Fedor Holz: Two-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner and Five-Time Triton Champion
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Fedor Holz built one of the most successful tournament careers of his generation by combining an elite online background with sustained success in the highest-stakes live events in poker. The German professional has won two World Series of Poker bracelets, captured five Triton Poker titles and accumulated more than $50 million in recorded live tournament earnings.
His career has also followed an unusual path. Holz reached the top levels of online and live poker while still in his early 20s, dramatically reduced his tournament schedule after a remarkable 2016 run, then continued returning for selected high-stakes events with major results. As recently as May 2026, he added another Triton title despite having again scaled back his professional poker commitments.
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Who Is Fedor Holz?
Fedor Holz is a German poker player best known for his success in no-limit hold'em tournaments, particularly high rollers and super high rollers.
The Hendon Mob lists Holz as being from Saarbrücken, Germany, with Vienna, Austria, as his residence. His online identity, "CrownUpGuy," became widely recognized before he established himself as one of the leading players on the live high-roller circuit.
As of August 25, 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Holz with $50,681,509 in live tournament earnings. That figure places him first on Germany's all-time money list and 14th on the global all-time list at the time of publication. Tournament earnings and rankings can change as new results are recorded.
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From Online Breakthrough to High-Stakes Poker
Holz's first major breakthrough came online.
Playing under the screen name "CrownUpGuy," he won the 2014 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event. The $5,200 tournament attracted 2,142 entries and generated a $10.71 million prize pool.
Following a six-player deal at the final table, Holz defeated Yuri Martins heads-up and collected $1.3 million. The victory immediately established him among the most successful young online tournament players of the period.
His live results accelerated soon afterward. Holz reached major final tables during the 2015 World Series of Poker and closed that year by winning the $100,000 WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas event for more than $1.5 million.
Those performances set up the stretch that transformed his live career.
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Fedor Holz's Remarkable 2016
The year 2016 became the defining period of Holz's rise through high-stakes tournament poker.
Early in the year, he won a $200,000 Triton Super High Roller in the Philippines for a multimillion-dollar score. He later finished runner-up to Rainer Kempe in the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl in Las Vegas, earning $3.5 million.
Holz then produced a series of major results at ARIA before entering the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop at the World Series of Poker.
That event gave him the major title his résumé was still missing.
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Fedor Holz's WSOP Bracelets
Holz has won two World Series of Poker bracelets.
First WSOP Bracelet — 2016 High Roller for One Drop
Holz captured his first bracelet in the 2016 WSOP $111,111 High Roller for One Drop.
According to the World Series of Poker, the tournament attracted 183 entries and created a prize pool of more than $19.3 million.
Holz defeated Dan Smith heads-up for the title and earned $4,981,775. The final table also included Koray Aldemir, Jack Salter, Joe McKeehen, Nick Petrangelo, Niall Farrell and Scott Seiver.
The victory completed one of the strongest high-roller stretches of the modern tournament era.
Second WSOP Bracelet — 2020 Heads-Up Championship
Four years later, Holz earned his second bracelet during the international WSOP Online series on GGPoker.
He won the $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em event, defeating a 127-player field. Holz advanced through a bracket that included Luc Greenwood, George Wolff, Justin Bonomo and Sergi Reixach before facing Brunno Botteon in the final.
PokerNews reported that the victory was worth approximately $1.07 million and gave Holz his second WSOP bracelet.
His two bracelet victories are notably different: one came in a major live high roller against a deep field, while the other came through a heads-up online tournament requiring him to win a succession of one-on-one matches.
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Major Tournament Accomplishments
Holz's tournament résumé extends well beyond his bracelet victories.
Career highlights include:
Two WSOP bracelets
Five Triton Poker titles as of August 2026
2014 WCOOP Main Event champion
2015 WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas winner
2016 WSOP $111,111 High Roller for One Drop champion
Runner-up in the 2016 $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl
Winner of the 2016 EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller
Runner-up in the 2018 $1 million Big One for One Drop
2020 WSOP Online $25,000 Heads-Up bracelet winner
More than $50.6 million in recorded live tournament earnings as of August 25, 2026
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What Is Fedor Holz's Biggest Live Tournament Cash?
Holz's largest recorded live tournament cash is $6 million.
He earned that prize by finishing second in the 2018 WSOP $1 million Big One for One Drop. The tournament was won by Justin Bonomo.
The $6 million result surpassed Holz's $4,981,775 victory in the 2016 High Roller for One Drop and remains his largest individual live score according to The Hendon Mob.
Other seven-figure results include his $3.5 million runner-up finish in the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl and multimillion-dollar high-roller victories on the Triton circuit.
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Fedor Holz and Triton Poker
Triton Poker has played an important role throughout Holz's high-stakes career.
His association with the tour stretches back to Triton's early years. Holz won a $200,000 super high roller in the Philippines in 2016 and remained a regular presence in selected Triton events even after reducing his overall poker volume.
That relationship was still producing titles a decade later.
In May 2026, Holz won the $40,000 Mystery Bounty event at Triton Montenegro. PokerNews reported that the tournament attracted 111 entries and that Holz earned $528,811 from the regular prize pool following a heads-up deal with Aleksejs Ponakovs, in addition to mystery bounties collected during the event.
The victory was Holz's fifth Triton title.
It also demonstrated why describing him simply as a former full-time player can be misleading. Holz has repeatedly reduced his poker schedule, but his results show that he has remained capable of competing successfully against high-level tournament fields.
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Live Tournament Earnings and Rankings
As of August 25, 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Holz with:
$50,681,509 in total live tournament earnings
$6,000,000 as his largest recorded live cash
No. 1 on Germany's all-time money list
No. 14 on the global all-time money list
These figures reflect recorded live tournament results and do not represent a player's actual poker profit. They also do not include the full scope of online poker results, cash-game activity, expenses, backing arrangements, swaps, taxes or other financial factors.
Because live earnings and rankings change over time, readers can check Fedor Holz's Hendon Mob record for the latest database totals.
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Playing Style and Poker Reputation
Holz is primarily associated with no-limit hold'em tournament poker, particularly high rollers, short-handed events and heads-up competition.
His results demonstrate success across several different tournament structures. He has won large-field online events, deep live high rollers and a WSOP heads-up championship while also recording repeated final-table appearances against many of the strongest tournament professionals of his era.
That versatility is an important part of his poker reputation. Rather than building his résumé around one series or one format, Holz has produced major results across the WSOP, Triton Poker, PokerStars festivals, WPT-affiliated events and independent high-roller series.
His career has also been closely associated with study, decision-making and the mental side of high-level poker.
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Poker Education and Business Interests
Holz's influence extends beyond tournament results.
He became involved with projects including Primed Mind, a mindset and performance application, and Pokercode, a poker training platform. Those ventures reflected his growing interest in performance, education and entrepreneurship after he began reducing the amount of time devoted to professional tournament play.
In 2020, Holz also became a GGPoker ambassador and represented the online poker operator for approximately six years.
He appeared in GGPoker-related poker content, including the first season of Game of Gold, while continuing to compete selectively in major live and online events.
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Is Fedor Holz Still Playing Poker?
Yes, although Holz no longer maintains the type of full-time tournament schedule associated with the peak of his career.
In March 2026, Holz announced that he would not renew his GGPoker ambassador agreement and indicated that business interests outside poker would receive more of his attention.
That announcement did not amount to a complete retirement from tournament poker.
Only about two months later, he returned to Triton competition in Montenegro and won the $40,000 Mystery Bounty for his fifth title on the tour.
As of August 2026, the most accurate description is that Holz remains an active but selective tournament player whose schedule is substantially lighter than during his full-time high-roller years.
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Why Fedor Holz Matters in Poker
Holz's significance comes from both the scale and the timing of his success.
He emerged from the online tournament world, won one of its most important championships, and rapidly translated that success into elite live results. By his early 20s, he was already competing regularly in some of the highest buy-in tournaments available.
His 2016 run accelerated that rise, producing a WSOP bracelet, a Super High Roller Bowl runner-up finish and numerous other major scores in a matter of months.
Later results showed that the early surge was not his only path to success. Holz added a second bracelet in 2020, continued accumulating major high-roller finishes and reached the $50 million live-earnings milestone before winning another Triton title in 2026.
The combination of online success, live high-roller performance, poker education and business interests has given Holz a career that extends well beyond a single tournament breakthrough.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many WSOP bracelets does Fedor Holz have?
Fedor Holz has two WSOP bracelets. He won the 2016 $111,111 High Roller for One Drop and the 2020 WSOP Online $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em event.
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How much has Fedor Holz won in live poker tournaments?
As of August 25, 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Fedor Holz with $50,681,509 in recorded live tournament earnings.
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What is Fedor Holz's biggest poker win?
His largest recorded live tournament cash is $6 million, earned for finishing second in the 2018 WSOP $1 million Big One for One Drop.
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How many Triton Poker titles has Fedor Holz won?
Fedor Holz has five Triton Poker titles as of August 2026. His fifth came in the $40,000 Mystery Bounty at Triton Montenegro in May 2026.
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What is Fedor Holz's online poker name?
Holz is widely known online as "CrownUpGuy." He used that screen name when he won the 2014 PokerStars WCOOP Main Event for $1.3 million.
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Is Fedor Holz retired from poker?
Holz has repeatedly reduced his playing schedule, but describing him as fully retired would be inaccurate as of August 2026. He continued competing in major tournaments and won his fifth Triton title in May 2026 after announcing that he would devote more attention to interests outside poker.
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Where is Fedor Holz from?
Fedor Holz is German and is listed by The Hendon Mob as being from Saarbrücken, Germany. The database currently lists Vienna, Austria, as his residence.