Fedor Holz

Fedor Holz

aka "CrownUpGuy"
Nationality
Germany
Germany
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GPI Rank 28
WSOP Bracelets 2
Total Live Earnings $47,794,699
The Hendon Mob Data provided by The Hendon Mob

Biography

Fedor Holz is a German poker player and WSOP bracelet winner. He is also a GGPoker Ambassador.

Holz can be seen on the first season of GGPoker's Game of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel.

Over the course of his career he has amassed over $36 million in lifetime earnings and sits top of the German all-time money list. He has since embarked on a career outside of poker, including the mind coaching app Primed Mind and the poker-teaching platform Pokercode.

Biography

Holz shot to prominence in September 2014, after winning the PokerStars WCOOP Main Event. At his first World Series of Poker in 2015, he finished third in the highly competitive $10,000 Six-Handed Championship and followed that up with a 25th place finish in the Main Event.

Many poker fans wish for the 2016 that Holz enjoyed. But in fact, his stellar 2016 began in December 2015, winning the World Poker Tour Alpha8 Las Vegas for $1.5 million. Barely a month later, he was winning another WPT Super High Roller in the Philippines, this time for over $3 million.

After further cashes at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Aussie Millions and European Poker Tour, Holz returned to Las Vegas ahead of that year’s World Series of Poker.


REVEALED: How Much Fedor Holz ACTUALLY Won During 2016 Sun-Run


By way of warm-up, he finished second in the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl for $3.5 million. He followed that up with his first WSOP bracelet in the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop, defeating Dan Smith to win $4,981,775. But Holz wasn’t done, heading to Barcelona to win another Super High Roller, this time for another $1.4 million.


German Superstar Fedor Holz Is Crushing, But Says It's His Last Full WSOP


Holz's retirement to focus on business interests saw the young phenom go out on a high, but was a continued presence on the Triton Super High Roller Series, adding cashes in Montenegro and Macau. He also finished second in the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop in 2018 for $6 million - the largest cash of his career to date.

In May 2020, it was announced that Holz would become a GGPoker Ambassador.

Following his unveiling as a GGPoker Ambassador, Holz added a second bracelet to his trophy cabinet, winning the$25,000 Heads-up on GGPoker.com in September 2020 for a cool $1,077,250.


Fedor Holz Wins Second Bracelet in WSOP Online Event #79: $25,000 Heads Up NLHE ($1,077,025)


In 2022, he finished fourth in the $200,000 Coin Rivet Invitational.

Holz was one of several top poker players and personalities tapped by GGPoker for its reality-TV spin-off from Poker After Dark. The first season—with Holz competing—aired in November 2023 as Game of Gold.

Holz's Top Five Biggest Cashes

DateEventBuy-inPlacePayout
July 2018WSOP Big One for One Drop$1,000,0002nd$6,000,000
July 2016WSOP High Roller for One Drop$111,1111st$4,981,775
May 2016Super High Roller Bowl I$300,0002nd$3,500,000
January 2016Triton Super High Roller Series Philippines$200,0001st$3,072,748
October 2017Triton Super High Roller Series MacauHK$1,000,0001stHK$16,398,000

Data courtesy of The Hendon Mob

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PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #13: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
6th $352,210
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #7: $100,000 Triton Main Event
3rd $1,830,000
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #1: $2,500 Mini Main Event
28th $18,390
2023 WSOP Paradise
Event #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship
332nd $9,300
2023 WSOP Paradise
Event #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship
35th $66,600
2023 WSOP Paradise
Event #1: $1,500 Mystery Millions
321st $2,100
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
21st $123,600
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 7-Handed
2nd $1,014,400
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
€1,100 Eureka Main Event
54th €8,100
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #83: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
7th $203,107
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #87: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
10th $167,869
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-108: $10,300 Super MILLION$ [2-day event]
14th $39,925
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-83: $10,300 Super Tuesday
13th $21,750
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-38: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event
14th $10,478
2021 GG Spring Festival
H-15: $10,300 Super Tuesday
13th $20,170
2020 GGPoker WSOP Winter Online Circuit
WSOPC #5: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha
38th $2,292
2020 GGPoker High Rollers Week
HRW 16: $10,300 NLHE 6-Max High Roller
2nd $166,915
2020 GGPoker High Rollers Week
HRW 11: $25,000 NLHE Super High Roller, $2.5M GTD
7th $129,474
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #79: $25,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em [People's Choice Event, Most Popular]
1st $1,077,025
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st
285th $4,494
2020 WPT World Online Championships
Event #3: $3,200 8-Max Championship, $3m GTD
62nd $11,151
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #42: $400 PLOSSUS [Day 2], $1M GTD
28th $3,649
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
96th $866
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Super Circuit
Event #16: PLO Main Event $1M Gtd
79th $3,763
2018 Caribbean Poker Party
$1,100 Finale
36th $5,500
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #78: The Big One for One Drop - $1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em
2nd $6,000,000
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller
9th $240,265
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Macau
HK $1,000,000 Main Event
2nd 16,398,000 HKD
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria
High Roller
1st €34,000
2017 Poker Masters
Event #5 $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em
3rd $504,000
2017 Poker Masters
Event #2 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
2nd $550,000
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
HK $250,000 6-Max Event
1st 3,472,200 HKD
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
€50,000 Single-Day High Roller
4th €319,800
2017 PokerStars Championship Macau
HK$400,000 Super High Roller
2nd 6,236,000 HKD
2017 Aussie Millions
$10,000 Main Event
5th 335,000 AUD
2017 Aussie Millions
ANTON Jewellery $100,000 Challenge
3rd 352,800 AUD
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
€25,500 Single-Day High Roller
23rd €46,900
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
€50,000 Super High Roller
1st €1,300,300
2016 Super High Roller Bowl
$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl
2nd $3,500,000
2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€50,000 Single-Day Super High Roller
5th €271,670
2016 Aussie Millions
Event #12: $100,000 Challenge
6th 281,260 AUD
2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$5,300 Main Event
18th $32,360
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona
€10,300 High Roller
24th €32,400
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona
€50,000 Super High Roller
11th €99,800
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€50,000 Super High Roller
4th €329,800
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€100,000 Super High Roller
7th €337,500
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta
€5,300 Main Event
9th €60,290
2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Vienna
Main Event
11th €10,650
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona
€10,300 High Roller
46th €18,900
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona
€5,300 Main Event
101st €12,050

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