Leo Margets

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Leo Margets
Leo Margets (2019)
Leo Margets (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth August 10, 1983
place of birth SpainSpain Barcelona
Nicknames
0
L. MargetsPokerStars

LeoMargetsWinamax
Place of residence
0 		SpainSpain Barcelona London
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 352,832
Total prize money $ 1,244,279
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 12
Best main event 27. ( 2009 )
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 10
Last updated: January 5, 2020

Leonor "Leo" Margets Pérez (born August 10, 1983 in Barcelona ) is a professional Spanish poker player and author .

Personal

Margets studied business administration in London and then completed a master's degree in communication management . She is a good long distance runner and regularly competes in marathons in Barcelona. In 2014 Margets was part of the Spanish edition of the reality television show Survivor . She lives in Barcelona but also owns an apartment in London.

Poker career

Margets at WPT Barcelona (2019)

Margets learned poker from a friend in 2007 and has been participating in prestigious live tournaments since 2008. She was part of Team PokerStars from March 2013 to the end of 2015 under the nickname L. Margets . Since the end of February 2018 she has been the advertising medium for the French online poker platform Winamax , where she plays under the nickname LeoMargets .

In July 2009 , Margets played at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . She was the only woman to reach the seventh day of the tournament, where she was eliminated in 27th place, endowed with over 350,000 US dollars . In January 2010, she finished third at a tournament of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne for just under 60,000 Australian dollars . In the 2010 WSOP Margets came twice in the variant No-Limit Hold'em the money. On June 30, 2010 the book Cómo jugar y ganar al póker: Texas hold'em y otras modalidades was published , which was written by Margets together with Dave Woods and Matt Broughton . At the end of November 2010 she made the money for the first time at the main event of the European Poker Tour and finished the tournament in Barcelona in 80th place for 11,000 euros . As part of the Full Tilt Masters Series , she won a tournament in Lloret de Mar in December 2010 with a prize money of 100,000 euros. In 2011 Margets published the poker book La reina del poker with Planeta-Verlag . In 2012 she cashed three times at the WSOP and won a. a. 22nd place at the Ladies Championship . At the WSOP 2016 , she finished 33rd in the newly held tag team event, in which she competed with the Dutchwoman Fatima Moreira de Melo . In February 2017, Margets published her third book, entitled ¡Juega bien tus cartas! En la vida y en los negocios . At the end of June 2017 she reached the final table at the main event of the PokerStars Festival in Marbella and finished the event in third place for 72,000 euros in prize money. At the 2018 WSOP , Margets finished second in a double-stack tournament for more than $ 120,000 in prize money.

Overall, Margets has made more than a million dollars playing poker in live tournaments.

Works

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leo Margets on 1stspade.com, accessed April 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c Leo Margets on PokerStars.eu, accessed July 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Leo Margets in the Global Poker Index database, accessed November 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b Leo Margets in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ Leo Margets joins Team PokerStars Pro on pokerstars.com March 5, 2013, accessed March 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ Leo Margets and João Vieira join Team Winamax on February 27, 2018, accessed on February 28, 2018.
  7. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 20, 2019.
  10. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 20, 2019.
  11. ↑ Cómo jugar y ganar al póker (Larousse - Libros Ilustrados / Prácticos - Ocio Y Naturaleza - Ocio) on Amazon, accessed on February 28, 2018.
  12. ↑ EPT - 7 - Barcelona (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 26, 2016 (English).
  13. ↑ Full Tilt Masters Series (No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 29, 2016 (English).
  14. ↑ La reina del poker on Amazon , accessed November 26, 2016.
  15. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 1,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball (Event # 30)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 20, 2019.
  16. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Ladies Championship (Event # 51)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 26, 2016 (English).
  17. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 59)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 20, 2019.
  18. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em Tag Team (2-4 person teams) (Event # 61)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 26, 2016 (English).
  19. ↑ ¡Juega bien tus cartas! : en la vida y en los negocios (CONECTA, volume 300001) on Amazon, accessed on February 28, 2018.
  20. ↑ PokerStars Festival Marbella (€ 1,100 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Festival Marbella Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 26, 2017 (English).
  21. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Double Stack (Event # 73)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 13, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Margets, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Margets Pérez, Leonor (full name); L. Margets (nickname); LeoMargets (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish poker player and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona , Spain