James Fruit

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James Fruit
  Personal information  
Date of birth 3rd August 1990
place of birth AustraliaAustralia Adelaide
Nicknames
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Andy McLEODPokerStars

TheFatFISHFull Tilt Poker
place of residence AustraliaAustralia Adelaide
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 427,930
Total prize money $ 2,986,899
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 40
Best main event 13. ( 2016 )
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: January 24, 2020

James Obst (born August 3, 1990 in Adelaide , South Australia ) is a professional Australian poker player .

Personal

Fruit played chess in his childhood and youth and represented Australia three times in the World Junior Chess Championship . He lives in Adelaide .

Poker career

Obst started playing poker at the age of 14. He plays online under the nicknames Andy McLEOD ( PokerStars ) and TheFatFISH ( Full Tilt Poker ) . In 2008 he won a title at the World Championship of Online Poker . Obst has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2009 .

At the beginning of October 2009, Obst cashed in at the main event of the European Poker Tour in London and received around 20,000 US dollars for his 44th place . In October 2010, he finished second at the Main Event of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour in Melbourne for 124,000 Australian dollars . In mid-December 2010, Obst won the high roller event of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Sydney with a prize of 150,000 Australian dollars. At the A $ 100,000 Challenge of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne in late January 2011, he finished fifth for 200,000 Australian dollars. In June 2014 , Obst was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and cashed four times, finishing tenth in the Poker Player's Championship and reaching a final table in the Seven Card Stud variant . Obst cashed eight times at the 2016 WSOP . He finished second in the HORSE Championship and finished 13th in the main event , which alone earned him nearly $ 700,000 in prize money. Because of these accomplishments, he came fourth in the WSOP Player of the Year ranking . In mid-June 2017 , Obst won the Razz Championship of the World Series of Poker , securing his first bracelet and a prize of over $ 250,000. At the 2018 WSOP , he reached the sixth day of the main event and finished in 46th place for more than $ 150,000 in prize money. At the end of July 2018, he announced via the short message service Twitter that he would give up his poker career. His goal is to compete as a tennis player at the Wimbledon Championships . Nevertheless, he continued to appear in poker tournaments and made ten money places at the 2019 WSOP .

In total, Obst has earned almost three million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The chess games of James Obst on chessgames.com, accessed on July 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b James Obst in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on July 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b James Obst, the Australian teen who's won $ 1.5m in online poker from his bedroom on heraldsun.com on October 23, 2009, accessed on July 10, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Andy McLEOD in the database of Pocket Fives , accessed on July 10, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ a b c James Obst in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ EPT - 6 - London (£ 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ ANZPT II - Melbourne (A $ 2,500 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ APPT - Sydney (A $ 15,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - High Rollers Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ 2011 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 100,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 50,000 The Poker Players Championship (Event # 46)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  11. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 Seven Card Stud (Event # 61)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 10,000 HORSE Championship (Event # 24)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  13. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event # 68)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ 2016 WSOP Player of the Year in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  15. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 10,000 Razz Championship (Event # 26)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 10, 2017.
  16. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Championship (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 11, 2018.
  17. ↑ James Obst leaves Poker for Tennis on pokernews.com on July 24, 2018, accessed August 9, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Fruit, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andy McLEOD (nickname); TheFatFISH (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd August 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelaide , South Australia , Australia