Sebastian Langrock

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Sebastian Langrock
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1977
place of birth GermanyGermany Leipzig
Nickname
seballPokerStars
place of residence GermanyGermany Munich
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 268,555
Total prize money $ 807,459
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 19th
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 2
Last updated: July 14, 2020

Sebastian Langrock (* 1977 in Leipzig ) is a professional German poker player .

Personal

Langrock moved to Munich in 1989 . After graduating from high school, he began studying pedagogy , but did not complete it. Before he started playing poker, he worked in a bar . At the beginning of March 2013 he was a candidate for the quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire , moderated by Günther Jauch ? In the show broadcast on March 11, 2013, Langrock became the eighth regular main winner and thus won one million euros .

Poker career

Langrock plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname seball . Since 2012 he has been participating in renowned live tournaments .

In July 2013 , Langrock was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and cashed in a tournament of the No Limit Hold'em variant . In mid-December 2013 he made it to the money at the main event of the European Poker Tour in Prague and received € 8,600 in prize money for his 138th place. At the beginning of June 2014, Langrock finished third at the main event of the German Championship of Poker in Rozvadov , securing over 30,000 euros. At the main event of the partypoker WPT National in December 2014 in Prague, he again took third place for just under 50,000 euros. At the 2017 WSOP , Langrock won a mix event of No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha . He prevailed against 1,057 other players and received a bracelet as well as his largest prize money to date of almost 270,000 US dollars .

Altogether, Langrock has earned more than $ 800,000 in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?": Opponent became a partner on diepresse.com on March 30, 2013, accessed on July 6, 2017.
  2. Sebastian Langrock - First "Wer wird Millionär" winner, then Pokerchamp on schwaebische-post.de on October 25, 2017, accessed on January 22, 2020.
  3. a b Sebastian Langrock in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2017 (English).
  4. 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 1,111 No Limit Hold'em - Little One Drop (Event 58)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2017.
  5. EPT - 10 - EUREKA - 3 - Prague (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2017 (English).
  6. GCOP IV Vol. 2/6 June Festival (€ 1,100 No Limit Hold'em - GCOP Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2017 (English).
  7. Prague Poker Festival (€ 1,800 + 200 partypoker WPT National No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 4)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2017 (English).
  8. 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em / Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Handed (Event # 64)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 6, 2017 (English).