One of the great things about being an online poker fan today is the ability to connect with some of the world’s best poker players via live streaming. You can get tips from the pros, chat with them, and just relax in a community of like-minded poker enthusiasts.

But where to watch the best poker streamers? For many fans, the answer is Twitch, the online streaming platform that hosts hundreds of live poker streamers specializing in a broad range of niches, from micro stakes to pot limit Hold’em, Omaha poker, or even Hi Lo games. Let’s look at some of the most popular Twitch poker streamers, as well as a few honorable mentions. There may be some bigger names in poker who stream, but we’ve kept this list focused on streamers who have been active in the last six months at the time of writing.

Top Poker Players Who Stream in English

LexVeldhuis

Followers: 324K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 3,244

The most-watched Twitch poker streamer is Dutch pro Lex Veldhuis. According to Lexveldhuis.com, Veldhuis developed a passion early on for gaming. During his teenage years, he fell in love with StarCraft: Brood War, a popular real-time strategy game. Once he started college, many of his gaming connections, including Team Liquid founder Victor Goossens, suggested he apply his strategy gaming skills to online poker.

Despite being a poker novice, he found success playing poker online. This inspired him to switch to professional poker, dropping out of university entirely in 2005 so he could focus all his energy on becoming an exceptional player. In 2016, he discovered that poker was becoming popular on Twitch and started streaming his games online.

Thanks to his popularity in the poker scene, his incredible poker skills, and his ability to stream consistently, he has become the most popular streamer on this list. Perhaps he’ll be the one to help popularize one of these poker trends.

Spraggy

Followers: 170K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 1,455

A poker pro who graduated university then dedicated his life to poker, Ben “Spraggy” Spragg is the UK’s biggest poker streamer. While he has dabbled in live poker play and earned $218,334 playing professional games in person, his main focus has always been his online career. According to SoMuchPoker.com, he earned about $2.3 million playing multi-table poker online in 2015. Unfortunately, there are no records of his potential earnings since. Needless to say, he’s likely earned much more as his poker skills haven’t degraded, but he lives a relatively simple life.

Evidence of his frugal ways appears in an interview with the Daily Star, a UK tabloid newspaper. In the article, “Meet poker’s No1 streamer – who refuses to buy new trainers despite the huge success,” Spragg describes how he’s not a very materialistic person and, with the exception of an Aston Martin Vantage V8, doesn’t spend that much money on himself. In fact, his friends have teased him for wearing old shoes.

In regards to his stream, he focuses purely on entertainment, at one point even playing 24 tables at the same time to entertain his audience. He has, however, settled on a more manageable six, which allows him to engage with his viewers without throwing the online poker games he’s involved in.

KevinMartin

Followers: 139K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 1,123

Canadian poker player (and former “Big Brother” contestant) Kevin Martin began playing poker professionally in 2015 after quitting a job as a radio DJ. His total live play earnings come in at $386,161, but just like Spraggy, his main focus has always been Twitch and YouTube online content. According to PokerTube, Martin avoids high-stakes games and focuses instead on micro and low stakes.

While his exact online earnings are unknown, he revealed in a 2022 interview with HighStakesDB.com that he walked away with $60k in profit from all his poker games over a year and a half. While that may not seem like much on its own, it becomes incredibly impressive when you combine it with the fact that he regularly draws in about 1,500 viewers on Twitch and racks up between 20K and 30K views on each of his YouTube poker streaming videos. Moreover, with his potential sponsorship deals and video ad revenue, it’s safe to say he’s probably doing okay financially.

RaiseYourEdge

Followers: 84.6K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 1,944

The third most popular Twitch poker streamer isn’t technically a player but actually belongs to the popular poker coaching site RaiseYourEdge. However, it is predominantly hosted by Benjamin “Bencb” Rolle, a German coach at the site. 

Rolle doesn’t play in live events very often (best live result: $45,310 for coming third at the 2017 PokerStars Championship in Barcelona), but he is an online poker multi-millionaire, with online winnings totaling over $35 million and a $4 million net profit in 2024 alone (gipsyteam.com). With various sponsorship and ambassador deals, it’s safe to say the Ben Rolle is the real deal.

PokerStaples

Followers: 158K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 928

PokerStaples is a poker stream hosted by Canadian Jaime Staples, a professional tournament player who also offers poker coaching. Jaime may not wow anyone with his live poker winnings, which only come in at $135,680, but he’s built up an impressive following on Twitch and regularly clocks about 10,000 views on YouTube. Add his various sponsorship and ambassador deals, and we have another poker player who’s probably earning reasonably well.

MattStaples

Followers: 111K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 661

Who’d have thought that two Twitch channels named “Staples” would not only play poker but would both make this list? The last poker streamer on our list is Canadian player Matthew Staples. He’s one of the “newest” poker pros on our list, having started playing professional poker in late 2017. Since then, he’s earned a very modest $36,205 through professional play.

However, he’s very popular online and has created quite a library of online video content, averaging between 10K and 15K views on YouTube. He’s also associated with RaiseYourEdge and has signed streaming deals as a mid and high-stakes multi-table poker player. PokerNews.com also mentions him winning a $150,000 weight-loss bet against Bill Perkins, a hedge fund manager, film producer, and, of course, high-stakes poker player. So while Matt may not immediately catch your attention when it comes to overall poker winnings, the man clearly has a gambler’s spirit.

Honorable Mentions

While we would have loved to have included these honorable mentions in our list above, the language barrier may not work for many people. Still, if you speak a language apart from English, you may enjoy following one of the streamers below.

AlohaDanceTV

Followers: 850K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 3,397

Language: Ukrainian

Despite being one of the most popular streamers online, AlohaDanceTV, unfortunately, does not stream in English. However, if you speak Ukrainian, you may find his streams enjoyable. He also streams popular video games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Hearthstone.

zChance44

Followers: 27.8K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 558

Language: French

This is another popular streamer who doesn’t speak English. French poker streamer zChance44 focuses on educational content and specializes in the online poker scene.

Juaniitoooo

Followers: 23K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 213

Language: French

According to his Twitch profile, Juaniitoooo is a self-described French entrepreneur and poker streamer from Toulouse who has been playing poker for at least seven years. He plays low stakes €50 ($55) poker games but is aiming for €100 ($110).

FelipeMojave

Followers: 43.7K

Average viewers (according to TwitchMetrics): 521

Language: Brazilian Portuguese

FelipeMojave, or Felipe Tavares Ramos as he’s more commonly known, does stream, but he’s made most of his money playing poker professionally, either at live events or online. The popular Brazilian pro’s biggest win is $476,612 for placing second at the WSOP 2021 Online $1,000 No Limit Hold’em – Double Stack event. His biggest live cash is $401,460 for second place at the $ 5,000 No Limit Hold’em 8-Handed Freezeout at WSOP 2023 in Las Vegas. According to PokerNews.com, he’s close friends with Neymar, the soccer and poker superstar. He was also awarded Global Poker Index 2017 Latin American Player of the Year.

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