Julian Thomas (poker player)

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Julian Thomas
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1981
Nicknames
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HealTheWorldPokerStars

xkgdrds1partypoker
place of residence AustriaAustria Vienna
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,271,885
Total prize money $ 2,722,944
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 3
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 4th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 2
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: August 17, 2020

Julian Simon Thomas (* 1981 ) is a professional German poker player .

Poker career

Thomas comes from Berlin . He plays online under the nicknames HealTheWorld ( PokerStars ) and xkgdrds1 ( partypoker ) and was one of the founders of Team GatsbyKempinho , an amalgamation of the poker players Rainer Kempe , Fedor Holz , Steffen Sontheimer , Benjamin Rolle and David Kaufmann. In July 2018 he founded along with several other poker players an e-sports team called No Limit Gaming . Thomas has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2012 .

At the end of April 2013, Thomas finished seventh at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Berlin and received prize money of 110,000 euros . In December 2013 he won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Prague . For this he prevailed against 305 other players and received a prize of more than 200,000 euros. In June 2014 , Thomas was the first time in the World Series of Poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and died in a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em the money. In mid-December 2016 he reached the final table at the EPT Super High Roller in Prague and finished the tournament in sixth place for around 150,000 euros in prize money. At the beginning of May 2017, Thomas finished eighth at the high roller event of the PokerStars Championship in Monte-Carlo and received almost 130,000 euros. In mid-December 2017, he finished fifth in the Super High Roller of the partypoker Eurasian Poker Tour in Prague for 150,000 euros. At the beginning of May 2018, Thomas finished sixth at the EPT High Roller in Monte-Carlo for around 165,000 euros. At the end of October 2018, he reached the final table of the Super High Roller of the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov and took third place, which was paid for with more than 1.1 million euros. Since then, it has not had another live cash placement to date.

Overall, Thomas has more than 2.5 million playing poker in live tournament dollars earned.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meet The Final Table Cast on worldpokertour.com on December 21, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ Julian Thomas in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on May 16, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ Get to know our coaches ( memento of March 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on bestpokercoaching.com, accessed on March 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Schillhabel: "This is how we got to the top of the world." At alpenscene.at on January 21, 2019, accessed on December 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b c Julian Thomas in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 16, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ EPT - 9 - Berlin (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 16, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ Prague Poker Festival (€ 3,300 WPT Prague) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 16, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Millionaire Maker (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ EPT - 13 - EUREKA - 6 - Prague (€ 48,500 + 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 16, 2017 (English).
  10. ↑ PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino (€ 25,750 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Championship High Roller Eight Max (Event 57)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 16, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ 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 December 15, 2017 (English).
  12. ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo (€ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em EPT High Roller # 29) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 95,000 + 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 29, 2018 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomas, Julian Simon (full name); HealTheWorld (nickname); xkgdrds1 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1981