The 5 highest earning poker players of all time

#3 Daniel Colman ($27,967,060)

Colman made his name by winning the $1,000,000 buy-in event at the Big One For One Drop in 2014

One of the youngest players on the list, 27-year-old Daniel Colman is another American on the list of poker players with the highest winnings. From Holden, Massachusetts, Colman made his name by winning the $1,000,000 buy-in event at the Big One For One Drop in 2014 where he beat Daniel Negreanu in a one on one showdown. The prize money for that event: $15.3 million, the second highest in poker history.

Primarily an online player, Colman plays under the names, “mrGR33N13” or “riyyc225” and became the first player to win $1,000,000 in hyper turbo tournaments in a calendar year. In 2014, Colman added three seven-figure tournament wins to his earnings at Super High Roller events. He also won the BLUFF Player of the Year Award in 2014.