If you enjoy watching the world's best poker players in action, you don't have to wait for the next episode of WSOP or WPT on ESPN. There are constantly high-stakes games going on at the poker sites online and all you need to know is the poker pros' nicknames.
The easiest way to find great poker players in action is by visiting Full Tilt Poker. There, many of the best players such as Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen and David Benyamine play under their real names.
On other sites, however, you need to know what the players call themselves. Here are some of the best players' nicknames on various sites.
Poker Stars
Allen Cunningham - Acunningham
Chris Moneymaker - money800
Daniel Negreanu - DoubleSuited
David Benyamine - magicpitch
David Williams - RugDoctor
Erick Lindgren - EDOGN
Gavin Griffin - wsop2005
Greg Raymer - fossilman
Howard Lederer - the shrike
Hoyt Corkins - EasyH
J.C. Tran - area23JC
John D'Agostino - jdags21
John Juanda - LuckBox
Mark Seif - MarkDShark
Michael Mizrachi - TheGrinder
Mike Matusouw - MrPokeJoke
Patrick Antonius - Patman
Phil Hellmuth - #1_Lucky_One
Prahlad Friedman - Prefontaine
Thomas Keller - bigglesworth
Full Tilt Poker
At Full Tilt, many players have their real names but here are a few exceptions.
Brian Hastings - LucLongley
Brian Rast - Tsarrast
Brian Townsend - sbrugby
Di Dang - URINDANGER
Erik Sagström - Erik1234
Hac Dang - trex313
Illari Sahamies - Ziigmund
Patrik Antonius - luigi66369
Phil Galfond - OMGClayaiken
Tom Dwan - Durr
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