1. Patrik Antonius is a former tennis player and coach, and model.
28 Facts About Patrik Antonius
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In 2024, Patrik Antonius was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.
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Patrik Antonius began, as a 25-year old, making a name for himself on the poker tournament circuit with two finishes near the final table of a European Poker Tour event and a World Poker Tour event, 12th at the EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, then 15th at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars event two months later, in early 2005.
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Patrik Antonius went on to finish in the money in three events of the 2005 World Series of Poker.
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Patrik Antonius has been featured three times on NBC's Poker After Dark.
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Patrik Antonius was not able to enter the 2009 WSOP Main Event, as he was turned away when attempting to register along with hundreds of others due to a capacity field.
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Patrik Antonius plays in some of the highest profile online tournaments, and in September 2008, he finished 2nd in the Full Tilt Poker $25,000 buy-in Heads-Up Pot Limit Omaha Championship, winning $320,000.
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In January 2013, Patrik Antonius finished third in the Aussie Millions Main event for $600,000.
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In March 2018, Patrik Antonius earned his largest live cash with a runner-up finish in the Super High Roller Bowl in Macau.
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In September 2022, Patrik Antonius won the Triton Poker $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for $825,000.
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In November 2024, Patrik Antonius claimed the $200,000 NLH Invitational title at the Triton Poker Series in Monte Carlo, winning $5,130,000 following a heads-up match against Vladimir Korzinin.
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Patrik Antonius is a regular high-stakes player online and one of the most successful, having won millions of dollars.
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Patrik Antonius has played on Full Tilt Poker under several nicknames, including Luigi66369, CryMeRiver9 and Finddagrind, but having become a member of "Team Full Tilt" he now plays under his real name.
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Previously Patrik Antonius was one of a team of players associated with Martinspoker.
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Patrik Antonius is equally prolific in live cash games, and is a regular in the Big Game, the high-stakes cash game at the Bellagio.
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Patrik Antonius appeared on the third to sixth seasons of GSN's High Stakes Poker.
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Patrik Antonius was involved, along with Sammy Farha, in the show's largest ever pot; it totaled $998,800.
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Sammy called Patrik Antonius's all-in raise instantly and the two agreed to run the turn and river four times.
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Patrik Antonius raised to $4,000 preflop with Jamie reraising to $14,000, after declaring that his hole cards felt "like aces".
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Patrik Antonius has since lost a pot of almost $600,000 to Tom Dwan on an episode of the Poker After Dark high-stakes cash game.
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Tom straddled the hand to $1,200 and Patrik Antonius was first to act having pocket 10s, with which he raised.
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The flop gave Patrik Antonius a set of tens and he bet $27,000, which Tom called.
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In November 2009, Patrik Antonius won the biggest pot in online poker history, $1,356,946 against Viktor Blom, who was at the time known only by his Full Tilt Poker moniker, Isildur1.
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In February 2023, Patrik Antonius played on PokerGO's No Gamble, No Future cash game show.
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Yong folded, but Patrik Antonius made it $250,000 and Persson called.
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Persson moved all-in and Patrik Antonius called all-in for just over $520,000.
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The river landed the and Patrik Antonius won the biggest pot in US poker stream history.
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Patrik Antonius has two children with his wife, American professional poker player Maya Geller, whom he met in 2008.