Greg Mueller

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Greg Mueller
Greg Müller (2009)
Greg Müller (2009)
  Personal information  
Date of birth 2nd June 1971
place of birth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Schaffhausen
Nickname Full blown tilt
Nickname
babyjess28PokerStars
place of residence CanadaCanada Vancouver
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 460,841
Total prize money $ 3,410,220
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 46
Best main event 191st ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 10
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: August 24, 2020

Gregor "Greg" Müller (also Mueller ; born June 2, 1971 in Schaffhausen , Switzerland ) is a former Canadian - German ice hockey player and now a professional poker player . He is nicknamed Full Blown Tilt and three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Ice hockey career

Müller was active as an ice hockey player from 1992 to 2000. In the 1993/94 season of 195 cm won back with the EC Hedos Munich , the German Championship . His clubs were:

Poker career

Career

Müller lives in Vancouver . Since 2003 he has been taking part in renowned live poker tournaments.

In May 2003 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and finished 35th in a tournament in No Limit Hold'em for prize money of 2500 US dollars . At the end of March 2006 in Reno, he finished fourth in the World Poker Challenge as part of the World Poker Tour and won more than 100,000 US dollars for the first time. In 2007 , he narrowly missed winning a bracelet at the WSOP, which has now been played at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, and only had to admit defeat to Steve Billirakis in a mixed hold'em tournament . Also in June 2008 he finished second in a WSOP event. At the World Series of Poker 2009 he managed to win two tournaments in eleven days. For this he received two bracelets and around 650,000 US dollars. At the 2019 WSOP , Müller won a tournament in the mixed variant H.ORSE and, in addition to his third bracelet, received a prize of around 425,000 US dollars.

In total, Müller has earned almost 3.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Müller cashed 46 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2009 10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em 185 460,841
0.1500 Limit Hold'em Shootout 571 194.909
2019 10,000 HORSE 172 425,347

Web links

Commons : Greg Müller  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. a b Greg Müller at eliteprospects.com , accessed on February 17, 2016 (English).
  2. Greg Müller in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on March 1, 2016 (English).
  3. a b Greg Müller in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2016 (English).
  4. 34th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2003 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2016.
  5. World Poker Challenge 2006 ($ 5,000 + 100 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2016.
  6. 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em (Limit / No-Limit)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2016 (English).
  7. 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2016.
  8. 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2016.
  9. 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 1,500 Limit Hold'em - Shootout) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2016.
  10. 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 10,000 HORSE Championship (Event # 29)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 15, 2019.
  11. Greg Müller in the World Series of Poker database, accessed February 17, 2016.