of his prize money with the officials to give to Russian orphanages, having been inspired to do so by Barry Greenstein's habit of donating all his poker tournament winnings to charity. In January 2008, Guoga received the Shining World Leadership Award in Melbourne Australia. As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,000,000. His 15 cashes at the WSOP account for $429,897 of those winnings. Guoga is also the principal owner of a network of high-traffic poker information sites, including Pokernews.com, Pokeraffiliateworld.com and Pokerworks.com. In 2009, Guoga was a founding inductee into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame. On 23 February 2010, in Vilnius, Guoga established the Lithuanian Poker Federation. In 2014, Guoga confirmed that he will not be returning to professional poker. Tony G occasionally plays high-stakes cash game poker. In 2018, he took part in the PartyPoker "The Big Game" High Stake PLO cash game alongside poker pros like Isildur1, Sam Trickett and casino owner, Rob Yong. Other sports Guoga is currently a major sponsor of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation. When the country's national team failed to directly qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey and had to apply for a wild-card entry, he paid a large share of the application fee of €500,000. The team was chosen for the tournament, and won the bronze medal with TONYBET printed on their jerseys. He was the national basketball team's manager from 2010 until 2012 and served as the vice-president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation. He was also the main sponsor of BC Prienai, a professional basketball club. In 2014, Guoga became the vice-president of the Lithuanian Rowing Federation. Business Guoga is director and CEO of Cypherpunk Holdings. On September 30, 2021 Tony Guoga announced that Cypherpunk Holdings has acquired two million shares of Animoca Brands for approximately $2.055 million Canadian dollars. Controversy Paradise Papers In November 2017 an investigation conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism cited his name in the list of politicians named in "Paradise Papers" allegations. Achievements 2004 WPT – Grand Prix de Paris – 2nd place 2005 European Poker Championships – 1st place 2006 Intercontinental Poker Championship – Grand Final – 2nd place 2006 Betfair Asian Poker Tour – 1st place 2007 World Series Of Poker – Europe, London – 3rd place 2007 Moscow Millions, Main Event – 1st place 2008 Shining World Leadership Award 2008 PartyPoker Premier League Poker III