1. Bonomo’s biggest ever win came when he won the “Big One for One Drop” tournament in 2018, which added $10 million to his bank account and made him the number one all-time live tournament money.
2. The biggest poker winners shows you the top money earners at the online felt. These are the most successful high stakes poker players at the rooms Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars.
3. I In recent years, the prize pool for the WSOP Main Event has become so large that the winner instantly becomes one of the top money winners in tournament poker. Jamie Gold (2006) is number eight on that list, Joe Hachem (2005) is number ten, and Peter Eastgate (2008) is number eleven.

The year 2018 closes with Justin Bonomo sitting on the throne as the biggest winner in the world of tournament poker. Thanks to his incredibly successful run in 2018, he became the poker player with the most wins who earned over $25 million in 12 months, plus he was able to secure a spot in the Poker Hall of Fame 2026 (the year he reaches the age requirement).

Biggest Online Poker Winners 2018

Today, poker fans from around the world rejoiced over finding out the first 30 names of the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl. In a live lottery broadcasted on PokerGO, hosted by Ali Nejad along with Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and ARIA’s very own Head of Poker Operations Sean McCormack and Tournament Director Paul Campbell, the names were drawn from a list of 61 total players that put down the non-refundable $30,000 deposit for this $300,000 event.

Here’s an overview of the 30 players that got selected, in order of their selection.

Names that stand out on this list are undoubtedly first-timers in one of the biggest events of the year: Adrian Mateos, Sergio Aido, Markus Dürnegger, Stephen Chidwick, Keith Tilston, Andeas Eiler, John Andress, Nick Petrangelo, Nikita Bodyakovskiy, Arne Ruge and Kahle Burns. Mateos, Aido, and Chidwick were among the ones not getting picked last year. Jan-Eric Schwippert is now the only player to miss out on the lottery in back-to-back years.

Former winners Christoph Vogelsang and Brian Rast were both selected, making Rainer Kempe the odd one out at this point. Other former finalists that made their way in through the lottery include Justin Bonomo, David Peters, Erik Seidel, and Byron Kaverman.

Biggest Poker Winners 2018 Results

Notables that signed up for the event and were not picked include former runner-ups Fedor Holz, and Jake Schindler, and the likes of Bryn Kenney, Doug Polk, Tony G, Bill Perkins, Joe McKeehen, Jason Koon, and Dominik Nitsche.

To fill out the field of 48 players, ARIA will select 16 players and two seats will be up for grabs in a $10,000 satellite to be held on May 26^th, a day prior to the event at the ARIA Resort & Casino. Rewatch the entire lottery on PokerGO right now. Follow Poker Central on Twitter for the latest information on the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl.