Koray Aldemir (born 1990) is a German professional poker player of Turkish descent, born in

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and now residing in

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. In 2021, he won the

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for $8,000,000. Aldemir first played poker while at a friend's house on New Year's Eve in 2006. He began by playing freerolls on

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and had his first recorded live cash in January 2012 in a €200 tournament held in Berlin. While playing a tournament in Rozvadov,

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in 2013, Aldemir allowed another player to use his computer to send money on PokerStars and had his account locked on the site for the next four years. He moved to Vienna soon after to study psychology in university. Prior to the Main Event, Aldemir's best career cash was for $2.1 million when he finished in third place in the $111,111 One Drop High Roller at the

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. That same year, he finished runner-up to

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in the Summer Solstice event. Aldemir won a Triton high roller in the

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in 2017 for $1.3 million. In 2018, he finished third in the

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for $481,000. He also won an event at the 2019 U.S. Poker Open. At the 2021 Main Event, Aldemir began the final table with the chip lead and went heads-up against George Holmes. On the 223rd hand of the final table, Holmes moved all in with on a board of and Aldemir called with for two pair to win the tournament. The victory moved him past $20 million in career earnings and into fourth place on Germany's all-time money list. At the 2022 WSOP, Aldemir finished 3rd in the player of the year race, and made another deep run in the Main Event, finishing in 75th place out of 8,663 competitors in defense of his title.

World Series of Poker bracelets

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