At any given time there are usually about 7,000 players playing on PokerStars, but we hear more about a handful of them than all of the rest combined. That's because, as in all disciplines with a high skill factor, the cream rises to the top.

But who are these people? Who are the real players behind the online screen-names who tend to dominate at the PokerStars tables?

Anonymous tables are there so recreational players cannot be targeted by tracking and game selection software. Real name tables are designed so everyone knows who they are playing against and also is a reasonable first step against shared accounting. In 2020 when there has been no live poker, I have thoroughly enjoyed real name tables. Upon discovering poker, he switched the games but kept his handle. Since he spent a lot of time in South Korea during his StarCraft days, he had to come up with an alias because the Koreans had troubles pronouncing his real name and so ‘ElkY‘ was born. Today, this is his nickname in both, the real and the virtual world. PokerStars Screen Names. Barry Greenstein-barryg1 Daniel Negreanu-DoubleSuited Scott Fischman-Emptyseat88 Hoyt Corkins-EasyH Erick Lindgren-EDOGN. Reloadthis- Layne Flack Prefontaine- Prahlad Friedman razorbax- Josh Arieh MrPokeJoke- Mike Matusouw luckysucker- Hans 'Tuna' Lund Erik123- Erik Sagstrom TheBeat- Pete Giordano gank- Brett Jungblutt bigglesworth- Thomas Keller magicpitch- David.

In some cases, we just don't know. PokerStars permits players anonymity, and we are no wiser at PokerStars Blog as to many of the players' identities as you are. But we also have access to social media and other outlets, and we meet people at events, where we'll sometimes ask them their screen-names. Consequently, we've built up quite a knowledge base of players and their aliases. And it's time to share it.

Here's our list of PokerStars screen-names and the real people we know are behind them.

The list features only players whose screen-names are either common knowledge or who have volunteered the information online -- usually via a social media account, a results-tracking service (such as Pocket Fives), an interview or part of a coaching offer. The 'Nationality' field shows the country in which they hold a passport, but the 'Based' field shows the country in which their PokerStars account is currently registered, and from which they play online. (This is subject to change as players move around.)

This is far from exhaustive and it is likely to be updated as and when we learn more.

26071985Christoph VogelsangGermanyUK
!Seveeeeeeen!Fabian GumzGermanyAustria
¿¿toneecho??Miguel SeoaneSpainUK
€urop€anSamuel VousdenFinlandFinland
0Human0Liviu IgnatRomaniaRomania
1_conor_b_1Conor BeresfordUKUK
2pacnrw16Dietrich FastGermanyAustria
4rebmunElliot SmithCanadaCanada
AaronBeenAaron BeenUSAMexico
AceSpades11Mark RadojaCanadaCanada
AdamyidAdam OwenUKMexico
aDrENalin710Denis StrebkovRussiaRussia
AfRoBiZzLe!Seun OluwoleUKUK
Aggro SantosScott MargeresonUKIreland
Aku1206Aku JoentaustaFinlandFinland
ale6kaAliaksei BoikaBelarusBelarus
Amadi_17Adrian MateosSpainUK
Andy McLEODJames ObstAustraliaCosta Rica
apestylesJon Van FleetUSACanada
APonakovAleksejs PonakovLatviaEstonia
Apotheosis92Christopher KrukCanadaCanada
AppelKruimelJasper WetemansNetherlandsNetherlands
ARTSchGambleArturs ScerbaksGermanyGermany
baeks22Stefan SchillhabelGermanyAustria
batoelrobRob HollinkNetherlandsNetherlands
BelabacsiPeter TraplyHungaryHungary
Ben86Ben TollereneUSACanada
bencb789Benjamin RolleGermanyAustria
Big HuniChris HunichenUSACosta Rica
bigfox86Alex FoxenUSACanada
BillLewinskyJoris RuijsNetherlandsNetherlands
Bit2EasyLuke ReevesUKUK
blanconegroConnor DrinanUSAMexico
botteonpokerBruno BotteonBrazilBrazil
BounatirouDominik NitscheGermanyUK
BowieEffectAndy WilsonUKUK
Bozzano JNREnio BozzanoBrazilBrazil
BrynKenneyBryn KenneyUSACanada
buck21Shaun BuchananCanadaCanada
bustovilleJoni JouhkimainenFinlandFinland
C.Darwin2Simon MattssonSwedenSweden
caeciliusNick PetrangeloUSACanada
caIcuIer_Sylvain LoosliFranceUK
cal42688Calvin AndersonUSA
calvin7vJussi NevanlinnaFinlandFinland
ClockWyzeAndrew PantlingCanadaCanada
cocojamb0Ognjan DimovBulgariaBulgaria
coliseaDzmitry UrbanovichPolandBelarus
Corback_frJonathan ThermeFranceUK
CrabMakiDave ShallowUKUK
CrisperChristian PereiraArgentinaArgentina
CrownUpGuyFedor HolzGermanyAustria
DaanOssDaan MuldersNetherlandsAustria
DaghemuneguuMaxime ChilaudFranceUK
danipesisDani PalauMexicoMexico
Danny98765Dan SmithUSA
dans170'Danilo de Lima DemetrioBrazilBrazil
dantegoyaFDante GoyaBrazilBrazil
dariepokerVlad DarieRomaniaRomania
darreneliasDarren EliasCanadaCanada
daskalos20Andreas ChristoforouCyprusCyprus
daskalos20Andreas ChristoforouCyprusNetherlands
dpeters17David PetersUSACanada
drupa-luckerAndrey ChernokozRussiaRussia
easywithacesFintan HandIrelandIreland
edercampanaEder CampanaBrazilBrazil
EEE27Eelis PärssinenFinlandFinland
eisenhower1Christian JeppssonSwedenSweden
Epiphany77Charlie CarrelUKUK
ExclusiveNoah BoekenNetherlandsNetherlands
fapk2212Fernando KaramBrazilBrazil
firaldo87Niall FarrellUKUK
fish2013Mikita BadziakouskiBelarusLatvia
Flush_EntityGriffin BengerCanadaCanada
FrenchDawgMarc-Andre LadouceurCanadaCanada
Fresh_oO_DJens LakemeierGermanyAustria
fvianaFernando VianaBrazilBrazil
Galochina10Henrique CoutinhoBrazilBrazil
gavz101Gavin CochraneUKUK
Gboro780Steve GrossUSA
Gedis92Gediminas UselisLithuaniaLithuania
Girafganger7Bert StevensUKUK
go0se.core!Steffen SontheimerGermanyAustria
goleafsgoehMike LeahCanadaCanada
gordon0410Vicent BoscaSpainUK
GraftekkelJans ArendsNetherlandsNetherlands
Greenstone25Johannes KorsarSwedenSweden
GrindationPhil McAllisterUKUK
Guizãoo_Guilherme CarmoBrazilBrazil
Gunning4youScott SeiverUSACanada
gusmaaPedro GusmaBrazilBrazil
HealTheWorldJulian ThomasGermanyAustria
hellzitoWill ArrudaBrazilBrazil
heyalissonAlisson PiekazewiczBrazilBrazil
IgorkarkarofSimon Rønnow PedersenDenmarkDenmark
ImDaNutsChristopher OliverUSACosta Rica
ImluckboxMichael AddamoAustraliaThailand
INeedMassariJoao SimaoBrazilBrazil
ISILDRooNLeo NordinSwedenSweden
Isildur1Viktor BlomSwedenSweden
JabracadaTom HallUKUK
Jacob SchindlerJake SchindlerUSAMexico
jakoon1985Jason KoonUSACanada
jamienixon90Jamie NixonUKUK
jareth3542Jareth EastUKUK
Jeans89Jens KyllonenFinlandFinland
JEIK0Jeiko PalmaPanamaPanama
joisoAlexander KostritsynRussiaRussia
josef_shvejkArsenii KarmatckiiRussiaUK
JWPRODIGYJordan WestmorlandUSAThailand
kaju85Ka Kwan LauSpainAndorra
kelvin_fp:arKelvin KerberBrazilBrazil
KKremateThiago CremaBrazilBrazil
KovalskiFabiano KovalskiBrazilBrazil
krakukraKonstantin MaslakRussiaRussia
krissyb24Kristen BicknellCanadaCanada
Kroko-dillAndrey ZaichenkoRussiaRussia
KuuLDimitar DanchevBulgariaBulgaria
lasagnaaammmMustapha KanitItalyUK
lb6121Luke SchwartzUKUK
lechuckpokerIgor KurganovRussiaRussia
Lena900Niklas AstedtSwedenSweden
limitlessWiktor MalinowskiPolandPoland
lissi stinktChristopher FrankGermanyAustria
LLinusLLoveLinus LoeligerSwitzerlandSwitzerland
LrslzkSami KelopuroFinlandFinland
ludovi333Ludovic GeilichUKUK
luis_fariaLuis FariaPolandPoland
M.nosbocaJMartin JacobsonSwedenSweden
Malaka$tyleJuan PardoSpainUK
mararthur1Arthur MartirosyanRussiaRussia
markovitsusMarkku KoplimaaEstoniaEstonia
MarTomChatThomas BoivinBelgiumUK
MastaP89Pius HeinzGermanyAustria
mczhangMichael ZhangUKUK
mindgamerStefan JedlickaAustriaAustria
MissOracleDavid YanNew ZealandNew Zealand
MITS 304Dimitri MichaelidesGreeceNetherlands
MonkeyBausssDavid LakaSpainGeorgia
Moorman1Chris MoormanUKUK
MpZancanMateus ZancanBrazilBrazil
Mr. Tim CaumSteve O'DwyerIrelandIreland
mrAndreeewAndreas BerggrenSwedenSweden
mrsweets28Phil GalfondUSACanada
Muka82Murilo FiguiredoBrazilBrazil
munchenHBMike TelkerUSACosta Rica
MUSTAFABETMatthew AshtonUKUK
Mysters_YTatiana BarausovaRussiaRussia
nailuj90Julian StuerGermanyAustria
nastyminderDinesh AltSwitzerlandSwitzerland
Naza114Joao VieiraPortugalNetherlands
NegriinIvan LucaArgentinaArgentina
nicccNicolas ChouityLebanonLebanon
NL_ProfitAnatoly FilatovRussiaRussia
Odd_OddsenOla AmundsgårdFinlandFinland
omaha4rollzLaszlo BujtasHungaryHungary
OMGitshuntIhar SoikaBelarus
Online nameReal nameNationalityBased
OrpTheTurkOrpen KisacikogluUKUK
OxotaDaniel DvoressCanadaCanada
p0cket00Sebastian SikorskiCanadaCanada
PaDiLhA SPPedro PadhilaBrazilBrazil
pads1161Patrick LeonardUKUK
PäffchenPascal HartmannGermanyAustria
papan9_p$Viktor UstimovRussiaRussia
Pappe_RukJoep van den BijgaartNetherlandsNetherlands
Pass_72Pascal LefrancoisCanadaCanada
PessagnoCaio PessagnoBrazilBrazil
philivey2694Isaac HaxtonUSAMalta
pistons87Ankush MandaviaUSACanada
pitabread189Peter ChienCanadaCanada
PokerKaiserNicolas FierroChileChile
pokerklukaLuuk GielesNetherlandsNetherlands
prebzPreben StokkanNorwayNorway
PremoveAndrei SkvortsovRussiaRussia
Prince PabloArlie ShabanCanadaCanada
probirsAndras NemethHungaryHungary
prot0Jordi UrlingsNetherlandsMalta
PROTENTIALmnRyan LaplanteUSACanada
ProudflopJonathan ProudfootUKUK
prrrak4783Tonio RöderAustria
Pseudo FrutoLuan FelipePortugalNetherlands
PTFisherman23Andre MarquesPortugalNetherlands
PwndidiAlex TheologisNorthern MacedoniaUK
pycadasgalaxRafael FurlanettoBrazilBrazil
raconteurRichard GrykoUKUK
ragAAAila19Andrei BogheanRomaniaRomania
raidalotTalal ShakerchiUKUK
random_chuStevan ChewAustraliaCanada
robinhoRobin YlitaloSwedenSweden
ROFLshoveKahle BurnsAustraliaMexico
RomeOproRoman RomanovskyRussiaRussia
RRagazzoRicardo RagazzoBrazilBrazil
RuiNFRui FerreiraPortugalNetherlands
RunGodlikeBenny GlaserUKUK
sadface11Toby JoyceIrelandIreland
samsquidSam GraftonUKUK
SantaZzzDenys ChufarinUkraineUkraine
Sauce123Ben SulskyUSACanada
Schildy1984Alex DebusAustriaAustria
Secret_M0d3Dario SammartinoItalyAustria
seijistarRodrigo SeijiBrazilBrazil
Senkel92Tobias LeknesNorwayNorway
shaundeebShaun DeebUSAMexico
silentm0dePavel PlesuvMoldolvaMoldova
Simon1471Simon HigginsUKUK
SirWattsMike WatsonCanadaCanada
SkaiWalkurrrRachid Ben SheriffUKUK
SkjervøyAndreas TorbergsenNorwayNorway
SmilleThHeroDaniel SmiljkovicGermanyAustria
sombra97Caio MayrinckBrazilBrazil
SpaceyFCBKenny HallaertBelgiumUK
Sphinx87Tomasz CybulskiPolandPoland
SpraggyBen SpraggUKUK
srxakgironaSergi ReixachSpainUK
ssicK_OnEClaas SegebrechtGermanyAustria
Stakelis24Audrius StakelisLithuaniaLithuania
steakaddict.Alexandru PapazianRomaniaRomania
stevie444Stephen ChidwickUKUK
Str8$$$HomeySam GreenwoodCanadaCanada
SucceeedJakob MiegelGermanyGermany
SvZffSteven van ZadelhoffNetherlandsMalta
SwaggersorusJack SinclairUKUK
swordfish007Manig LoeserGermanyUK
TankanzaGianluca SperanzaItalyAustria
TheCleaner11Jorryt van HoofNetherlandsUK
theNERDguyYuri MartinsBrazilBrazil
thienlao21Ilya KorobkinUkraineUkraine
Ti0373Gleb TremzinRussiaRussia
Tim0theeTimothy AdamsCanadaCanada
tinnoemulderTeun MulderNetherlandsNetherlands
TomateeFrancisco BenitezUruguayUruguay
tonkaaaaParker TalbotCanadaCanada
TruetellerTimofey KuznetsovRussiaRussia
TulkazJonas KlausenDenmarkDenmark
VbV1990Viacheslav BuldyginRussiaRussia
veeeaArtem VezhenkovRussiaRussia
VitorbrasilVitor MoreiraBrazilBrazil
VladTheSlayeVlad MartynenkoUkraineUkraine
vovtroyVladimir TroyanovskiyRussiaRussia
WATnlosChristian RudolphGermanyAustria
wizowizoOle SchemionGermanyAustria
woodbine avenueDan ScottCanadaCanada
WushuTMThomas MuehloeckerAustriaAustria
YRWTHMELTHRLuc GreenwoodCanadaCanada
ZagazaurFilipe OliveiraBrazilBrazil
ZapahzamazkiRinat LyapinRussiaRussia
ZeeJustinJustin BonomoUSACanada
zufo16Ivan ZuficCroatiaCroatia

A newcomer joined the high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker in August and has captivated the online poker world like we haven’t seen in quite some time. The player, who hails from Sweden, goes by the moniker “martonas” and has already clashed with Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, David Benyamine, Brian Hastings, and many others at some of the biggest No Limit Hold ’em and Pot Limit Omaha games on the site.

Whenever an unknown makes an appearance in the nosebleed games it is automatically assumed that it’s either a high-stakes pro attempting to hide his or her identity or a wealthy novice taking a shot against poker’s best (much like billionaire Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, who has lost millions playing on Full Tilt Poker). Either way, it attracts the sharks, and there has been no exception in the case of “martonas”, who has taken million dollar swings in 19 sessions since August 10th.

Speculation from the online poker community has linked the “martonas” account to several possible high-stakes regulars from Sweden, including Martin de Kniff, Jonas Danielsson, Bengt Sonnert, and a player with the online name Blom90, who came out of nowhere to obliterate the high-stakes No Limit games on the iPoker network early in 2009. Most of the talk has surrounded de Kniff and Danielsson, as Martin is rumored to be staking the young Swede. Danielsson regularly plays the biggest cash games on Ladbrokes as “nebuchad”.

Up until now, there hasn’t been enough information to confirm either of their connection to the “martonas” account.

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The mysterious Swedish player went on a spectacular rush when he or she first burst onto the scene this month, taking close to $900,000 in a $500/1000 No Limit Hold ’em session on August 14th. Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Cole South each had substantial losses to “martonas”, which would go on to win $1.3 million by August 17th.

The nature of high-stakes cash games revealed its ugly face shortly after and it’s all gone downhill since. According to pokertableratings.com, “martonas” lost more than $2.7 million during a lengthy session on August 18th, most of which went to Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, Full Tilt Team Pro member Brian Hastings, and Tom “durrrr” Dwan. Galfond made more than $800,000 from the Swede at both the NLHE and PLO tables while Hastings’ winnings were over $600,000. But it was “durrrr” who did most of the damage. More than $2.8 million of the “martonas” bankroll went to Dwan, who has now recouped all of his losses on Full Tilt Poker from the year.

“Martonas” lost $314,000 in their most recent session on August 21. Dwan, Benyamine, Galfond, Di “urindanger” Dang, and Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin were all there to pick apart the newcomer and “martonas” hasn’t been seen on the site since. The player has lost close to $2 million on Full Tilt overall. Whether or not “martonas” went bust or is simply taking a break remains to be seen, but the top players in the game certainly look forward to a return.

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Poker News Daily will continue to investigate the identity of “martonas” and will follow up with any addition info we can gather about the player. Stay tuned!

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