The tournament poker landscape has seen a major shift in recent years, with the rise and proliferation of the super high roller circuit completely changing the way live tournament performance is evaluated. With multiple tournament buy-ins of $25,000 or higher each and every month, the top players in the game have never had more access to small-field events that feature massive paydays up for grabs.

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The growth of the super high roller circuit has made a big impact on poker’s all-time money list. With the game’s top players able to accumulate seven-figure scores at a previously unthinkable rate, the top 20 on the live tournament earnings list has been almost entirely overhauled in recent years.

At the start of 2013, when high roller events were just beginning to become more common, the top 20 on the all-time money list looked as follows:

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The list was topped by Antonio Esfandiari, who surged to the number one spot after winning the first-ever $1 million buy-in poker tournament in 2012, while the runner-up in that event Sam Trickett occupied the second-place spot. Much of the rest of the list is dominated by the biggest stars of the early 2000’s poker boom, including Phil Ivey,Phil Hellmuth, John Juanda, Michael Mizrachi, and Scotty Nguyen. The list was also overrun with modern-era World Series of Poker main event winners, including Jamie Gold, Joe Hachem, Jonathan Duhamel, Carlos Mortensen, and Greg Merson.

Only one player had surpassed the $20 million mark in earnings by the start of 2013, and three players inside the top 20 had accumulated less than $10 million total.

As of today, a player with exactly $10 million in live tournament earnings would only sit in 72nd place on the list! Four players have cashed for more than $10 million so far this year alone, and only one player inside the top 20 has less than $20 million in career earnings, with Isaac Haxton sitting just outside that mark with $19,666,117.

Here’s a look at the current all-time money list:

Only seven players from the 2013 list are still among the top 20, in Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth, and Sam Trickett. All of these players remain inside the top 20 as a result of having added several million in earnings since 2013. The leading amount of money won at the start of 2013 ($23,496,079) would only be good for 13th place today.

Fedor Holz is one of many young high roller regulars inside the current top 20 who were essentially nowhere near the top of the list at the start of 2013. In fact, Holz had only made one live tournament cash by that time, for $19,288. He now sits in fourth place with $32,992,603.

With $43,449,427 in lifetime live earnings, Justin Bonomo is the current leader on the all-time money list. Bonomo is having an incredible 2018, having won 10 titles and cashed for more than $25.2 million so far this year. That is the most money won by any player in a calendar year, eclipsing the $22 million that Dan Colman won in 2014.

With it now being possible for multiple players to cash for eight figures in a single year, it seems likely that the of the all-time money list will see plenty of fluctuation moving forward. Phil Hellmuth lamented how the super high rollers have changed the top of the leaderboard during a sideline interview at the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl, which Justin Bonomo went on to win for $5 million. That event was the one that saw Bonomo take the top spot on the money list, and he had a response to Hellmuth’s comments after emerging victorious.

“The all-time money list is definitely not a clear ranking of the best player in the world right now, but it still means a lot,” said Bonomo. “Some guys say, ‘Oh, that’s just all about who plays the most high rollers.’ Well, I’m sorry to break it to you, Phil Hellmuth, but the people playing these high rollers are the best players in the world, and that’s why we are at the top of the list. Sure, somebody who plays more of these events will have an advantage [at accruing earnings], but it really does entail competing against the best players in the world nearly every single day, and I am proud of how I’ve done.”

While super high rollers might have once seemed like an unsustainable trend, with more than five years of growth it seems increasingly likely that these events will continue to take place for years to come.

Poker is not a 'man's game' anymore! Globally, women are showing their poker prowess in grand style and are consistently beating the best in the business to scoop tournaments as well as crush live tables. It's been said that women are better intuitive players than men and the list below is a testament to that fact. Following is the top 10 Women's All-time Money List released by the Hendon Mob (updated Jan 2019):

1. Vanessa Selbst - $11,851,382

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Vanessa Selbst leads the pack of the top all-time money list by quite a margin. There's no debate over her dominance as the 'first lady of poker'. She might have retired now, but it's going to take a lot of effort by someone to upstage her. She has 3 WSOP bracelets to her name as well as two WPT final tables finishes.

2. Kathy Liebert - $6,223,469

Kathy Liebert from the United States is a poker veteran. She made her first final table in the WSOP Main Event way back in 1997. She also won a whopping $1,000,000 for her 1st place finish in the Party Poker Million tournament in 2002. She's also cashed 4 times in WPT events. Her latest notable finish was in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event of WSOP 2017 for $40K.

3. Annie Duke - $4,270,548

Annie Duke is the only woman ever to win the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. This was back in 2010 when she took down the tournament for $500,000. Though she has been absent from the poker scene since 2011, she's still managed to remain 3rd on the all-time women's list.

Her biggest win ever was in 2004 where she won the WSOP Tournament of Champions for $2,000,000.

4. Annette Obrestad - $3,942,232

Norwegian pro, Annette Obrestad made her mark in the poker circuit by winning the £ 10,000 + 350 World Championship No Limit Hold'em tournament of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe in 2007 for £ 1,000,000 when she was just a teenager. She also won the 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event for A$ 175,000. In addition, she won the £ 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - Heads-Up in EPT London in 2010, plus she has a main event final table finish in EPT London along with multiple EPT cashes. Lastly, she has multiple top 100 finishes at WSOP (2013, 2012 and 2010).

5. Liv Boeree - $3,795,956

Liv Boeree, the poker genius from the UK has a degree in astrophysics and has won the Global Poker Index European Female Player of the year thrice. Her biggest win was in EPT San Remo in 2010 where she shipped the main event for € 1,250,000. She has a total of 12 cashes in WSOP. Her latest notable cash was a 10th place finish in the High Roller Event at the 2017 PokerStars Festival (London) .

In addition to being a Team PokerStars Pro, Liv is also a TV presenter and author and the only female player in history to hold both a WSOP title and EPT championship at the same time. She's also an active philanthropist and her charity Raising for Effective Giving has raised over $6,000,000 for various causes.

6. Vanessa Rousso - $3,554,327

Team PokerStars Pro, Vanessa Rousso has been missing from the poker scene since 2013, yet she's still 6th on the all-time money list. In addition to being a brilliant poker player, she's also a TV personality, DJ, pro-gambling activist and one of the most recognized female poker faces in the world. Her most impressive performance was at the EPT Grand Finale in Monaco in 2009 where she won the High Roller tournament for € 532,500.

She has 23 cashes in various WSOP events, the biggest being a second-place finish for $700,000 in the World Championship of Online Poker NL Hold'em Main Event in 2007 out of a field of 2998 entrants.

7. Joanne Liu - $3,230,438

Taiwanese, Joanne Liu is another stalwart of the poker industry and has been playing since the '90s. She is the No. 1 ranked player on the Taiwan All Time Money List. Her biggest payday was a 2nd place finish at the 2007 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars event for $600,000. Her next biggest win is a 4th place finish for ~$360,000 at the 2005 WPT Bellagio 5 Diamonds event. In all, she has amassed 10 cashes at WSOP, while 5 in WPT events.

8. Maria Constanza Lampropulos - $3,003,065

Argentinian, Maria Lampropulos started playing poker in 2014 and has been consistently winning and cashing in tournaments globally. Her biggest win was a mind-boggling £1,000,000 at the £ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - PartyPoker MILLIONS Live tournament in 2017. She followed this up with a $1,081,100 payday by winning the $10,300 No-Limit Hold'em event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in 2018. She has cashed 17 times in WSOP events as well as a championship win and a final table finish in EPT events.

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9. Maria Ho - $2,954,325

Taiwanese-American, Maria Ho caught the attention of the poker world back in 2007 when she was the last woman standing in the WSOP main event. She finished in 38th place out of 6,358 to win a hard-earned $237,865 for her efforts. Her biggest finish was in the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event of WSOP 2011 where she came runners up for $540,000. Till date, she's had 50 WSOP cashes with 3 final table finishes, 7 WPT cashes and 4 EPT cashes.

Besides having an illustrious poker career, Maria is also a commentator for WSOP and ESPN 360; she's also actively involved in many charitable causes like The National Kidney Foundation, Road 2 Recovery, and the Ronald McDonald House.

10. Loni Harwood - $2,918,381

American-born, Loni Harwood is the winner of a WSOP bracelet as well as two WSOP circuit rings. Her biggest cash was a WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament of WSOP 2013 for $609,017 where she ousted 2,541 entrants. This was a historic win as it made her the second woman (after Cyndy Violette) to make three final tables in a single WSOP and the first to win a bracelet in the same year.

Her other notable performances are: 3rd place finish in the $25,500 No-Limit Hold'em $1 Million GTD event of WPT SHRP Showdown for $348,000, 1st place finish in WSOPC National Championship - Invitational 2015 WSOP Circuit for $341,599 and a 4th place finish in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event of WSOP 2013 $210,456.

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