If you follow high-stakes online poker you’re no doubt familiar with Viktor "Isildur1” Blom, Patrik Antonius and Phil Ivey.

You may even know that Ivey’s new account on Full Tilt is "Polarizing” or that Antonius has returned to his old "FinddaGrind" alias.

Over the last couple years cheat poker, however, the next wave of online poker players has encroached upon the high-stakes scene.

It can be hard for even the most devoted online poker fan to keep track of the new handles so here’s a quick guide to the latest movers and shakers from the last year.

Some of these players are still unidentified so feel free to share your thoughts about who the accounts belong to in the comments below.

All profit numbers are from highstakesdb.com:

Ragen70

Real Name: Niklas Heinecker

Online profit this year: $3.8 million

Biggest live tournament score: $4.4 million

Nationality: German

Current residence: Hamburg, Germany

Bio: What a year for Niklas Heinecker. Not only is he one of the biggest online winners but he also took down this year’s inaugural GuangDong Asia Millions for $4.4 million.

Heinecker has actually been around poker for years but 2013 has really proved to be his breakout trick cards.

He travels the international circuit with fellow Germans Igor Kurganov, Tobias Reinkemeier, Fabian Quoss and Phillip Gruissem.

Cottonseed1

Real Name: Kyle Hendon

Online profit this year: $3.1 million mid-2013 (opted out of tracking)

Biggest tournament score: n/a

Nationality: American

Current residence: Mexico

Bio: Despite having played since the mid-2000s, Kyle "Cottonseed1” Hendon has always been well under the radar.

2013 may be the year that all changes for Hendon as he’s absolutely crushing the high-stakes games with $3.1 million in profit on Full Tilt Poker.

Hendon has been particularly dangerous in the big $2k/$4k FLO8 games that have been running.

Interestingly Hendon is one of the few players who has opted out of having his long-term results displayed so his exact profit is unknown.

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