$50M in live cashes, two WSOP bracelets, and now a new chapter
Fedor Holz is done with the ambassador grind.
The 32-year-old German pro announced on X that he will not renew his contract with GGPoker after six years with the platform, signaling a deliberate shift away from professional poker commitments. His reasoning was straightforward: he wants to start a family this year and is launching an investment fund.
"1-2 trips a year" to Triton events is all he's penciled in for now. Whether that includes the WSOP Main Event or the occasional PGT high roller remains unclear.
The numbers are hard to argue with
Holz leaves his GGPoker role with $50 million in live tournament cashes on The Hendon Mob, the all-time record for a German player. That resume includes two WSOP bracelets and three Triton Poker titles.
He announced himself to the broader poker world in 2015 with deep runs at two EPT events, a 25th-place finish in the WSOP Main Event, and a year-closing victory in the $100,000 WPT Alpha8 worth $1,589,219.
Then came 2016. At 22, Holz ran up over $16 million in live cashes for the year, the third-highest single-season total in the sport's history at that point, behind Antonio Esfandiari's $19 million in 2012 and Dan Colman's $22 million in 2014. Justin Bonomo pushed past Colman's benchmark in 2018, topping $25 million. That same year, Bonomo beat Holz heads-up at the $1 million buy-in WSOP Big One for One Drop to take down $10 million. Bryn Kenney later set the current high-water mark at $30 million in 2019.
Scaling back, not walking out
The wind-down has been gradual. After his 2016 peak, Holz pulled back on volume, signed with PartyPoker as an ambassador in 2017, then moved to GGPoker. He kept posting seven-figure years while building business interests outside poker.
Nothing about this announcement suggests he is closing the door entirely. He still plans to show up at Triton events. Given his track record, it would hardly be surprising to see him add more big scores in the years ahead.
