Who Are the Top Online Poker Players in Australia?
Sitting pretty at #11 in the PocketFives Country Poker Rankingsis Australia, which has a combined PLB score of its top 20 players of 87,766. Australia has the third highest number of Triple Crowns of any country at 36 and is home to the third highest number of registered PocketFivers. Let’s take a look at the top 10 online poker players in Australia according to their PLB score.
10. pktsebens – The #3 player in New South Wales, he won an FTOPS event last year for $187,000, the largest score we’ve tracked for him. That tournament saw him defeat five other PocketFivers in the top seven. You can find him battling as Stella948 on PokerStars and doneNdusted84 on Full Tilt.
9. Tiny_molester – Real name: Martin Kozlov. He is the lone registered PocketFives member from Lysterfield and has nearly $800,000 in tracked scores. He recently finished ninth in the EPT London Main Event for $77,000.
8. Nur1ck (pictured) – This Sydney resident is the #2 player in New South Wales and ranked #374 worldwide. He has over $1.3 million in tracked scores from nearly 2,500 cashes and got the “W” in the PokerStars Big $162 earlier this year for $20,000.
7. SwoopAE – Queensland’s Oliver Gill won the PokerStars Bigger $162 last month for $51,000, his largest tracked score to date. Earlier in the year, he found gold in the PokerStars Sunday Second Chance for $47,000.
6. weygang1 – The owner of nearly $1.9 million in tracked earnings, this Victoria resident has three scores of at least $50,000, including a runner-up finish in the Sunday Million last year for $132,000 officially.
5. Deanuzz – The top ranked player in Melbourne, he took third in the PokerStars Sunday $100 Rebuy four months ago for $26,000. He is less than $1,000 away from breaking $700,000 in tracked online poker earnings.
4. xMONSTERxDONGx – Arguably the most well-known Australian PocketFiver, Jonathan Karamalikis won the APPT Sydney Main Event in 2010 for $454,000. Last year, he entered victory lane in the APOC Taipa High Roller Event for nearly $500,000.
3. WaGe N WaRz (pictured) – Won the 888 Poker Mega Deep in September for $32,000. Also has second place finishes this year in the PokerStars Sunday $100 Rebuy and Sunday Second Chance for over $80,000 total.
2. googiemona – The top ranked player in Brisbane, he is fresh off a WCOOP title in a $215 Pot Limit Five Card Omaha Six-Max tournament for $40,000. He plays as v_rounder on PokerStars.
1. mjw006 – Sydney’s mjw006 has nearly $3 million in tracked earnings, the most of anyone in the top 10, and he can be found at #25 in the Rankings worldwide. He is three weeks removed from a victory in the PokerStars Super Tuesday for nearly $100,000 officially.
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