What do you think the bankrolls of poker pros are?

#1 12-13-2005, 09:29 PM

The threads about that 60 million dollar SNG has gotten me thinking, since one poster said something to the effect of "I didn't know Ivey even had 10 million".

Of the cash game players who play the highest stakes, such as Brunson, Ivey, Chan, etc., any idea what their bankrolls are?

cwsiggy · #2 12-13-2005, 09:38 PM

No one knows. Not trying to be a jerk but really, no one knows.

B Dids · #3 12-14-2005, 12:05 AM

Moreover, a lot of those pros are backed/sell their action, so it's just not really applicable.

Beavis68 · #4 12-14-2005, 03:52 PM

I would guess that the best rolled players are the cash game guys, Reese, Greenstein, Ivey, Farha. I think Doyle has some good bank too.

FoxwoodsFiend · #5 12-14-2005, 04:32 PM

This summer I was playing some 80/160 at the Borgata with this young player who was considered one of the better players in A.C. and claims that he's good friends with Ivey. He claimed that Ivey has about $25 million in his bankroll.

Obviously this is just hearsay but given that he was about the same age as Ivey and Ivey used to live in A.C., I thought he was pretty credible

valenzuela · #6 12-14-2005, 07:53 PM

its funny how the poster asks for a guess and u ppl reply that nobody knows.

Beavis68 · #7 12-14-2005, 08:42 PM

"you people"= 1 person?

#8 12-14-2005, 08:50 PM

They don't even need bankrolls because people w/ money will pay for their action...

cwsiggy · #9 12-14-2005, 09:52 PM

ok I'll guess.....

Ivey = 30-40 million easily
Doyle = same or way more
Reese = ditto
Lyle Berman - liquid!!! Like rich enough to own one's own jet
Harman - same as Ivey.
Matusow - (-3.6 million but unlimited lines of credit with friends) see Lyle Berman above.
Greenstein = not quite as much as Reese or Ivey but maybe
Lederer - Doesn't play cash games anymore (says he will get back into them when he has time) but rich enough to belong to TPC Summerlin Golf Club and buy expensive wine all the time
Prahlad - 7 million at least

cwsiggy - $11.43 on Prima but only cause they gave me $10 for making an account(so I could watch ZWEIG) I won a 10 person sit n go after losing like $6 to luckbox suckouts.
Bankroll to increase rapidly as I now have regular employment.

Beavis68 · #10 12-14-2005, 10:03 PM

I dont think harmon has won that much.

something on her was bragging about 500,000 in winnings over 10years.