Ronny Kaiser

Ranking #1 on the Swiss all-time money list for tournament winnings is none other than Ronny Kaiser. Born in 1990, this talented pro caught the eyes of the masses after winning the 2017 €10,300 No Limit Hold’em High Roller event at the PokerStars Championship in Barcelona. As expected in these high buy-in events, the line-up was extremely tough and in-the-money finishers included Super High Roller Bowl winner Christoph Vogelsang and EPT sensation Philipp Gruissem – neither of which could stop the Bern-born pro from taking home the trophy and booking a $867,297 payday.

This wasn’t Ronny’s first major tournament win, as he shipped the EPT Main Event in Tallinn back in 2011 for $395,740. Across his 26 live tournament cashes, Kaiser has a combined total of more than $2,000,000 in earnings which is a pretty phenomenal ROI. What is most amazing is that his main game isn’t event No Limit Hold’em – he is considered to be a Pot Limit Omaha specialist first and foremost.

Operating as ‘1-ronnyr3’ on PokerStars, this Swiss beast has battled some of the toughest names in the online world – at the highest stakes going. His résumé of competition includes Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom, Phil ‘MrStweets28’ Galfond and Ben ‘Sauce123’ Sulsky. Since he first took to playing high stakes online back in February 2011, he has earned more than $1,400,000 playing at $25/$50 and higher according to HighStakesDB. Between 2011 and 2012, Kaiser went on an insane heater that saw him pick up over $2,000,000 from extremely strong opponents.

Although his online tournament scores are not widely available, he has won an FTOPS title on his Full Tilt account (‘ronnyr37617’) and has likely booked an additional $1,000,000 playing MTTs on PokerStars.

Since the high stakes online games have dried up in recent years, Ronny has been known to frequent the live cash game scene where he is willing to play at the biggest stakes that are going.