Patrik Antonius
This article will go over Patrik Antonius, another professional you can see on a Full Tilt Poker download. Antonius was born in 1980 in Finland where he worked as both a tennis coach and model before turning to a career on his Full Tilt Poker download. Today he is living in Monte Carlo with his wife, and they have a daughter with another baby on the way this year.
Like most poker players, Antonius learned to play at home games. He discovered he was a good player and he really enjoyed it, so he eventually built a bankroll online. He was able to go pro 8 years ago, and that’s when he moved to Las Vegas. In Vegas he sat in a large number of US poker rooms including the Bellagio where he sat in the Big Game. He won a satellite for a WSOP event that year, but he didn’t do very much with it. In fact, to this day he is still looking for his first WSOP bracelet.
Antonius started putting himself in the poker spotlight in 2005 with some big tournament accomplishments. He first played in casinos for US players, cashing two WPT MTTs and then cashing in 3 WSOP events. When he was finished with the WSOP, he profited in another WPT tournament, a 2nd place finish for $1 million in the Five Diamond Classic. 2005 also saw him do very well in Europe. He placed 3rd in the big event in Barcelona and then took 1st in the Baden Classic for $340k.
Since then, Antonius has continued to add to his winnings. In fact, he’s made approximately $3 million playing live tournament poker. Unlike a lot of other high profile pros, though, he actually prefers online games to live games. He is frequently seen playing high stakes ring games on money poker sites, most notably heads-up Texas Hold’em and PL Omaha. It’s reported that he won over $9 million via online casino USA in 2009! You might already know that he’s the first person to play Tom Dwan in his Million Dollar Challenge.
In his spare time, Antonius partakes in sports betting and betting while playing golf. He has also lost millions to fellow poker players via tournament stakes. That’s a lot of money! All this extra curricular gambling really makes me wonder if he enjoys free bet sportsbooks when he’s not at the high stakes tables. It would appear that he has more in common with Phil Ivey than just poker!
If you would like the chance to play with Patrik Antonius, go ahead and play at Full Tilt. Since he prefers cash over tournaments, you should try to find him in high stakes ring games. Good luck!