Thomas Bihl
Thomas Bihl | |
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Thomas Bihl (2011) |
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Personal information | |
Year of birth | 1975 |
place of birth | Burghausen |
Nickname | buzzer |
place of residence | Chiang Mai |
Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
Highest prize money | $ 142,723 |
Total prize money | $ 419,325 |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelets | 1 |
Cashes | 4th |
Best main event | no cash |
Main event of the European Poker Tour | |
title | no |
Cashes | 3 |
Last updated: January 13, 2020 |
Thomas Bihl (* 1975 in Burghausen ) is a German poker player . He won in 2007 the first outside the United States be played Bracelet of the World Series of Poker .
Personal
After graduating from high school, Bihl first trained as a banker and then worked as a stock trader. In 2002 he started his own business in sports betting arbitrage .
Poker career
In 2004 Bihl started playing poker. He plays online under the nickname “Buzzer” (short for “Buzzer Beater”) and prefers shorthanded tables (only six players) and sit and gos .
Bihl won in 2007 as part of the World Series of Poker Europe in London as the fifth German by Matthias Rohnacher , Eddy Scharf , Katja Thater and Michael Keiner a bracelet of the World Series of Poker . Bihl prevailed in a tournament in the mixed variant H.ORSE and received 70,875 British pounds for his victory . Second was Jennifer Harman , who had four times as many chips in heads-up as Bihl. In December 2007 Bihl published the book Poker Matrix - Dimensions of Success together with Katja Thater, Michael Keiner, Sebastian Ruthenberg and Stephan Kalhamer .
In total, Bihl has earned over 400,000 US dollars with poker in live tournaments .
Web links
- Thomas Bihl in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Thomas Bihl in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
- Thomas Bihl in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thomas Bihl in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 23, 2017 (English).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bihl, Thomas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buzzer (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poker player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Burghausen , Germany |