Thomas Bihl

Thomas Bihl (* 1975 in Burghausen ) is a German poker player who won the first 2007 been played outside the United States WSOP bracelet.

Career

Bihl made ​​after graduating from high school training as a bank clerk and then worked as a stock trader. In 2002 he started his own business in the field of sports betting arbitrage.

2004 Bihl began playing poker. He plays under the nickname " Buzzer" ( short for " Buzzer Beater " ) and preferred by his own admission shorthanded tables (only 6 players ) and Sit and Goes.

Bihl won in 2007 as a fifth German by Matthias Rohnacher, Eddy Scharf, Katja Thater and Michael Keiner a bracelet event of the WSOP. He won the $ 2,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. and received for his victory against a world class field £ 70,875. Second place went to Jennifer Harman, the heads-up track, four times as many chips as had Bihl. Kirk Morrison was third, fourth and fifth place Chris Ferguson landed Alexander Kravchenko. The days of the tournament lasted up to 15 hours.

In December 2007, Bihl published together with Katja Thater, Michael Keiner, Sebastian Ruthenberg and Stephan Kalhamer the book "Poker Matrix - dimensions of success".