9. John Juanda
Earnings: $20,775,090
Coming from Indonesia, John Juanda is the biggest poker earner in his home country. Juanda says he started playing tournaments back in 1996, which means he’s a well-seasoned player. Back in 2001, he won the World Poker Open Championship in 2001, while the next year he won his first WSOP bracelet, followed by two more WSOP events the next year.
Over the years, he managed to win numerous tournaments, becoming extremely successful, leading up to him becoming part of the Poker Hall of Fame in 2015.
He now has earned more than $20 million from playing poker. Juanda now lives in California, where he is much closer to the world’s largest tournaments.
