Fedor Holz Explained

Fedor Holz
Nickname:CrownUpGuy
Birth Date:25 July 1993
Birth Place:Saarbrücken, Germany
Hometown:Vienna, Austria
Wsop Bracelet Count:2
Wsop Final Tables:5
Wsop Money Finishes:16
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank:25th
Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year:2015
Wpt Money Finishes:3
Ept Money Finishes:3
Updated:2020-09-06
Live Poker Earnings:$32,556,337

Fedor Holz (born 25 July 1993) is a German professional poker player, originally from Saarbrücken, who focuses on high roller tournaments.[1] [2] He was ranked by Pocketfives.com as the best online MTT player in 2014 and 2015. In July 2016, Holz won his first WSOP bracelet, in the $111,111 High Roller For One Drop, winning $4,981,775.[3]

Poker

Holz had his first live cash in 2012 at the €500 No Limit Hold'em GPT II Deepstack Series Main Event, where he finished second for €15,320. Holz plays online under the alias CrownUpGuy. In September 2014, he won the World Championship of Online Poker for $1.3 million.[4] In 2015, Holz finished 25th in the World Series of Poker Main Event, cashing for $262,574.[5]

In 2016, Fedor won the Triton Super High Roller for $3,463,500 in January, and finished runner up in the Super High Roller Bowl for $3,500,000 later that year.[6] Holz won his first WSOP bracelet in the $111,111 High Roller for One-Drop event and earned $4,981,775 for the victory.[7] Holz's biggest cash was in 2018 at the $1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - The Big One for One Drop for $6,000,000.[8] In the 2020 WSOP Online, he won his second bracelet in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Heads Up event for $1,077,250.[9] Also in 2020, Holz joined the GGPoker team as a brand ambassador.[10]

As of 2023, Holz is first on the German all-time money list with career live tournament winnings of over $40,200,000.[11] [12]

World Series of Poker

+ World Series of Poker bracelets
YearEventPrize money
2016$111,111 High Roller for One-Drop Hold'em$4,981,775
2020 O$25,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em$1,077,025

An "O" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won during the World Series of Poker Online

Personal life

Holz was born in Germany and currently resides in Vienna, Austria.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peters . Donnie . 4 January 2016 . 22-Year-Old Fedor Holz Wins Triton Super High Roller $200,000 Cali Cup for $3,072,748 . 20 May 2016 . PokerNews Global.
  2. Web site: Pempus . Brian . 20 May 2016 . Online Poker: Fedor Holz Winning Big In May . 20 May 2016 . CardPlayer.
  3. Web site: Derbyshire . Marty . 11 July 2016 . Fedor Holz Analyzes Key Heads-Up Hand on Way to High Roller for One Drop Win . 12 July 2016 . PokerNews Global.
  4. Web site: Peckaitis . Tadas . 23 June 2021 . What Ever Happened To Fedor Holz? . 27 September 2021 . Casino.org.
  5. Web site: Rinkema . Remko . 13 July 2015 . Fedor Holz Discusses His Big Day 5 Bluff in the WSOP Main Event . 20 May 2016 . PokerNews Global.
  6. Web site: 2016 Super High Roller Bowl, No Limit Hold'em . 4 December 2023 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  7. Web site: Fast . Erik . 10 July 2016 . Fedor Holz Wins 2016 World Series of Poker $111,111 High Roller For One Drop . 12 July 2016 . Card Player.
  8. Web site: 49th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2018, No Limit Hold'em - The Big One for One Drop (Event #78) . 4 December 2023 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  9. Web site: World Series of Poker - WSOP Online 2020 at GGPoker, No Limit Hold'em - Heads Up [Most Popular] (Event #79) ]. 4 December 2023 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  10. Web site: Fedor Holz Confirms Partnership with GGPoker. 7 May 2020. Pokerfuse. Samantha. Bevington. 16 July 2024.
  11. Web site: Fedor Holz's profile on The Hendon Mob . 4 December 2023 . The Hendon Mob Poker Database . en.
  12. Web site: Germany All Time Money List . 4 December 2023 . The Hendon Mob . en.
  13. Web site: Fedor Holz. GlobalPokerIndex. 20 May 2016.