- Martin de Knijff
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Martin de Knijff
Martin de Knijff 2006 World Series of PokerNickname(s) The Knife Hometown Stockholm World Series of Poker Bracelet(s) None Money finish(es) 3 Highest ITM
Main Event finish13th, 2002 World Poker Tour Title(s) 1 Final table(s) 1 Money finish(es) 6 European Poker Tour Title(s) None Final table(s) None Money finish(es) 1 Information accurate as of 2010-09-15. Martin de Knijff (born October 2, 1972) is a professional sports bettor and high-stakes poker player from Gothenburg, Sweden.
His last name is from his Dutch father. His mother is Swedish. The family moved to Falkenberg when Martin was 5 and in 1992 Martin left to go to Stockholm and from there to Las Vegas where he currently lives.
Martin started playing poker aged 15 (mostly 5-card draw) but became fond of Omaha and Hold-Em when introduced to them. He considers Doyle Brunson's book Super System to be the best poker book ever written.[citation needed]
He first made a name for himself in the poker world with a 13th place finish in the 2002 World Series of Poker Main Event, earning himself $60,000.
Entering into the World Poker Tour, he finished 15th in the series 1 championship, winning $26,664; and went on to win the same tournament the following year, earning a then-record-breaking $2,728,356.
Less than a month later his success continued with a 2nd place finish in the $5,000 No Limit Hold-Em event at the 2004 World Series of Poker.
Martin wrote an article for Card Player magazine in 2005 encouraging tournament backers to reveal themselves. It was met with mixed reactions from poker professionals.
As of his last tournament cash in 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,370,000.[1]
Outside of poker, Martin is an avid bridge player, having finished second in the Blue Ribbon Pairs, one of the two major North American pair bridge championships.
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World Poker Tour Championship winners Alan Goehring · Martin de Knijff · Tuan Le · Joe Bartholdi Jr · Carlos Mortensen · David Chiu · Yevgeniy Timoshenko · David Williams · Scott SeiverWinners of the European Poker Awards Outstanding Tournament Performance of the Year 2001 Simon Trumper · 2002 Barny Boatman · 2003 Gus Hansen · 2004 Martin de Knijff · 2005 Rob Hollink · 2006 Victoria Coren · 2007 Annette Obrestad · 2008 Peter Eastgate · 2009 Jeff Lisandro
Categories:- 1972 births
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- Swedish poker players
- Swedish bridge players
- Swedish sports bettors
- World Poker Tour winners
- Gambling writers
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