Fedor Holz
{{Short description|German poker player (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{infobox poker player
|name=Fedor Holz
|image=Fedor Holz 2018.jpg
|caption=Fedor Holz in 2018
|nickname= CrownUpGuy
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1993|7|25|df=y}}
|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 titles=
|wpt final tables=
|wpt money finishes=3
|ept titles=
|ept final tables=
|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.{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Donnie |date=4 January 2016 |title=22-Year-Old Fedor Holz Wins Triton Super High Roller $200,000 Cali Cup for $3,072,748 |url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2016/01/holz-wpt-200k-23733.htm |access-date=20 May 2016 |website=PokerNews Global}}{{Cite web |last=Pempus |first=Brian |date=20 May 2016 |title=Online Poker: Fedor Holz Winning Big In May |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/20380-online-poker-fedor-holz-winning-big-in-may |access-date=20 May 2016 |website=CardPlayer}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Derbyshire |first=Marty |date=11 July 2016 |title=Fedor Holz Analyzes Key Heads-Up Hand on Way to High Roller for One Drop Win |url=http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/fedor-holz-key-heads-up-hand-high-roller-one-drop-25298.htm |access-date=12 July 2016 |website=PokerNews Global}}
Poker career
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.{{Cite web |last=Peckaitis |first=Tadas |date=23 June 2021 |title=What Ever Happened To Fedor Holz? |url=https://www.casino.org/blog/what-ever-happened-to-fedor-holz/ |access-date=27 September 2021 |website=Casino.org}} In 2015, Holz finished 25th in the World Series of Poker Main Event, cashing for $262,574.{{Cite web |last=Rinkema |first=Remko |date=13 July 2015 |title=Fedor Holz Discusses His Big Day 5 Bluff in the WSOP Main Event |url=http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/fedor-holz-discusses-his-big-day-5-bluff-in-the-wsop-main-ev-22265.htm |access-date=20 May 2016 |website=PokerNews Global}}
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.{{Cite web |title=2016 Super High Roller Bowl, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=372270 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} Holz won his first WSOP bracelet in the $111,111 High Roller for One-Drop event and earned $4,981,775 for the victory.{{Cite web |last=Fast |first=Erik |date=10 July 2016 |title=Fedor Holz Wins 2016 World Series of Poker $111,111 High Roller For One Drop |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/20606-fedor-holz-wins-2016-world-series-of-poker-111-111-high-roller-for-one-drop |access-date=12 July 2016 |website=Card Player}} 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.{{Cite web |title=49th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2018, No Limit Hold'em - The Big One for One Drop (Event #78) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=472390 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=World Series of Poker - WSOP Online 2020 at GGPoker, No Limit Hold'em - Heads Up [Most Popular] (Event #79) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=680471 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} Also in 2020, Holz joined the GGPoker team as a brand ambassador.{{cite web|url=https://pokerfuse.com/news/live-and-online/211387-fedor-holz-confirms-partnership-ggpoker/|title=Fedor Holz Confirms Partnership with GGPoker|date=7 May 2020|website=Pokerfuse|author-first=Samantha|author-last=Bevington|access-date=16 July 2024}}
As of 2023, Holz is first on the German all-time money list with career live tournament winnings of over $40,200,000.{{Cite web |title=Fedor Holz's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=261880 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Germany All Time Money List |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/198/ |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
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Personal life
References
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External links
- {{Twitter}}
- [https://www.fedorholz.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/251587-fedor-holz Card Player profile]
- [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=261880 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/fedor-holz/ PokerNews profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/fedor-holz/ WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=203985 WSOP profile]
- [https://cardplayerlifestyle.com/an-in-depth-interview-with-fedor-holz-about-pokercode-and-impacting-the-future/ Fedor Holz Interview]
{{2010s WSOP bracelet winners}}
{{2020s WSOP bracelet winners}}
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Category:World Series of Poker bracelet winners