Michael Lech

Michael Lech
Personal information
Year of birth	1989 or 1990
Nickname	MiguelFiestaWSOP.com
place of residence	Alma
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 401,888
Total prize money	$ 1,384,826
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	29
Best main event	138th ( 2019 )
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	1
Main Event of the PokerStars Championship
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: August 3, 2020

Michael Lech (* 1989 or 1990 ) is a professional American poker player . With eight rings , he is one of the most successful players in the circuit tournaments of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

Career

Lech has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2011 .

In November 2012, Lech won his first live tournament at the Dream Catcher World Poker Challenge in Durant , Oklahoma , and received a prize of almost 7,000 US dollars . At the main event of the Mid-States Poker Tour in Black Hawk , he finished sixth in mid-November 2014, worth more than 20,000 US dollars. In July 2016 Lech was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and occurred in two tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. He finished runner-up in Crazy Eights for more than $ 400,000. Then he also reached the paid places in the main event . At the beginning of November 2016, Lech won an event at the WSOP circuit on Sint Maarten and with it his first gold ring, which every tournament winner receives at events in this series. In mid-May 2017, he prevailed in New Orleans at the high roller of the WSOP circuit event and received the grand prize of over 100,000 US dollars. In Campione d'Italia , Lech won a circuit main event for the first time at the beginning of March 2018 , which was awarded 32,000 euros . At the WSOP 2019 he reached the fifth day of the tournament in the main event , where he was eliminated from the place worth around 60,000 US dollars. In mid-January 2020 he won his eighth circuit ring at the WSOP circuit in Tunica , making him one of the most successful players in the tournament series. In July 2020, Lech prevailed under the nickname MiguelFiesta in a tournament of the World Series of Poker Online played out due to the COVID-19 pandemic and received around 165,000 US dollars and a bracelet .

Overall, Lech has earned almost 1.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Ring overview

Lech cashed 53 times at the WSOP circuit tournaments and won eight rings :

#	Beginning	city	Buy-in	competition	Attendees	Prize money
1	Nov 7, 2016	Sint Maarten	0$ 3650	No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max	0061	00.$ 6,4000
2	18th May 2017	New Orleans	$ 2,2000	No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	0197	$ 106,3770
3	2nd March 2018	Campione d'Italia	0770 €0	Main Event	0207	0€ 32,0000
4th	March 21, 2018	Cannes	0€ 3000	Big stack 500	0270	0€ 25,4800
5	March 22, 2019	Sint Maarten	0$ 4000	No-Limit Hold'em Bonus Stack	0104	0$ 10,3000
6th	May 13, 2019	New Orleans	0$ 4000	No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	0215	0$ 19,1560
7th	17th Oct 2019	Monterrey	3500 M $	No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	0419	290,367 M $
8th	Jan. 17, 2020	Tunica	0$ 4000	No-Limit Hold'em (3 flights)	1005	0$ 53,3200

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Lech Hits WSOP Pinnacle With Encouragement Of 'Family' on pocketfives.com from July 15, 2020, accessed on July 19, 2020 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Lech in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 19, 2020 (English).
3. ↑ 2012 Scotty Nguyen Dream Catcher World Poker Challenge ($ 235 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 19, 2020.
4. ↑ Mid-States Poker Tour - MSPT Colorado ($ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 19, 2020.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Lech in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on July 19, 2020 (English).
6. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2016 ($ 888 No Limit Hold'em Crazy Eights 8-Handed (re-entry) (Event # 54)) from the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 19, 2020.
7. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event # 68)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 19, 2020.
8. ↑ WSOP Circuit - WSOPC Caribbean ($ 365 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Ring Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 19, 2020.
9. ↑ WSOP Circuit - WSOPC New Orleans ($ 2,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 19, 2020.
10. ↑ WSOP International Circuit - Campione (€ 700 + 70 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 19, 2020 (English).
11. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2019 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 19, 2020 (English).
12. ↑ WSOP Circuit - WSOPC Horseshoe Tunica ($ 400 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 3)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 19, 2020.
13. ↑ 8-Time Ring Winner Michael "miguelfiesta" Lech Captures First Gold Bracelet in Event # 13: $ 1,500 High Roller ($ 164,249) in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on July 19, 2020 (English).