This article will talk about Patrik Antonius, another professional you can play against on a Full Tilt Poker download. Antonius saw work as a tennis coach and model in Finland before he started earning huge profits 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 received cards in several US poker rooms, and he was a regular in the Bellagio’s Big Game. He won a satellite for a WSOP event that year, but he didn’t do very much with it. Since then he has cashed several WSOP events, but he still does not have a bracelet.
In 2005, Antonius really came into his own where tournament poker is concerned. He started in casinos for US players, profiting in a pair of WPT tournaments and then making the money in a trio of WSOP events. After his WSOP cashes he also cashed another World Poker Tour event, earning 2nd place in the Five Diamond Classic for $1 million. 2005 also saw him do very well in Europe. He finished 3rd in the big event in Barcelona and then took 1st in the Baden Classic for $340k.
Since his breakout year in 2005, Antonius has continued to excel. In fact, he’s made approximately $3 million playing live tournament poker. Unlike several popular pros, though, he’d rather play online than live. He plays a ton of nosebleed cash games on money poker sites, usually choosing to play heads-up Texas Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha. Sources say he made over $9 million profit via online casino USA in 2009! He is the first player to challenge Tom Dwan in the Million Dollar Challenge.
In his spare time, Antonius partakes in betting on sports and gambling on the golf course. This is all added to the millions of dollars he’s lost to fellow poker players via staking deals. Most of us will never see that much money in our lifetimes! All the unnecessary gambling kind of makes you wonder if he plays free bet sportsbooks during his quiet moments away from the felt. It looks like he has a couple things in common with Phil Ivey!
If you would like the chance to play with Patrik Antonius, go ahead and play at Full Tilt. He has made it clear that he prefers to play cash over MTTs, so you will have a higher chance of finding him by looking in ring games. Good luck!
