Poker in Greece and Best Poker Players

Poker is a card game that involves betting with chips and keeping a straight face. You can also play poker online and make any kind of face you want. Additionally, a poker is a tool you keep by a fireplace.

People regard “Poker” as a game of luck but also believe that it is a game of skills too. Specifically, its is a game that combine two things: luck and skills. As a card game has a worldwide fan club. Poker in Greece has cross over to a wider audience the two last decades and that’s the reason why some of the best poker players that have discriminated are from Greece.

The following list shows the Top 10 poker players with the highest tournament winnings from Greece.

• Alexandros Kolonias: Alexandros Kolonias is a popular poker player from Volos, Greece. He earned more than USD 3,729,554.00 in his poker history with poker tourneys alone. Cash Games not included. His last public appearance was in 25-Oct-2019 where he finished as 1 in the € 10,350 No Limit Hold’em – WSOPE Main Event (Event #14) event in World Series of Poker Europe – WSOPE 2019, Rozvadov.

• Georgios Sotiropoulos: is a well-known poker player from Athens, Greece. He earned more than USD 2,818,179.00 in his poker career with poker live tournaments alone. Cash Games excluded. His last public game was in 11-Feb-2020 where he finished as 19 in the $ 10,300 No Limit Hold’em – MILLIONS South America (Event #7) event in party poker LIVE – party poker MILLIONS South America, Punta del Este. Georgios Sotiropoulos participated in more than 39 live tournaments in total.

• Ioannis Angelou-Konstas: is a popular poker player from Athens, Greece. He won more than USD 2,645,791.00 in his poker career with poker tournaments alone. Cash Games not even included. His last tournament was in 08-Jan-2020 where he finished as 39 in the $ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold’em – MILLIONS UK Main Event event in party poker LIVE – party poker MILLIONS UK, Nottingham. Ioannis Angelou-Konstas joined in more than 56 poker tournaments in total. That makes him the number 3 poker player in Greece and # 635 in the all-time money ranking.

• Georgios Zisimopoulos: is a popular poker player from Athens, Greece. He won more than USD 2,245,971.00 in his career with poker live events alone. Cash Games not included. His last tournament was in 17-Jan-2020 where he finished as 16 in the $ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold’em – Mix Max (Event #34) event in Merit Poker Western $2.5GTD, Kyrene.