Frederico Pereira
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In 2023, Weinman took home the largest first-place payout in WSOP Main Event history. That figure and what he kept are what we're here to find out.
Forrest won three WSOP bracelets from six tournaments in 1993. His biggest income later came from a poker site, not a poker table. And that is long gone.
Aldemir had $12M in earnings before the Main Event and added $8M more. The gross total is easy to find, but the net figure is the part worth examining.
Liv Boeree retired in 2019, returned in 2024, and won $2.8M—the largest single prize ever for a female poker player. What she kept is another matter.
The 2016 WSOP Main Event made Qui Nguyen both famous and wealthy. But the gap between his headline prize and actual net worth is larger than most assume.
Peter Eastgate is best known as the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a title he claimed at just 22 years old. His rapid rise and early departure from professional poker make his long-term net worth difficult to assess with certainty.