Steffen Christian Sontheimer (born 13 September 1990) is a German professional
poker
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player, originally from
Gernsbach
Gernsbach () is a town in the district of Rastatt, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Murg, east of Baden-Baden in the Black Forest. Twin towns are Baccarat in France and Pergola, Marche in Italy.
The town is the hist ...
,
Germany
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who focuses on poker tournaments and cash games. He plays online on
PokerStars
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under the alias go0se.core!.
Poker
Sontheimer plays online poker under the alias "go0se.core!" on PokerStars (where he had the supernova elite status for two years) and "Partygo0se" on
partypoker.
He decided to become a professional poker player during a trip to Canada to play Scoops in May 2014 alongside
Reiner Kempe,
Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz (born 25 July 1993) is a German professional poker player, originally from Saarbrücken, who focuses on high roller tournaments. He was ranked by Pocketfives.com as the best online MTT player in 2014 and 2015. In July 2016, Holz w ...
, and a few others.
Sontheimer first cashed in live tournament in the summer of 2015. One year later he started competing in high roller tournaments.
Professional poker player
Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz (born 25 July 1993) is a German professional poker player, originally from Saarbrücken, who focuses on high roller tournaments. He was ranked by Pocketfives.com as the best online MTT player in 2014 and 2015. In July 2016, Holz w ...
, predicted that 2017 would be a "breakout year" for Sontheimer.
Later that year Sontheimer won the inaugural Poker Masters Purple Jacket winning $2,733,000 in the process.
In 2017, he took down the very first Poker Masters Purple Jacket, the grand prize of the new high roller tournament series.
In 2018, Sontheimer won the Caribbean Poker Party $250,000 Super High Roller Championships earning him $3,685,000.
Sontheimer helped poker player Kitty Kuo improve her game. He has been described as a "crusher".
Sontheimer along with Holz is a shareholder of No Limit Gaming, an esports organisation founded by Stefan Schillhabel. He regularly streams poker for the organization.
He is a member of the poker and e-sports team NoLimitGG.
As of August 2020, Sontheimer is 6th on the German all-time money list with career live tournament winnings of over $13,700,000.
Personal life
Steffen Sontheimer studied industrial engineering at the
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association.
KIT was created in 2009 w ...
.
He is close friends with many famous German poker players, including
Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz (born 25 July 1993) is a German professional poker player, originally from Saarbrücken, who focuses on high roller tournaments. He was ranked by Pocketfives.com as the best online MTT player in 2014 and 2015. In July 2016, Holz w ...
, Stefan Schillhabel and others.
References
External links
Card Player profileHendon Mob profileWPT profileWSOP profile
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1990 births
German poker players
Living people