Martin De Knijff

Martin " The Knife " De Knijff ( born October 2, 1972 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish professional sports bettors and poker players.

His surname comes from his Dutch father. His mother is Swedish. As De Knijff was five his family moved to Falkenberg. 1992 left Martin De Knijff Falkenberg and moved to Stockholm, where he still lives today.

At 15 he started to play poker, initially mostly Five Card Draw, later he played mainly Omaha and Texas Hold'em. Doyle Brunson's book Super He holds system for the best poker book ever written.

De Knijff made ​​himself a name in the poker world when he won the 13th place U.S. $ 60,000 Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2002.

For its first participation at the World Poker Tour, he was 15 ter at the WPT Championship 2003 and won 26,664 U.S. dollars. The following year he won the same tournament and so won a then- record price of 2,728,356 U.S. dollars.

Less than a month later he won at the World Series of Poker in 2004 in the $ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em second place.

Currently are its revenue at over $ 3,400,000 through official poker tournaments.