Introduction
Fedor Holz (born 25 July 1993) is a German professional poker player from Saarbrücken who focuses on high roller tournaments. He is widely regarded as one of the best online and live tournament poker players in the modern era. He was ranked by Pocketfives as best online MTT player in 2014 and 2015. In July 2016, he won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $111,111 High Roller For One Drop, winning $4,981,775. He is currently the highest ranked live tournament player on the Global Poker Index.
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 2nd 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. In 2015, he finished 25th in World Series of Poker Main Event cashing for $262,574.
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. Holz won his first WSOP bracelet in the $111,111 High Roller for One-Drop event and earned $4,981,775 in the process.
As of September 2016, Holz is first on the German all time money list with career live tournament winnings of over $20,000,000.
World Series of Poker
| Year | Event | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $111,111 High Roller for One-Drop Hold'em | $4,981,775 |
Personal life
Holz was born in Germany and currently resides in Vienna, Austria.