Josip Šimunić (poker player)

Josip Šimunić
Personal information
Date of birth	March 15, 1983
place of birth	Austria Vienna
Nicknames 0 0 0 0	jozinho6PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker & partypoker JozinhoTeam partypoker _lundi_6PokerStars.FR _Jozinho_Winamax jozinho1504iPoker
place of residence	Austria Vienna
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	at least 0.$ 353,976
Total prize money	At least $ 1,491,759
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	no
Cashes	13
Best main event	116th ( 2016 )
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	1
Main Event of the PokerStars Championship
title	no
Cashes	1
Main Event of party poker Live
title	no
Cashes	3
Last updated: January 8, 2020

Josip Šimunić (born March 15, 1983 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian handball player and today's professional poker player .

Personal

Šimunić grew up as the son of two Croatians in Vienna . His cousin is the former soccer player of the same name Josip Šimunić . The pivot player played before his poker career in the highest Austrian Handball League for clubs Handball Club Fivers Margareten and HIT Innsbruck .

Poker career

Šimunić plays online under the nicknames jozinho6 ( PokerStars , Full Tilt Poker and partypoker ) , _lundi_6 (PokerStars.FR) , _Jozinho_ ( Winamax ) and jozinho1504 (iPoker) . He belongs to the partypoker team and plays there under the nickname Jozinho . Since 2009 he has been taking part in renowned live tournaments .

Šimunić won his first live prize money at Casino Seefeld . At the beginning of February 2014, he won the Swiss Poker Championship in Baden with a prize money equivalent to more than 85,000 US dollars . In February 2015, Šimunić won the high roller event of the European Poker Tour in Deauville after heads-up against Jean-Noël Thorel for a prize of around 310,000 euros . In July 2015 Šimunić was the first time in the World Series of Poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and occurred in two tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money; he cashed in Little One for One Drop and the Main Event . At the end of July 2015, he finished second at the main event of the European Poker Championship in Velden for almost 120,000 euros. In August 2016, Šimunić took third place at the Estrellas High Roller at the EPT in Barcelona for almost 180,000 euros.

Overall, Šimunić has earned at least around 1.5 million dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Josip Šimunić in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Josip Šimunić in the pokernews.com database
Josip Šimunić in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Josip Simunic on eurohandball.com, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).
↑ 7 Days Poker Extra: The Talk Afterwards feat. Josip Simunic on YouTube , accessed May 2, 2018.
↑ Jozinho6 ( memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on pocketfives.com, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).
↑ Josip Simunic - Team partypoker at partypoker.com, accessed on May 19, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Josip Šimunić ( memento from July 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).
↑ Swiss Poker Championship (SFr 3,300 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).
↑ EPT - 11 - FPS - 4 - Deauville (€ 10,000 + 300 # 33 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018.
↑ Event # 61: The Little One for One Drop - $ 1,111 No-Limit Hold'em in the World Series of Poker database, accessed November 21, 2019.
↑ Event # 68: $ 10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship in the World Series of Poker, accessed November 21, 2019.
↑ 26th Poker EM Casino Velden (€ 4,350 No Limit Hold'em - Poker EM Velden Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).
↑ EPT - 13 - ESPT - 7 - Barcelona (€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Estrellas High Roller (Event # 21)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Šimunić, Josip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	jozinho6 (nickname); Jozinho (nickname); _lundi_6 (nickname); _Jozinho_ (nickname); jozinho1504 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian handball player and poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna , Austria

[eurohandball-1] Josip Simunic on eurohandball.com, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).

[2] 7 Days Poker Extra: The Talk Afterwards feat. Josip Simunic on YouTube , accessed May 2, 2018.

[3] Jozinho6 ( memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on pocketfives.com, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).

[4] Josip Simunic - Team partypoker at partypoker.com, accessed on May 19, 2018.

[hendonmob-5] Josip Šimunić ( memento from July 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).

[6] Swiss Poker Championship (SFr 3,300 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).

[7] EPT - 11 - FPS - 4 - Deauville (€ 10,000 + 300 # 33 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018.

[8] Event # 61: The Little One for One Drop - $ 1,111 No-Limit Hold'em in the World Series of Poker database, accessed November 21, 2019.

[9] Event # 68: $ 10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship in the World Series of Poker, accessed November 21, 2019.

[10] 26th Poker EM Casino Velden (€ 4,350 No Limit Hold'em - Poker EM Velden Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018 (English).

[11] EPT - 13 - ESPT - 7 - Barcelona (€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Estrellas High Roller (Event # 21)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 2, 2018.