Matthias Rohnacher

Matthias Rohnacher
Personal information
Year of birth	1961
place of birth	Mannheim
place of residence	Heidelberg
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	183,000 $
Total prize money	$ 713,297
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	15th
Best main event	no cash
Last updated: February 6, 2020

Matthias Rohnacher (* 1961 in Mannheim ) is a professional German poker player . He was the first German-speaking world poker champion of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas . Rohnacher won this title in the game variant Pot Limit Omaha in the so-called finale of the century in 1997.

Career

Rohnacher won numerous poker tournaments in Europe and the United States in the 1990s . He was one of the first Europeans to regularly win major tournaments in the USA, including the 1992 Four Queens Classic in Las Vegas against David Reese and the 1995 World Poker Finals against Mansour Matloubi . Between 1991 and 1997, Rohnacher reached the prizes at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas 15 times , nine times at the final table (including world champion and two runner-up world champions), making him one of the most successful all-around players in Europe.

He has been living in seclusion since 2000 and rarely plays well-known poker tournaments. His last tournament success was in 2006. He continues to work as a poker teacher and advisor / director of poker-related projects. Overall, Rohnacher has earned more than 700,000 US dollars with poker in live tournaments .

Web links

• Matthias Rohnacher in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Matthias Rohnacher in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Matthias Rohnacher in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Series of Poker (Event 11, May 2-3, 1997) , conjelco.com, accessed August 17, 2019.
2. ↑ Matthias Rohnacher in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 17, 2019.