| Fedor Holz | |
| Nickname: | CrownUpGuy |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Saarbrücken, Germany |
| Hometown: | Vienna, Austria |
| Wsop Bracelet Count: | 2 |
| Wsop Final Tables: | 5 |
| Wsop Money Finishes: | 16 |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank: | 25th |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year: | 2015 |
| Wpt Money Finishes: | 3 |
| Ept Money Finishes: | 3 |
| Updated: | 2020-09-06 |
| Live Poker Earnings: | $32,556,337 |
Fedor Holz (born 25 July 1993) is a German professional poker player, originally from Saarbrücken, who focuses on high roller tournaments.[1] [2] He was ranked by Pocketfives.com as the best online MTT player in 2014 and 2015. In July 2016, Holz won his first WSOP bracelet, in the $111,111 High Roller For One Drop, winning $4,981,775.[3]
Holz had his first live cash in 2012 at the €500 No Limit Hold'em GPT II Deepstack Series Main Event, where he finished second for €15,320. Holz plays online under the alias CrownUpGuy. In September 2014, he won the World Championship of Online Poker for $1.3 million.[4] In 2015, Holz finished 25th in the World Series of Poker Main Event, cashing for $262,574.[5]
In 2016, Fedor won the Triton Super High Roller for $3,463,500 in January, and finished runner up in the Super High Roller Bowl for $3,500,000 later that year.[6] Holz won his first WSOP bracelet in the $111,111 High Roller for One-Drop event and earned $4,981,775 for the victory.[7] Holz's biggest cash was in 2018 at the $1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - The Big One for One Drop for $6,000,000.[8] In the 2020 WSOP Online, he won his second bracelet in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Heads Up event for $1,077,250.[9] Also in 2020, Holz joined the GGPoker team as a brand ambassador.[10]
As of 2023, Holz is first on the German all-time money list with career live tournament winnings of over $40,200,000.[11] [12]
| + World Series of Poker bracelets | |||
| Year | Event | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $111,111 High Roller for One-Drop Hold'em | $4,981,775 | |
| 2020 O | $25,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em | $1,077,025 |
An "O" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won during the World Series of Poker Online
Holz was born in Germany and currently resides in Vienna, Austria.[13]