If we don’t take into account the richest businessmen who play poker, it is estimated that the best players have won between 50-100M USD during their careers. Players like this include Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Erik Seidel and Doyle Brunson. There are also multiple players with over 30M USD in live tournament winnings such Bryn Kenney, Justin Bonomo and Fedor Holz. You can read inspirational biographies of top crushers in poker from our article The Best Poker Players in 2020.