On the earth of poker, there is just one scoreboard that issues – how a lot cash have you ever received? With this truth in thoughts (and earlier than the beginning of the 2025 World Sequence of Poker), Poker Information Day by day has headed over to The Hendon Mob poker database with a vital query: Who’re the all-time cash leaders by state? Elements One and Two of this collection lined the primary ten states (alphabetically), so let’s preserve it going with the state of Georgia.
Georgia
It is a state which may shock somebody with the standard that’s within the high three. Main the way in which is among the “energy gamers” within the poker trade, the founding father of PokerGO, Cary Katz. It may need slipped by individuals, however Katz has additionally been in a position to do some injury, particularly on the “Excessive Rollers” that his streaming outlet has made such an integral a part of the match poker circuit.
With greater than $40 million in profession earnings, Katz captures the highest slot for individuals from the Peach State. However they will additionally declare the 2023 World Champion, Daniel Weinman, who picked up $12.1 million for that legacy-defining victory. The third-place entry on the checklist for Georgia may shock some, however he’s a participant who has continued to display his skills for nearly thirty years now. Listed here are the highest three gamers in Georgia poker historical past (at the very least by cash earned in match poker):
1. Cary Katz (Atlanta, GA), $40,540,997
2. Daniel Weinman (Atlanta, GA), $16,220,654
3. Josh Arieh (Atlanta, GA), $13,843,629
Hawaii
Sure, Hawaii has illustration on the all-time cash checklist, and so they even have a singular honor on this collection. They’re the primary state to have a feminine participant make it into the Prime Three of their countdown. Lisa Hamilton has put collectively a fifteen-plus-year profession within the match poker world that has garnered her over $1.4 million in profession earnings and the 2009 WSOP Ladies’s Championship. That may be a tenuous spot for Hamilton, nonetheless; she is lower than $25K forward of Joshua Suyat for the rostrum place.
Sitting atop the checklist is a person who has quietly racked up some good achievements prior to now ten years. Brandon Eisen received the 2018 Seminole Arduous Rock Poker Open in Hollywood, FL, to earn the vast majority of his $2.5 million in profession earnings. Eisen has additionally earned massive wins on the Wynn Hundreds of thousands, making him fairly sneaky and a hazard on the tables! Listed here are the highest three gamers in Hawaii poker historical past (at the very least by cash earned in match poker):
1. Brandon Eisen (Mililani, HI), $2,566,250
2. Kainalu McCue-Unciano (Kapolei, HI), $1,772,609
3. Lisa Hamilton (Honolulu, HI), $1,422,034
Idaho
It could come as a shock that Idaho really has fewer individuals on its all-time checklist than Hawaii does. Idaho may not have a LOT of individuals on its all-time checklist, however they do have a few acquainted names that sit on the highest of the mountain.
Dylan Linde is the one particular person in Idaho poker historical past who has cracked the eight-digit mark in cashes, racking up nearly $11 million in his match poker profession. He’s being chased by a legendary identify within the on-line recreation, Kevin MacPhee, who hasn’t cashed but this 12 months. These two males sit in a dominant place over the rest of the Idahoans all-time cash checklist, of which solely two have a couple of million in earnings.
1. Dylan Linde (Coeur D’Alene, ID), $10,932,182
2. Kevin MacPhee (Coeur D’Alene, ID), $6,070,660
3. Mike Kinney (Sand Level, ID), $1,392,055
Illinois
In Illinois, the battle is a detailed one as practically the whole lot of the Prime Ten have over 5 million in profession earnings (solely #10 Kevin Rabichow is under that, with $4,492,394). The checklist consists of poker Triple Crown winner Gavin Griffin, Jason Wheeler, Brandon Wilson, and Aaron Massey. However none of those males are within the Prime Three for Illinois.
Sitting atop the ladder within the Land of Lincoln is Connor Drinan. The 2-time WSOP bracelet winner is the one participant who has over $10 million in profession earnings, and he has a snug lead over these in pursuit. Listed here are the highest three gamers in Illinois poker historical past (at the very least by cash earned in match poker):
1. Connor Drinan (Chicago, IL), $11,828,858
2. Mohsin Charania (Chicago, IL), $6,577,998
3. Jordan Griff (Schaumburg, IL), $6,071,571
Indiana
As we come to the shut of Half Three of our examination of the all-time cash leaders by state, we go to the Hoosier State, the place a well-known identify is within the lead. Again in 2018, John Cynn was a younger grinder who had turned some heads together with his eleventh-place end in 2016 within the $10,000 Championship Occasion (the “Predominant Occasion”). After capturing the World Championship, Cynn not solely cemented his place in poker historical past but in addition sprang to the lead of all Indiana gamers.
Cynn has slowed down on his enjoying a bit over the previous few years, which suggests the 2 males behind him have a superb shot at going previous him. Chad Eveslage and Daniel Sepiol are inside 1,000,000 {dollars} of taking the slot away from Cynn, making the Indiana race one to look at. Listed here are the highest three gamers in Indiana poker historical past (at the very least by cash earned in match poker):
1. John Cynn (Indianapolis, IN), $10,214,121
2. Chad Eveslage (Ramsey, IN), $9,493,938
3. Daniel Sepiol (Bloomington, IN), $9,009,263
With that, we’re thirty % of the way in which by means of our listings of the highest cash earners in poker historical past by state. There are nonetheless 35 states – and tens of millions of gamers – to think about as we depend these down earlier than the beginning of the 2025 WSOP. Who do you assume takes your state’s honors for being the all-time cash leaders?
