Michael Tureniec

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Michael Tureniec
Michael Tureniec (2020)
Michael Tureniec (2020)
  Personal information  
Date of birth June 16, 1985
place of birth SwedenSweden Solna
Nicknames
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SkämesPokerStars

Michael TureniecFull Tilt Poker
place of residence SwedenSweden Stockholm
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 961,902
Total prize money $ 5,183,747
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 18th
Best main event 413rd ( 2007 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 5
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 7th
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 4th
Last updated: June 29, 2020

Michael Tureniec (born June 16, 1985 in Solna ) is a professional Swedish poker player .

Personal

Tureniec grew up in Solna . After graduating from school, he did military service . Tureniec then worked as a cashier in a supermarket . He lives in Stockholm .

Poker career

Tureniec started playing poker in 2003 and has been playing online poker since 2004 . You can find him on PokerStars under the nickname Skämmes . As of January 2009, Tureniec was sponsored by the Full Tilt Poker platform . Since 2007 he has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

Tureniec was in June 2007 for the first time at 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 received the larger prize money of around 35,000 US dollars for the 413rd place in the main event . In early October 2008 Tureniec reached the final table at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in London . He finished in second place and received prize money of just under 530,000 British pounds , at the time the equivalent of more than 950,000 US dollars, his highest prize money to date. In November 2008 Tureniec won a Master Classics of Poker tournament in Amsterdam with a bonus of around 160,000 euros . In early November 2009 he sat at the final table of the Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes and finished seventh for € 133,800. In mid-September 2009, he took second place at the English Poker Open in London for the equivalent of around 200,000 US dollars. At the end of November 2010, Tureniec won an EPT side event in Barcelona and received prize money of 140,000 euros. In February 2011 he prevailed at the EPT Main Event in Copenhagen against a field of 449 participants and secured a prize money equivalent to around 680,000 US dollars. Tureniec won the Little One for One Drop at the 2016 WSOP for around $ 525,000 and a bracelet . In early July 2017 he reached the Crazy Eights of the WSOP 2017 final table, finishing in seventh place for more than $ 100,000 in prize money. In April 2018, Tureniec won the WPTDeepstacks Immokalee of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood , Florida , with a prize of almost $ 150,000.

Overall, Tureniec has earned more than 5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments, making him the third most successful Swedish poker player after Martin Jacobson and Chris Björin .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Michael Tureniec in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on April 4, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ Michael Tureniec, from Sweden, wins a big victory in Little One for One Drop on wsop.com from July 15, 2016, accessed on April 4, 2018 (English).
  3. ↑ The Sunday Briefing: Griffin Benger and Michael Tureniec Win Majors in Bahamas on pokernews.com, January 13, 2014, accessed April 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ Michael Tureniec expands Team Full Tilt Pro on pokerworld24.org January 30, 2009, accessed April 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Michael Tureniec in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 4, 2018.
  8. ↑ EPT - 5 - London (£ 5,200 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ Master Classics of Poker 2008 (€ 1,000 + 50 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 4, 2018 (English).
  10. ↑ Partouche Poker Tour II - Grand Final (€ 7,750 + 750 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 4, 2018 (English).
  11. ↑ English Poker Open 2009 (£ 3,010 + 180 No Limit Hold'em - English Poker Open) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 4, 2018 (English).
  12. ↑ EPT - 7 - Barcelona (€ 2,000 + 150 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 4, 2018 (English).
  13. ↑ EPT - 7 - Copenhagen (DKr 35,000 + 2,250 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 4, 2018 (English).
  14. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,111 No Limit Hold'em Little One for One Drop (Event # 69)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 4, 2018.
  15. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 888 No Limit Hold'em - Crazy Eights (Event # 60)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 4, 2018.
  16. ↑ 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown ($ 1,100 No Limit Hold'em - WPTDeepstacks Immokalee (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 15, 2018 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Tureniec, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skämmes (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish poker player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Solna , Sweden