Patrik Antonius played poker as a pastime in his early days. Despite being a poker fanatic, he did not have envisaged turning out a career out of poker which let alone earns a fortune through it.

Patrik Antonius is one of the most known professional poker players in today's game. Moreover, he is a former tennis player and has also served his time as a model for Vantaa, Finland. Residing in Monte-Carlo, Patrik was mentored by poker professional Marcel Luske. Jennifer Harman later advised him.

Like a Pro: Poker Player Patrick Antonius during the game of EPT: Monte Carlo of day four on May 2018 (Photo: pokerstars.fr)

Patrik started his poker career with European Poker Tour event and World Poker Tour event in early 2005. He went on to compete in three games of the 2005 World Series of Poker.

With that, he even participated in the European Poker Tour in September 2005 and WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic in December 2005.

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The following year he was placed 9th in the World Series of Poker H.O.R.S.E. He also got featured three times on the NBC's Poker After Drak.

In September 2008, he secured the second position in the Full Tilt Poker.  He finished 3rd in the Aussie Millions Main event in January 2013.

Patrik is equally skilled in live cash games and is a regular in the Big Game. He appeared on the third to sixth seasons of GSNs High Stakes Poker.

In November 2009, Antonious won the biggest pot in online poker history against Viktor Blom. But that doesn't mean that he's always lucky, as Patrik had participated in the main event of European Poker Tour in Barcelona and got eliminated in 4th place on 9 August 2018.

Patrik returned with RUB15,000,000 for his efforts. But Patrick didn't showcase any anger to his loss as he posted a video on Instagram to let the fans know that he was doing fine. 

Born on 13 December 1980, Patrick was brought up in Vantaa, Finland. He has had his lips sealed when it comes to his early life. Information about his young days is still under the wraps.

But he had a keen interest in various sports since his childhood excelling in most of them. With a successful career, Patrick also enjoys a blessed family. He is married to his longtime girlfriend, Maya Geller and has two daughters together. 

The whole family have a perfect bond with each other and enjoy going on vacations, holidays and shopping time and again. A quick glance at Patrick’s Instagram account makes us clear about his love towards his family.

The master of poker's wife and children are a feature of his Instagram and every moment of his family life has been chronicled in it. 

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Whether it be a holiday and skiing event with his wife and kids or a date night with his wife, Patrik is quick to treat his followers with updates from the event.

Patrik recently went on a vacation with his family after the loss at the main event of EPT in August 2018. He posted multiple pictures with his adorable family as they had a great time on the vacation.

Complete Package: Patrik posts a picture with his whole family announcing the end of their vacation on Instagram on 3 September 2018 (Photo: Patrik's Instagram)

Many of his fans are often fascinated by the fact that Patrik is able to support his family and treat them to luxurious holidays and facilities. Because not many poker players are able to stay so intact and lucky in the matter of winning. 

Patrick Ruling Poker World: Shows HK$25 Million In Cash On Instagram 

Poker King Patrick Antonius is one of the best poker players in the world. And his expertise in poker has been helped him earn a vast amount of net worth.

Patrick has been ruling the world of poker since his debut in European Poker Tour in 2005.

He has won different poker games such as EPT event on 2005 taking home the 288,180 Euros, WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic winning $1,046,470, World Series of Poker with $205,920, World Championship of Pot Limit Omaha with $311,394 and so on.

He finished 9th in 2011 World Series of Poker with the winning prize of 90,000 Euros.

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Besides this, he is one of the biggest online poker players and is involved in investing a tremendous amount of money in bids.

What's more, he was involved in the biggest pot in the history of online poker game which also featured his friend Victor Blom in November 2009. 

The blinds were as high as $500/$1000, and thousands of railbirds saw the two players build a pot worth $1,300,000.

Similarly, Antonius came second in Super High Roller Bowl China in 2018 winning HK$24,735,000 in cash. He took to Instagram to showcase his excitement and the enormous wads of money he earned on 23 March 2018.

Show off: Poker Player Patrick Antonius grabs second place on Super High Roller Bowl China winning HK$24,735,000 in early 2018 (Photo: Patrick Antonio's Instagram)

With all the winnings, it is clear that he enjoys a handsome net worth to himself. Although the precise information about his net worth has not been revealed as of 2018, it would not be a surprise to many if it were to be announced in millions, or maybe billions.