Patrik Antonius is a highly successful high stakes poker player who is a member of Team Full Tilt.
Full Tilt Poker is a unique online poker room as it was started in 2004 and is still managed by some of the best poker players in the world, such as Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch and Mike Matusow. This is Team Full Tilt and only 14 players are included. Patrik Antonius was included in 2006.
In 2005 Patrik Antonius started to be recognized as a great poker player, as he made a number of final tables at large buy-in live tournament events. Among them he won the EPT event at Baden bei Wien and earned around $400k.
Since that time, Patrik has become a famous poker player recognized by everyone interested in poker, as he is both active and successful in online poker and at poker shows on TV.
Patrik appeared regularly at “High Stakes Poker” on GSN. There he played his aggressive and confronted some of the great players like Phil Ivey and Doyle Brunson. He played in the show’s largest pot of almost one million dollars against Sammy Farma.
Patrik is also noted online and hundred of railbirds follow his games at Full Tilt Poker. He plays the highest stakes games there and has been reported to have won many millions of dollars.
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Note that like Boris Becker Patrik Antonius was initially a pro tennis player before he became the poker pro superstar we all know today.