George Danzer (born 17 July 1983 in
São Paulo
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,
Brazil
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) is an entrepreneur and former
German
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professional
poker player, based in
Salzburg
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,
Austria
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who is a four-time
World Series of Poker bracelets
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winner, winning the inaugural $10,000
Seven Card Razz Championship
and then the $10,000
Seven-Card Stud
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High-Low Championship at the
2014 World Series of Poker
The 2014 World Series of Poker is the 45th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada, USA, between May 27 – July 14, 2014. There were 65 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 ...
.
He won his third bracelet winning the $5,000 Mixed Event
8-Game event at the
2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific. His total live tournament winnings exceed $1.9 million
In his youth he excelled at
Chess
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and played the World Youth Championship for
Portugal
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as the sub 10 Portuguese Champion.
In May 2006, he finished 3rd at the Worlds Heads Up Championship in
Barcelona
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.
World Series of Poker
At the
2006 World Series of Poker
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Main Event, he became known as the player who is seen receiving a series of bad beats at the Main Event, which resulted in increasing the stack of the then chip leader Dmitri Nobles. During the ESPN broadcast Danzer is seen leaving the table to steam off, only to return and congratulate his opponent.
He made the final table at the
2007 World Series of Poker
The 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 1st, 2007. The $10,000 ( US) no-limit Texas hold 'em Main Event began on July 6th and was completed on the morning of July 18th. All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in ...
in the
$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event outlasting 678 players in his ninth-place finish.
At the
2010 World Series of Poker
The 2010 World Series of Poker was the 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, and ran from May 28 to July 17. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit H ...
, Danzer finished 3rd in the $10,000 2–7 Draw Lowball Championship in a field of 101 players for $115,295 behind runner-up Eric Cloutier and the winner
David "Bakes" Baker
David Bakes Baker (born October 17, 1986) is an American professional poker player who has won a World Series of Poker bracelet and appeared at four World Series of Poker final tables. He also has a Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) ch ...
.
At the
2012 World Series of Poker
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, he finished 2nd in the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better event $140,825 behind the winner
Oleksii Kovalchuk and then finished 3rd in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw event for $115,295 behind runner-up Mike Wattel and winner
Nick Schulman.
At the
2013 World Series of Poker
The 2013 World Series of Poker was the 44th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada between May 29 – July 15, 2013. There was 62 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No L ...
, he made the final table the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or Better event finishing in 6th place for $34,348.
At the
2014 World Series of Poker
The 2014 World Series of Poker is the 45th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada, USA, between May 27 – July 14, 2014. There were 65 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 ...
, Danzer won his first
bracelet
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by winning the $10,000 Seven Card Razz event for $294,792.
He later won his second bracelet by winning the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Championship event, earning $352,696. He won his third bracelet by winning the AU$5,000 8-Game Mixed event at the
2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific, earning AU$84,600.
His performance at the
2014 World Series of Poker
The 2014 World Series of Poker is the 45th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada, USA, between May 27 – July 14, 2014. There were 65 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 ...
(which included events at the
2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific) secured him the 2014 WSOP Player of the Year Award.
He won his 4th WSOP bracelet is 2016 in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship for $338,646.
As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,700,000.
World Series of Poker bracelets
An "A" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific
Online poker
As a member of Team PokerStars Pro,
Danzer plays under his own name "GeorgeDanzer" among his highlights online are two
World Championship of Online Poker
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Established in 2002, WCOOP is PokerStars' attempt to establish the online equivalen ...
(WCOOP) titles, the first in the 2009 WCOOP $320 Pot Limit Omaha
Rebuy/1 Add-on, 6-maxevent for $109,545 and his second in the 2012 WCOOP $320 No Limit Hold’em
nte Upevent for $69,717.09 and four Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) titles his first was in 2010 winning the $162 Fixed-Limit Badugi (Medium) event for $10,345.70,
in the 2012 SCOOP he won his 2nd and 3rd title, the $2,100 NL Single Draw 2-7 (High) event for $34,040 and then the $2,100 NL Hold'em
-Max(High) event for $155,000 then winning his fourth SCOOP title in the $2,100 PL Omaha
urbo, Zoom(High) event for $129,645.
Career
inSight (2018)
Since mid-2018, George Danzer is the CEO of the agency inSight gg GmbH, which specializes in individual influencer marketing on the Twitch and Youtube platforms.
Youblicity (2019)
Since March 2019, he has also been managing director of Youblicity GmbH,
a technology provider for advertising in live streams.
References
External links
Homepage of Pokerplayers George Danzer and Jan HeitmannTeam Pokerstars blogs
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1983 births
Living people
German poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
WSOP Player of the Year Award winners
Sportspeople from São Paulo
Sportspeople from Salzburg