Michael Zhang (poker player)

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Michael Zhang
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1995
Nickname
mczhangPokerStars, partypoker, 888poker & Americas Cardroom
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nottingham
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 979,875
Total prize money $ 3,484,462
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 8th
Best main event 787th ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
  Main Event of party poker Live  
title no
Cashes 3
Last updated: April 13, 2020

Chi "Michael" Zhang (* 1995 ) is a professional British poker player from England .

Poker career

On-line

Zhang has been playing online on the PokerStars , partypoker , 888poker and Americas Cardroom platforms under the nickname mczhang since April 2013 . At the end of September 2018, he finished third in the main event of the Powerfest on partypoker and received $ 468,000 for it . In mid-September 2019 , Zhang won a high roller event at the World Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars with a prize of more than $ 350,000. In total, he has earned more than $ 4.5 million online playing tournament poker, with the majority of over $ 3 million being won on PokerStars . In 2018, Zhang was temporarily in second place in the PocketFives ranking, which lists the most successful online poker tournament players worldwide.

live

Since 2013, Zhang has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

Zhang won his first live prize money in May 2013 in tournaments costing 14 to 50 pounds in Nottingham and Birmingham . In early August 2015, he finished third in the UK & Ireland Poker Tour Main Event in Bristol for £ 26,500. In November 2015, he reached the final table at the World Poker Tour Main Event in Nottingham, finishing the tournament in sixth place, worth £ 40,000. At the end of June 2016 , Zhang was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and made it into the money in the Monster Stack , which is played in the No Limit Hold'em variant . In early February 2017, he won the Main Event of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour in London for a prize of £ 113,000. In mid-February 2018, he also prevailed in the Super High Roller at partypoker Millions Germany at King's Resort in Rozvadov and received his highest prize money to date of 800,000 euros . In early August 2019, Zhang finished sixth in the Triton Super High Roller Series Main Event in London for £ 711,000. A good week later, he again won the Millions Super High Roller at partypoker Millions Europe in Rozvadov with a main prize of 350,000 euros.

In total, Zhang has earned just under $ 3.5 million from poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael “mczhang” Zhang's journey from £ 15 buy-ins to £ 100Ks on pokerstarsblog.com on August 31, 2019, accessed on October 31, 2019.
  2. ↑ Michael Zhang winner of best GUKPT London ever on habwin.com on February 7, 2017, accessed on October 31, 2019 (English).
  3. ↑ a b mczhang in the PocketFives database, accessed on October 31, 2019 (English).
  4. ↑ Powerfest # 122-SHR: $ 3M Gtd [Championship Event] in the PocketFives database, accessed October 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ WCOOP-48-H: $ 10,300 NLHE [High Roller], $ 1,000,000 Gtd in the PocketFives database, accessed October 31, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b c Michael Zhang in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 31, 2019.
  7. ↑ UKIPT - 5 - Bristol (£ 700 + 70 No Limit Hold'em UKIPT Main Event (Event # 3)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 31, 2019.
  8. ↑ partypoker WPT Nottingham (£ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em WPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 31, 2019.
  9. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack (NO re-entry) (Event # 41)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 31, 2019.
  10. ↑ 2017 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Leg 1 (£ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 31, 2019.
  11. ↑ partypoker Millions Germany (€ 50,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 31, 2019 (English).
  12. ↑ 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 October 31, 2019.
  13. ↑ partypoker Millions Europe (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Millions Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 31, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Zhang, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zhang, Chi (real name); mczhang (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1995