Christian Rudolph (poker player)

Christian Rudolph
Personal information
Year of birth	1988
Nicknames 0	WATnlosPokerStars Christian RudolphGGPoker
place of residence	Austria
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	at least 0.$ 620,000
Total prize money	At least $ 2,345,612
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	32
Best main event	342nd ( 2019 )
Main Event of party poker Live
title	no
Cashes	2
Last updated: August 29, 2020

Christian Rudolph (* 1988 ) is a professional German poker player .

Poker career

Rudolph comes from Berlin . He plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname WATnlos . There he has already won six-figure prize money in several tournaments and won an event of the Spring Championship of Online Poker in May 2019 . Rudolph has also been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2012 .

In June 2013 Rudolph was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and came in five tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. In mid-July 2013, he finished fourth in the Mega Stack Series at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which was endowed with more than 120,000 US dollars . At the 2017 WSOP , Rudolph reached his first WSOP final table and finished sixth in an event that was paid for just under $ 80,000. Less than two weeks later, he finished fifth in another WSOP tournament and received just under $ 100,000. In January 2018, Rudolph sat at the final table of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event in the Bahamas . There he took sixth place, endowed with around 230,000 US dollars. In late June 2018, he finished fifth in a DeepStack Championship Poker Series tournament at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas for more than $ 160,000. At the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov , Rudolph took second place in the high roller event at the end of October 2018 , which brought him around 525,000 euros . At the European Poker Championship in Velden am Wörther See at the end of July 2019, he prevailed in No Limit Hold'em and, in addition to the title of European Champion, secured a prize of 144,000 euros. In January 2020, Rudolph reached the final table at the partypoker Millions UK main event in Nottingham and finished second for which he received his highest live cash prize to date of $ 620,000. In August 2020 he won the Poker Players Championship of the World Series of Poker Online played on GGPoker due to the COVID-19 pandemic . For this he prevailed against 406 other players and secured around 1.8 million US dollars and a bracelet .

In total, Rudolph has earned at least $ 2 million from poker in live tournaments.

Web links

• Christian Rudolph in the World Series of Poker database : until 2019 , 2020 online (English)
• Christian Rudolph in the pokernews.com database
• Christian Rudolph in the pokercentral.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Seat 5: Christian Rudolph, 29, Germany on pokernews.com from January 14, 2018, accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Christian Rudolph in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).
3. ↑ PokerStars Sunday Majors - WATnlos picks up the Sunday Million on pokerfirma.com on November 13, 2017, accessed on January 13, 2020.
4. ↑ WCOOP 2018 - Linus Löliger takes the lead at the main event on hochgepokert.com from September 18, 2018, accessed on January 13, 2020.
5. ↑ SCOOP 2019: The news for the ninth matchday on pokerstars.com from May 21, 2019, accessed on January 13, 2020.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Christian Rudolph ( memento from August 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).
7. ↑ Caesars Palace Mega Stack Series 2013 ($ 1,080 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) ( Memento from October 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).
8. ↑ Event # 36: $ 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed in the World Series of Poker database, accessed January 13, 2020.
9. ↑ Event # 58: $ 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em in the World Series of Poker database, accessed January 13, 2020.
10. ↑ Maria Lampropulos wins the 2018 PCA Main Event on pokernews.com on January 15, 2018, accessed on January 13, 2020.
11. ↑ DeepStack Championship Poker Series ($ 1,750 No Limit Hold'em - MSPT Big Blind Ante Event # 89) ( July 10, 2018 memento on the Internet Archive ) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 13, 2020.
12. ↑ Event # 8: € 25,500 Super Highroller Series 25K in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).
13. ↑ Christian Rudolph is the 2019 European Poker Champion on pokerfirma.com from July 28, 2019, accessed on January 13, 2020.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Anton Suarez Wins the partypoker MILLIONS UK Main Event for $ 1,000,000! on pokercentral.com on January 12, 2020, accessed on January 13, 2020.
15. ↑ Christian Rudolph Wins First Bracelet in Event # 70: $ 25,000 NLH Poker Players Championship for $ 1,800,290 on pokernews.com on August 29, 2020, accessed on August 29, 2020.