Leo Fernández (poker player)

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Leo Fernández
Leo Fernández (2018)
Leo Fernández (2018)
  Personal information  
Date of birth April 13, 1973
Nickname
Leo FernandezPokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States Massachusetts
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 554,925
Total prize money $ 2,215,816
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 10
Best main event 170th ( 2006 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 6th
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: May 7, 2020

Leonardo "Leo" Fernández (born April 13, 1973 ) is a professional Argentine poker player .

Personal

Fernández comes from Buenos Aires . He learned chess at the age of five . From January 1997 to January 2000 Leo Fernandez had his highest Elo rating of 2320. Fernández lives in Massachusetts .

Elo development

Poker career

In addition to chess, Fernández also plays poker and began to be more involved with the game in 2004. Since 2005 he has been taking part in renowned live tournaments . He made his first major win in October 2009 when he finished fifth at the European Poker Tour (EPT) high roller event in London and received the equivalent of more than $ 150,000 in prize money. When High Roller of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas reached Fernández in January 2011 the second place and his highest ever prize money won US dollars amounting to more than 550,000.

In total, Fernández has earned more than two million US dollars with poker in live tournaments. He was part of Team PokerStars under the nickname LeoFernandez until January 2020 .

Web links

Commons : Leo Fernández  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Leo Fernández on olimpbase.org, accessed on July 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Leo Fernández in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2015 (English).
  3. ↑ Leo Fernández in the Global Poker Index database, accessed on February 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
  5. ↑ a b Leo Fernández on PokerStars.eu, accessed July 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ EPT - 6 - London (£ 20,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ PCA - 2011 ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ Poker Gossip: Fernandez and Agarwal No More Red Spades on pokerfirma.com January 5, 2020, accessed January 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Fernández, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fernández, Leonardo (full name); LeoFernandez (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION argentinian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1973