Fedor Holz

aka "CrownUpGuy"

Nationality

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

Date	Event	Buy-in	Place	Payout
July 2018	WSOP Big One for One Drop	$1,000,000	2nd	$6,000,000
July 2016	WSOP High Roller for One Drop	$111,111	1st	$4,981,775
May 2016	Super High Roller Bowl I	$300,000	2nd	$3,500,000
January 2016	Triton Super High Roller Series Philippines	$200,000	1st	$3,072,748
October 2017	Triton Super High Roller Series Macau	HK$1,000,000	1st	HK$16,398,000

_{Data courtesy of The Hendon Mob}

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PokerNews Covered Events

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