Patrick Antonius Poker Player Biography
A Little Bit about Patrick
Born in 1980 Patrick began playing poker when he was 12 years of age. He played in his first live casino style tournament when he was 18. This tournament lead him to constant studying of the game and to a multi-million dollar net worth.
Patrick Antonius is another one of those young pros who dominates the online poker scene. Patrick is a model and a poker professional who had a previous job as a tennis coach, waiter, mover, and factory worker. His origin and place of residence is Helsinki, Finland.
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The Circle of Outlaws
Antonius is a member of the “Circle of Outlaws” which is a poker group started by Marcel Luske who primarily taught Patrick his style. The Circle of Outlaws is a group of 10 young up and coming poker pros who make hundreds of thousands playing online poker. Marcel says he hand picks his members by solely choosing poker players who dominate and are also good people. He doesn’t want a member who gets upset and throws cards.
Other members of the Circle of Outlaws include the Mizrachi brothers, Scott Flansburg, Luca Pagano, Noah Boeken, Erica Schoenberg, Jules Leyser, Frank Sinopoli and Marco Traniello who is the husband of professional poker star Jennifer Harman.
Online Screen Name Identities
| Screen Name | Poker Room |
| i_knockout_u | Bet365 |
| Patman | PokerStars.com |
| Tryharderfish | Fulltiltpoker.com |
| luigi66369 | Fulltiltpoker.com |
Patrick’s Online Career
Patrick plays both online poker and live poker. He is most successful at the internet Limit Holdem games. Many call him the best Limit Holdem player on the internet. Patrick’s bankroll is estimated to be above 10 million, although he keeps this private even from his fiance. He was quoted as saying, “I don’t even know how much I have. One time I counted and was 2 million off”. A big online rival to Antonius is Prahlad Friedman who goes by Zweig.
Earlier is his career one of Patrick’s goals was to make $5 million dollars playing online poker. He now plays in the “Big Game” so we could assume he’s reached that mark.
Patrick was not always a high stakes player. It wasn’t until the beginning of year 2005 when he really went nuts. Before then you could see him playing $150 and $200 live game tournaments. Now those buy-ins don’t even cover his blinds.
Patrick Antonius Finishes
| Event | Date | Placed | Winnings |
| Aussie Millions $250K NL Holdem | 1/27/12 | 2nd | $1,235,369 |
| WSOP $10K NL Holdem | 10/14/11 | 9th | $120,228 |
| Aussie Millions $10K NL Holdem | 1/23/11 | 8th | $128,573 |
| WSOP $10K NL Holdem | 7/5/10 | 601st | $24,079 |
| Aussie Millions $10K NL Holdem | 1/18/09 | 41st | $14,207 |
| WSOP $5K NL Holdem | 6/2/08 | 27th | $12,483 |
| WSOP $10K Pot Limit Holdem | 5/30/08 | 7th | $124,080 |
| WPT $5K NL Holdem | 5/23/08 | 22nd | $11,818 |
| WSOP $10K NL Holdem | 9/10/07 | 29th | $54,673 |
| WSOP $10K Pot Limit Omaha | 7/1/07 | 3rd | $311,394 |
| WPT $25K NL Holdem | 4/21/07 | 52nd | $46,410 |
| Heads Up Championship $10K NL Holdem Heads Up | 2/9/07 | 9th | $10,250 |
| Aussie Millions $10K Main Event | 1/14/07 | 13th | $71,575 |
| WSOP $1K NL Holdem | 7/23/06 | 70th | $4,095 |
| WSOP $5K Pot Limit Holdem | 7/22/06 | 36th | $3,553 |
| WSOP $50K HORSE | 7/12/06 | 9th | $205,920 |
| WSOP $10K Pot Limit Omaha | 7/9/06 | 15th | $20,492 |
| WSOP $2,500 NL Short Handed | 6/30/06 | 81st | $3,790 |
| WPT $10K NL Holdem | 6/4/06 | 45th | $13,440 |
| WPT 25K NL Holdem | 4/18/06 | 17th | $117,165 |
| WPT Main Event $15k NL Holdem | 12/12/05 | 2nd | $1,046,470 |
| Monte Carlo Millions $25k NL Holdem | 11/20/05 | 80th | |
| William Hill Grand Prix -$6k NL Holdem | 10/22/05 | 8th | |
| EuroPokerTour -$4k NL Holdem | 10/4/05 | 1st | $343,000 |
| EuroPokerTour -$4k Main Event | 9/16/05 | 3rd | $145,000 |
| Ladbrokes Championship 30,000skr | 8/18/05 | 1st | $8,800 |
| WSOP $5k Short Handed NL Holdem | 6/29/05 | 39th | $6,790 |
| WSOP $5k NL Holdem | 6/14/05 | 27th | $10,950 |
| WSOP $2k Pot Limit Holdem | 6/12/05 | 40th | $2,980 |
| WPT $9750 Championship NL Holdem | 3/7/05 | 15th | $40,000 |
| WPT $7800 Main Event NL Holdem | 1/5/05 | 12th | $34,600 |
Last Updated: January 24, 2012
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