Michael Soyza

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Michael Soyza
  Personal information  
Date of birth April 2, 1989
place of birth MalaysiaMalaysia Kuala Lumpur
Nickname
SoyzaPokerStars
place of residence MalaysiaMalaysia Kuala Lumpur
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,420,581
Total prize money $ 8,376,715
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 12
Best main event no cash
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: April 2, 2020

Christopher Michael Soyza (born April 2, 1989 in Kuala Lumpur ) is a professional Malaysian poker player .

Personal

Soyza is in a relationship with the Malaysian poker player Natalie Teh. He lives in Kuala Lumpur .

Poker career

Soyza plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname Soyza . Since 2011 he has been participating in renowned live tournaments .

Soyza had his first major success in January 2015 at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne . There he prevailed against 604 other players in a side event and secured a prize money of more than 135,000 Australian dollars . The following year he won the same tournament again, in which the prize money was now just under 150,000 Australian dollars. In May 2017 took Soyza the Main Event of the Poker King Cup in Macau second place, for which he based on a deal the equivalent of almost 150,000 US dollars received. In mid-July 2017 he was the first time in the World Series of Poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and came at Little One for One Drop , a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em , in the money. In September 2017, Soyza won the Macau Poker Cup high roller with a prize money equivalent to around 260,000 US dollars. In mid-April 2018 he also prevailed at the main event of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Incheon, South Korea and received the main prize of the equivalent of almost 150,000 US dollars. In June 2018, Soyza won a tournament in the DeepStack Championship Poker Series at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas and secured a prize of almost 600,000 US dollars. At the end of August 2018 he played on the European Poker Tour in Barcelona . There he achieved a total of six money placements and received prize money of around 380,000 euros , in particular due to a tournament victory . At the end of October 2018, Soyza finished third in a high roller event initiated by Leon Tsoukernik as part of the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov and secured over 520,000 euros. At the beginning of December 2018, Soyza cashed in at two Jeju Red Dragon events in Jeju-do and received prize money equivalent to more than US $ 500,000. At the beginning of March 2019 he won a tournament in the Triton Super High Roller Series in the same place and secured his highest prize money to date of the equivalent of more than 1.4 million US dollars. In August 2019, Soyza finished fourth at the Triton Series Main Event in London for the equivalent of more than 1.3 million US dollars.

In total, Soyza has earned almost US $ 8.5 million from poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Triton High Roller Series: Career best score for Michael Soyza! on somuchpoker.com on March 6, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d Michael Soyza in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ Malaysia's Natalie Teh takes poker world by storm after giving up job at Asia's answer to Netflix on scmp.com on February 4, 2019, accessed on May 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ Michael Soyza in the Global Poker Index database.
  5. ↑ 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 1,025 + 125 # 6 No Limit Holdem Accumulator) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 6, 2019.
  6. ↑ 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 1,025 + 125 No Limit Holdem Accumulator (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ Poker King Cup (HK $ 15,000 + 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,000 + 111 No Limit Hold'em - The Little One for One Drop (Event # 74)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 6, 2019.
  9. ↑ Macau Poker Cup 27 (HK $ 76,000 + 4,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 28)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 6, 2019.
  10. ↑ Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Korea (KRW 1,800,000 No Limit Hold'em - APPT Main Event (Event # 13)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 6, 2019.
  11. ↑ DeepStack Championship Poker Series ($ 1,600 + 55 No Limit Hold'em - MSPT # 75) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 6, 2019.
  12. ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona (€ 10,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 6, 2019 (English).
  13. ↑ 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Leon's High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 6, 2019.
  14. ↑ Jeju Red Dragon 2018 (KRW 57,000,000 + 3,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 6, 2019.
  15. ↑ Jeju Red Dragon 2018 (KRW 14,100,000 + 900,000 No Limit Hold'em - Single Day High Roller (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 6, 2019.
  16. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 500,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6-Handed Day 1 (Event # 3)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 6, 2019.
  17. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - London (£ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton London Main Event (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Soyza, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soyza, Christopher Michael (full name); Soyza (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION malaysian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia