Michael None

Michael None
Michael Keiner (2007)
Personal information
Date of birth	February 8, 1959
place of birth	Wetzlar
Nickname	The Doc
place of residence	Braunfels
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.250,000 $
Total prize money	$ 1,348,730
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	10
Best main event	no cash
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	2
Last updated: February 23, 2020

Michael "The Doc" Keiner (born February 8, 1959 in Wetzlar ) is a professional German poker player .

Personal

None of them completed an officer training with the Bundeswehr in Kempten (Allgäu) and studied medicine in Gießen from 1979 to 1985 . Then he completed his surgical specialist training and opened a clinic for cosmetic surgery in Wetzlar in 1994 . No one was an active motorcycle racer from 1979 to 1995 and took part in the World Endurance Championship . Since 2001 he has only worked part-time as a cosmetic surgeon and has turned his hobby into a profession with playing poker.

Poker career

Nobody first came into contact with Limit Texas Hold'em in 1993 when they were on a surgical training course.

In 1995 he took part in seven card stud games in German casinos . In this discipline, he immediately won the European Championship in Pot Limit Seven Card Stud in London in 1997 . From 1998, he took most of Pot Limit Omaha - cash games part. In 2002 he took a complete break from international poker tournaments to concentrate on German Omaha cash game games.

He won two Pot Limit Hold'em tournaments, 2004 and 2005, for a total of $ 55,000 in prize money.

Michael Keiner has been sponsored by 888.com since 2006 .

At the 2007 World Series of Poker , he beat Nesbitt Coburn heads-up in $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud . He won $ 146,987 and his first WSOP bracelet . He left Greg Raymer and Barry Greenstein behind at the final table .

In November 2008, Michael Keiner won the UK Open, with a prize of 250,000 $ were doped.

His income from official live poker tournaments is just under $ 1.5 million.

Michael Keiner's professional activities include the areas of poker consultant for 888, television moderation, writing activities and promotional events.

On February 1, 2010, Michael Keiner joined PokerStars as a professional poker player and advisor from 888.com . His contract with 888 expired and the way was clear for a new main sponsor.

After more than four years of working with PokerStars , the contract, which expired on May 1, 2014, was not renewed. Michael Keiner stated in an interview that he wanted to concentrate more on his professional future away from the poker tables.

book

• “Living on the edge” (Publisher: AniMazing GmbH; 2007); ISBN 3-940-16305-8

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pokern.pl: Michael Keiner now under contract with Pokerstars ( Memento from February 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 9, 2019.
2. ↑ Exclusive: Michael Keiner is no longer a member of Team PokerStars Pro on pokerstrategy.com, accessed on December 9, 2019.