Johannes Becker (poker player)

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Johannes Becker
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1990 or 1991
place of residence GermanyGermany Cologne
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money at least 0.$ 862,649
Total prize money at least $ 3,095,852
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 11
Best main event 220th ( 2017 )
Last updated: January 4, 2020

Johannes Becker (* 1990 or 1991 ) is a professional German poker player .

Poker career

Becker comes from Cologne . He has been participating in renowned live tournaments since 2012 .

Becker was successful for the first time in June 2015 at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and cashed in a tournament of the No Limit Hold'em variant . In mid-October 2015 , he reached the final table at the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe played in Berlin, and for his ninth place he received prize money of 60,000 euros . At the 2017 WSOP , Becker finished second in the Poker Player's Championship behind British Elior Sion , securing his highest prize money to date of more than 850,000 US dollars . A few days later, Becker finished 220th at the WSOP main event for just under $ 50,000. In mid-December 2017 he won the Super High Roller of the partypoker Eurasian Poker Tour in Prague with a prize money of 500,000 euros. In mid-February 2018, Becker also secured the super high roller title for around 320,000 euros at partypoker Millions Germany in Rozvadov . At the 2018 WSOP , he won a mixed triple draw lowball tournament and thus a bracelet and around $ 180,000. At the beginning of February 2019, Becker finished second in the A $ 100,000 Challenge of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne after losing heads-up to Cary Katz and received almost 950,000 Australian dollars .

In total, Becker has earned at least three million dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elior Sion wins Poker Players Championship on pokerstrategy.com on July 7, 2017, accessed on January 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Johannes Becker ( memento of August 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on January 2, 2018 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Johannes Becker ( memento of April 18, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 2, 2018 (English).
  4. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed (Event # 12)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOPE) - Europe (€ 10,450 No Limit Hold'em - WSOPE Main Event # 9) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 2, 2018 (English).
  6. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 50,000 Poker Players Championship - 6 Handed (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Championship (Event # 73)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 2, 2018.
  8. ↑ partypoker Eurasian Poker Tour (EAPT) Prague (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Kings Super High Roller 8-Max) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 2, 2018 (English).
  9. ↑ partypoker Millions Germany (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 12, 2018 (English).
  10. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 5, 2018.
  11. ↑ AU $ 100,000 Challenge Payouts on pokernews.com, accessed February 5, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1990 or 1991