Fedor Holz (born 25 July 1993) is a German professional
poker
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player, originally from
Saarbrücken
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, who focuses on high roller tournaments.
He was ranked by Pocketfives.com as the best online MTT player in 2014 and 2015. In July 2016, Holz won his first
WSOP
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bracelet, in the $111,111
High Roller For One Drop, winning $4,981,775.
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
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for $1.3 million. In 2015, Holz finished 25th in the
World Series of Poker Main Event
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, 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 for the victory.
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. 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. Also in 2020, Holz joined the
GGPoker team as a
brand ambassador
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.
As of 2023, Holz is first on the German all-time money list with career live tournament winnings of over $40,200,000.
World Series of Poker
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Personal life
Holz was born in
Germany
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and currently resides in
Vienna, Austria
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.
References
External links
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Official websiteCard Player profileHendon Mob profilePokerNews profileWPT profileWSOP profileFedor Holz Interview
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1993 births
German poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
People from Saarbrücken
Living people