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Updated May 17, 20264 min read

Who Won the Most Money in Live Poker Tournaments in 2024?

Here are the top-10 players from The Hendon Mob website who won the most prize money last year. We’ll also see which tournaments helped them get these big wins.

#10 Roman Hrabec (Czech Republic) – $9,130,097

Roman used to be a hockey player. He became a poker pro in 2021. You can read more about him in another article. About half of his 2024 winnings came from winning the $100K Triton Main Event in Jeju, South Korea. In that tournament, Roman had an orange with him and wore a special hat to respect local culture.

Top 3 prizes:

$100K Triton Main Event: 1st place ($4,33М)
$200K Triton Invitational: 4st place ($1,86М)
$40K Triton Mystery Bounty: 1st place ($622К)

#9 Seth Davies (USA) – $9,180,944

Seth wanted to be a baseball player. He says that beer helps him when he loses a tournament. You can learn more about Seth in another article. He often finishes in the top 3 of big tournaments. Most of his 2024 winnings came from winning the Super High Roller Bowls for $100K and $300K.

Top 3 prizes:

$300K Super High Roller Bowl IX: 1st place ($3,2М)
$100K Super High Roller Bowl: 1st place ($1,5М)
€100K EPT Super High Roller: 2st place (€895)

#8 Benjamin Tollerene (USA) – $9,373,278

Ben is a regular player in online high-stakes cash games. He returned to live tournaments in 2022. He started with a $500 deposit on Full Tilt and worked his way up. He got his biggest prizes last year at the WSOP Super High Roller, where he finished second to Santosh Suvarna.

Top 3 prizes:

$250K WSOP Super High Roller: 2st place ($3,5М)
$100K WSOP Bahamas PLO Super High Roller: 2st place ($1,5М)
$50K PLO Triton Poker Super High Roller Series: 1st place ($1,07)

#7 Ben Heath (England) – $9,715,352

Ben is a well-known British poker player. He got into the top 10 by finishing second in the $500K Triton Million. In that tournament, he came back from having only 2 big blinds to win 6 all-ins in a row.

Top 3 prizes:

$500K Triton Million: 2st place ($8,16М)
$25K WSOP High Roller NLHE 5st place ($376K)
€100K Super High Roller EPT Monte Carlo: 5st place (€536K)

#6 Daniel Dvoress (Canada) – $10,298,200

Daniel is a poker pro from Russia. He moved to Canada with his family when he was 8. He did an interview in 2020 on the “Poker Stories” podcast. His biggest prizes last year came from tournaments where he finished second and fourth.

Top 3 prizes:

$500K Triton Million: 4st place ($4,3М)
$100K Triton PLO Main Event: 2st place ($1,5M)
$100K Triton NLHE: 6st place ($594К)

#5 Jonathan Tamayo (USA) – $10,298,455

Jonathan won the $10K Main Event at the WSOP in 2024, which put him into the top 5. He has been a poker pro since 2006. In 2009, he finished 21st in the WSOP Main Event. After his win this year, there was a scandal because people said that he got help from his support team.

Top 3 prizes:

$10K WSOP Main Event: 1st place ($10М)
$3K PGT NLHE: 3st place ($180K)
$2,7K WPT World Championship NLHE: 12st place ($37К)

#4 William Alex Foxen (USA) – $11,593,726

Alex could have been a professional athlete or a businessman. He started playing poker when he was 12. You can read more about how he became a poker pro in another article. Last year, he did well at WSOP Bahamas, winning the Main Event.

Top 3 prizes:

$100K WSOP Bahamas Triton Main Event: 1st place ($3,85М)
$500K Triton Million: 6st place ($2,79M)
$2,7K WPT World Championship NLHE: 1st place ($1,47M)

#3 Alejandro Lococo (Argentina) – $12,287,737

Alejandro is another example of how one big win can be most of your prize money for the year. He won the $500K Triton Million.

“It’s an amazing feeling. I am very lucky to be here with my family and friends. I am very lucky that my friend Adrian Mateos convinced me to come.”

Lococo didn’t win more than $50K in any other tournament last year.

Top 3 prizes:

$500K Triton Million: 1st place ($12,07M)
$25K WSOP Paradise Super Main Event: 225st place($50К)
$10K WSOP Main Event: 313st place ($45К)

#2 Patrik Antonius (Finland) – $12,488,048

Last year was very successful for Patrik. First, he won the €100K Super High Roller at EPT Monte-Carlo. Then, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. In November, he won the $200K Triton Invitational, his biggest win ever.

“I’m living my dream life and want to continue the same way.” You can read more about how Patrik started playing poker in another article.

Top 3 prizes:

$200K Triton Invitational: 1st place ($5,13M)
€100K EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller 1st place (€1,96M)
$100K Triton Main Event: 4st place ($1,67М)

#1 Adrian Mateos (Spain) – $13,109,217

Adrian is the best poker player from Spain. He won a WSOP Europe bracelet when he was 19, which is still a record. Last year, Adrian won 3 tournaments and finished in the money 36 times.

“Great goals have been achieved in 2024, but there is still a lot to achieve! In 2025 I will do my best”.

Adrian’s success has moved him to 8th place on the All-Time Money List. He also set a new record for being the fastest to win $50M in live tournaments.

Top 3 prizes:

$200K Triton NLHE: 2st place ($3,29M)
$50K Triton NLHEt: 1st place ($1,76M)
$30K Triton NLHE: 1st place ($1,17M)

The first big live poker events of 2025 will be in February: the EPT in Paris starts on the 12th, and a Triton Poker event in Jeju, South Korea is at the end of the month.