Patrik Antonius

Today’s blog entry will talk about Patrik Antonius, another pro you can play poker with on Full Tilt Poker, one of the top Texas Holdem sites. Antonius was born in 1980 in Finland where he worked as both a tennis coach and model before he started earning huge profits on a Full Tilt Poker download. His current residence is in Monte Carlo with his wife and 2 year old daughter. His wife is pregnant with another child, and she will give birth later on this year.

Like most poker players, Antonius learned to play at home games. He discovered he was a good player and he really enjoyed it, so he eventually moved to online games. He was able to go pro 8 years ago, and that spurred the decision to move to Vegas. In Vegas he received cards in a large number of casinos for US players including the Bellagio where he sat in the Big Game. While he played in the WSOP using a satellite ticket he won, he did not win a title. In fact, to this day he is still looking for his first WSOP bracelet.

Antonius started making a name for himself in live tournament poker in 2005. He first played in US poker rooms, cashing a pair of World Poker Tour MTTs and then profiting in a trio of World Series of Poker events. When he was finished with the WSOP, he profited in another WPT tournament, a 2nd place finish for $1 million in the Five Diamond Classic. He continued his tournament tear in Europe. He placed 3rd in a Barcelona event and then won the title in the Baden Classic for $340k.

Since then, Antonius has continued to add to his winnings. In fact, he’s made approximately $3 million playing live tournament poker. Unlike many high profile pros, though, he’d rather play online than live. He plays a ton of high stakes ring games on US friendly poker sites, often preferring heads-up NL Texas Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha. It’s reported that he won over $9 million in some of the best online poker sites in 2009! You might already know that he’s the first person to play Tom Dwan in his Million Dollar Challenge.

Antonius doesn’t limit his betting to the poker table as he has fun with betting on sports and gambling while playing golf. This is all added to the millions of dollars he’s lost to other poker players via staking deals. Most of us will never see that much money in our lifetimes! All the unnecessary gambling kind of makes you wonder if he plays a Blackjack download when he’s not at the high stakes tables. It would appear that he has more in common with Phil Ivey than just poker!

If you would like the chance to play with Patrik Antonius, go ahead and get a Fulltiltpoker download. Since he prefers cash over tournaments, you should try to find him in high stakes ring games. Have fun!