Christoph Vogelsang

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Christoph Vogelsang
Christoph Vogelsang (2014)
Christoph Vogelsang (2014)
  Personal information  
Date of birth July 26, 1985
place of birth GermanyGermany Sassenberg
Nicknames
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Tight-Man1Full Tilt Poker

26071985PokerStars
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 6,000,000
Total prize money $ 25,064,465
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 13
Best main event 444th ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 2
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 4th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: March 15, 2020

Christoph Vogelsang (born July 26, 1985 in Sassenberg ) is a professional German poker player .

Vogelsang has earned more than 25 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments , making it the second most successful German poker player after Fedor Holz . His greatest achievement so far was winning the Super High Roller Bowl in June 2017.

Personal

Vogelsang comes from Sassenberg in the Münsterland . He is a devout Christian and studied economics at the University of Witten / Herdecke and the London School of Economics and Political Science . Vogelsang lives in London .

Poker career

Career

Vogelsang plays online under the nicknames Tight-Man1 ( Full Tilt Poker ) and 26071985 ( PokerStars ) . He made a profit of more than 2.5 million US dollars with cash games . Since 2013 he has also participated in renowned live tournaments. Vogelsang almost exclusively plays high roller events, i. H. Tournaments with buy-ins of at least US $ 10,000.

In October 2013 Vogelsang was successful for the first time in a renowned live tournament and cashed in at the super high roller event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in London . There he took third place behind his compatriots Martin Finger and Tobias Reinkemeier , which earned him prize money equivalent to more than 600,000 US dollars. In the summer of 2014 , Vogelsang took part in the Big One for One Drop as part of the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas , which requires a buy-in of one million US dollars. Vogelsang took third place and won almost 4.5 million US dollars in prize money. In January 2015, he finished fifth in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures Super High Roller in the Bahamas for more than $ 500,000. At the EPT Super High Roller in Barcelona at the end of August 2015 , Vogelsang came third and received around 550,000 euros in prize money. At the beginning of June 2017 he won the Super High Roller Bowl at the Aria Resort & Casino and thus his first live tournament ever. In the most expensive poker tournament of the year with a buy-in of US $ 300,000, he beat 55 other players and received a prize of US $ 6 million. Due to this success, Vogelsang was a guest on June 21, 2017 in the television magazine stern TV moderated by Steffen Hallaschka . At the beginning of November 2017, Vogelsang took sixth place in the € 111,111 High Roller for One Drop of the World Series of Poker Europe 2017 at King's Resort in Rozvadov for more than € 600,000 in prize money. At the end of April 2018, he finished second behind Sam Greenwood at the EPT Super High Roller in Monte-Carlo for more than one million euros. At the end of May 2018, Vogelsang reached the final table of the Super High Roller Bowl again and received $ 1.2 million in prize money for fifth place. In mid-October 2019 he finished third in the Super High Roller of the World Series of Poker Europe in Rozvadov and secured almost 1.2 million euros. A few days later he also reached the final table of the series' Diamond High Roller and received an additional 630,000 euros for his fourth place. At the Super High Roller Bowl Russia in Sochi , Vogelsang took second place, worth 2.4 million US dollars, in mid-March 2020.

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2013 00.621,321 -
2014 04,530,775 -
2015 01,430,078 -
2016 00.774.043 -
2017 08,090,382 2
2018 03,697,141 -
2019 03,520,726 -
2020 02,400,000 -
total 25,064,465 2

Web links

Commons : Christoph Vogelsang  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Vogelsang in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on May 22, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Christoph Vogelsang in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 21, 2015 (English).
  3. ↑ Sassenberger successful at the poker tournament: Vogelsang wins millions on wn.de on July 4, 2014, accessed on February 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Germans win 4.7 million euros playing poker! on bild.de on July 2, 2014, accessed on December 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ Tight Man1 on Full Tilt Poker on highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 9, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ 26071985 on Pokerstars at highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 9, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ EPT - 10 - UKIPT - 4 - London (£ 48,500 + 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - The Big One for One Drop (Event # 57)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ PCA - 2015 ($ 97,000 + 3,000 # 1 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller 8 Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 9, 2017.
  10. ↑ EPT - 12 - ESPT - 6 - Barcelona (€ 48,500 + 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller 8Max # 19) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 9, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ $ 300,000 Super High Roller Bowl Payouts on pokernews.com, accessed June 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ How Christoph Vogelsang became a millionaire with God's help , stern.de, June 21, 2017, accessed on August 25, 2017.
  13. ↑ Stern TV - Vogelsang about Poker and God on pokerfirma.com from June 21, 2017, accessed on August 21, 2017.
  14. ↑ 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 111,111 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller for One Drop (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English).
  15. ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo (€ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Super High Roller # 7) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 29, 2018 (English).
  16. ↑ 2018 Super High Roller Bowl ($ 300,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 31, 2018.
  17. ↑ World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2019 (€ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 4)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 19, 2019.
  18. ↑ World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2019 (€ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Diamond High Roller (Event # 12)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 25, 2019.
  19. ↑ Christoph Vogelsang Finishes Runner Up ($ 2,400,000) on pokercentral.com from March 15, 2020, accessed on March 15, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Vogelsang, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tight-Man1 (nickname); 26071985 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poker player
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Sassenberg , Germany