearlJammer has over $2,000,000 in career poker winnings and currently ranks high on both the live and online Player of the Year leaderboards . Jon so impressed the folks at Full Tilt Poker that he received a sponsorship deal and is listed on the site as a Full Tilt Professional in red. In addition to his 9 career wins, PearlJammer has 138 cashes including two final tables at the 2009 World Series of Poker. A versatile player, Jon excels at mixed games and no-limit hold'em . PearlJammer could be a dual threat for years to come, with a chance to win Player of the Year and Online Player of the Year awards. In 2008, PearlJammer and online colleagues Eric Rizen Lynch and Jon Apestyles published Van Fleet Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time, Volume I, a book on online tournament strategy.

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Gboro780 is currently the second -place finisher in the 2009 CardPlayer Online Player of the Year race. Gboro780 has quickly risen to the top of the online poker world with nearly $2,000,000 in career poker tournament earnings to his name. Most of Steve Gross' money was won in 2008 and 2009, earning nearly $1 million each year. Over the past five years there have been many players who have gone on to become shooting stars and then rise to fame and fortune in live tournaments or fizzle out completely, but Gboro780 has consistently been one of the best online poker players over the past few years. Gboro780 has 16 wins and a staggering 124 career cashes to date. The sky is the limit for this player and maybe there will be an online player of the year in his future.

Adam Rootlus Levy

Roothlus gained poker popularity at the 2008 World Series of Poker with his deep finish in the Main Event and his interactions with poker brat Phil Hellmuth . Adam has almost $2,000,000 in poker winnings including 112 cashes and 4 titles to date. Roothlus has pulled off some of the most impressive feats in online poker tournament history with 2 final tables in a 5 week period and the PokerStars Sunday Millions. The size of the Sunday Millions regularly exceeds 5,000 entries and the only tournament of comparable size is the WSOP Main Event and Roothlus has routinely made some of the biggest tournaments money and final tables.

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One of the most famous online poker players of all time is JohnnyBax . At the beginning of his career, JohnnyBax was considered one of the best poker players in online poker tournaments. Josephy began his online career in 2004 and has consistently been ranked at the top of online player of the year rankings. Although his attention has turned to his own poker training site, PokerXFactor , JohnnyBax's 2005 World Series of Poker bracelet, $2,700,000 in career winnings and legendary status as one of online poker's original stars continues to make him a legend of online make game.

Darrell Gigabet thick

Gigabet is arguably the most famous online poker player of all time. Gigabet started his online career by dominating the online tournament arena before turning to live poker tournaments. Deep runs at World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour events over the past few years have confirmed that his skills easily adapt to live poker as well. Gigabet has won 4 titles including a WSOP Circuit Event win and a WPT Championship. Gigabet dominated the online poker scene between 2005 and 2007 , but in recent years it has significantly reduced its tournament attendance and is no longer a threat to win the online Player of the Year awards. Gigabet is still a legend in the dominoqq online poker community but should pose a real threat in any tournament it enters.