Kevin Hart is, according to Forbes, the best paid comedian in the world. Kevin Hart – ~$200 million Image by WestConn source: Flickr
This game alone justifies him a place in the poker firmament, and his billions of banking dollars put him at the top of this list. This high-stakes match had a book written about it, The Professor, The Banker, and The Suicide King by Michael Craig. Andy Beal outstrips any other contender by an alphabetical factor - his wealth is measured in B’s, not M’s.īeal is a mathematician (with a conjecture named after him), a banker (owner of Beal Bank), and was the whale in a heads-up challenge that makes Polk/Negreanu look like a penny-ante kaffeeklatsch game.īetween 20, Beal played a group of top players known as The Corporation at limits that ranged from $30k/$60k to $100k/$200k.ĭuring this time he won what might be the largest hand on public record.
Andy Beal – $12.2 billion Image source: Twitter
