Patrik Antonius can easily be considered the best online high stake cash game player at the present time.  According to highstakesdb.com he has already made slightly over $4,700,000 playing online at Full Tilt Poker this year.  That is more than double the second most profitable high stakes online player.  Patrik has also had some success in live tournaments.  He has over $2M in career live tournament winnings and he hasn’t played nearly as many as most members of team Full Tilt.  Antonius is a high stakes cash game specialist and he has been one of the most profitable poker players in recent years.

Patrik grew up in Finland playing hockey, soccer and tennis.  When he was 13 he decided to focus on tennis and try to make the pros.  Unfortunately, nagging back problems kept him from achieving this dream, but during his injuries Antonius practiced his poker game with friends at the tennis club.  Patrik played his first live casino tournament when he turned 18 and he found quick success winning the tournament and taking home $225.

Patrik decided to play poker to earn a living after his back kept him out of his first professional tennis tournament.  Patrik started playing more cash games at the casino and he was consistently beating the small stake games, but his poker career really took off when he made his first deposit at Full Tilt Poker.  Antonius made a $200 deposit and within two months had turned it into $20K.  He then proceeded to turn that $20,000 into $80,000 by the end of the year.  Antonius says he really enjoys online poker because he can play more than one table at a time and this increases his hourly return on investment.

In 2005 Antonius really burst onto the poker scene after a string of successful major live tournaments.  Patrik started off by winning a Scandinavian poker tourney for $70.  He then finished third in EPT Barcelona for $145K and won EPT Baden for $343K.

Antonius is one of the best cash game players alive today and lucky for him he has model good looks which make him a prime candidate for any televised poker show.  Patrik has been featured on Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker many times and he will likely participate in the upcoming Full Tilt Poker show Face the Ace.  You can often find Patrik playing the highest stake cash games online at Full Tilt Poker.  He was the first player to accept Tom Dwan’s “Durrrr Challenge” so he will often be found playing long sessions at the “Durrrr Challenge” tables.