10. Brian Rast
Earnings: $20,652,381
American poker player Brian Rast is definitely among the highest earning poker players in the world, the highest one from California, and the seventh in the United States.
Although in his youth he was a valedictorian and got into Stanford, he decided he was good enough at poker that he could make a living out of it, so he dropped out. Given how much he’s earned so far, that’s certainly true.
Rast doesn’t just play in tournaments, but also on various online platforms, such as PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, with a good part of his winnings coming from the latter.
