Christian Harder is a professional poker player who along with

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has second most consecutive cashes in the

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Main Event at four times (2010-2013) behind

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. He has earned a

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championship. He is a ''

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'' Poker Pro. In 2009, he was ranked as the number one tournament player in the world.

Background

Early in Harder's poker career, he was staked by other poker players. In September 2009, Harder ranked as the number one tournament poker player in the world when combining online and live play. ''

'' Poker Pro Harder, has several live game championships, but his biggest live game payout was $571,965 for a 4th-place finish in the 2009 338-entrant $25,000

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World Championship at

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, where he held the chip lead with 10 players remaining.

World Series of Poker

He was a final tablist at the $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 2011 World Series of Poker Event 31 where he finished 4th. In 2013, he and

tied

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's 2-year-old record for most consecutive World Series of Poker Main Event cashes (4).

Online

With over $1.5 million in online earnings, Harder has several notable online tournament victories to his credit. Harder holds a World Championship of Online Poker bracelet from the September 17, 2008 $200 + $15 Pot-limit

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with Rebuys Event 25. He is a four-time winner of the

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Daily $100 With Rebuys, having won $46,512 in the 637-entrant January 17, 2010 event, $44,585 in the 584-entrant August 15, 2009 event, $33,990 in the 269-entrant March 8, 2008 event, and $32,802 in the 461-entrant September 18, 2009 event. Among his other notable online victories are the September 17, 2007 323-entrant $1,000 + $60

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$1K Monday No-limit Hold'em event for $80,750, the September 9, 2009 893-entrant $300 + $20 PokerStars Wednesday Quarter Million No-limit Hold'em event for $48,490, and the June 5, 2008 753-entrant $150 + $12 PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand No-limit Hold'em. Harder's largest online payout was for an 11th-place finish in the WCOOP 2008 2185-entrant $5,000 + $200 Main Event when he won $87,400.

Notes

External links

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