Moritz Kranich

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Moritz Kranich
Moritz Kranich (2011)
Moritz Kranich (2011)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1980
Nickname Catenaccio
place of residence GermanyGermany Hamburg
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,128,983
Total prize money $ 2,945,493
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 1
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 1
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 3
Last updated: January 4, 2020

Moritz Alexander Kranich (* 1980 ) is a professional German poker player .

Poker career

On-line

Kranich played the single table tournaments (Sit and Goes) and the large multi-table tournaments online . In September 2008, he finished third in a US $ 1,050 World Championship of Online Poker tournament on PokerStars for a profit of $ 77,000. In addition, Kranich won the $ 109 Sunday rebuy tournament on PokerStars , which at the time was considered by many players to be the toughest tournament ever.

live

In 2009, Kranich was the fourth German to win the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Deauville and secured prize money of over 850,000 euros . In July 2010, he won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas for around $ 875,000. He prevailed against Phil Ivey at the final table and beat Justin Smith in heads-up . Kranich became the third German WPT winner and the first German to double the EPT and WPT titles. In October 2011 he took third place at the final table of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe in Cannes for 550,000 euros. In November 2011 he took part in the IFP Nations Cup for Germany with the German Poker Sports Association . With the team that u. a. consisted of players like Sebastian Ruthenberg , Sandra Naujoks or Tobias Reinkemeier under the direction of Stephan Kalhamer , Kranich won the title. Kranich won his last live prize money to date in May 2015 at the Eureka Poker Tour in Hamburg .

Overall, Kranich has earned almost three million dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Moritz Kranich  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PokerStars EPT Vienna - Many Stars on Day 1B at pokerolymp.com on October 28, 2010, accessed on January 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ pokernews.com: Moritz Kranich Takes PokerStars.com EPT Deauville (accessed November 27, 2009).
  3. ↑ Moritz Kranich wins the Bellagio Cup and $ 875,000 ( Memento from July 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), pokerolymp.com.
  4. ↑ 2011 World Series of Poker - Europe (€ 10,000 + 400 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 29, 2018 (English).
  5. ↑ The Nations Cup (No Limit Hold'em - Duplicate Poker *) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 4, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ Eureka - 5 - Hamburg (€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Eureka Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 29, 2018 (English).
  7. ↑ Moritz Kranich in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 29, 2018 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Crane, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kranich, Moritz Alexander (full name); Catenaccio (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1980