Greg Mueller (born June 2, 1971) is a German and

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professional

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player and former professional

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. Mueller was born in

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, Switzerland. He began playing professional ice hockey in 1992 and played his entire career in

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, playing the Eishockey-Bundesliga for EC Hedos München and the

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for Maddogs München and

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. Mueller was drawn to poker after one of many long road trips during his hockey career. After retiring from hockey, he decided to take the game more seriously and began playing in tournaments. Since then, Mueller has cashed in many

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s throughout his poker career. Mueller won his first

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title in

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in the $10,000 limit

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championship. Mueller won his second World Series of Poker bracelet and $194,909 only 11 days after his first in a $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event. He won his third in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship at the 2019 WSOP. His best showing in the

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was a fourth-place finish in the 2006 World Poker Challenge, where he won $142,285. As of 2019, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,350,000. His 43 cashes at the WSOP account for over $2,400,000 of those winnings.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mueller, Greg Canadian poker players German poker players Living people World Series of Poker bracelet winners Canadian ice hockey defencemen German ice hockey players Mad Dogs München players EC Ratinger Löwen players Hannover EC players Füchse Duisburg players People from Schaffhausen Sportspeople from the canton of Schaffhausen Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Year of birth missing (living people)