mike holtz brocklesnar wsop Mike Holtz came up a bit short of his second bracelet on Wednesday, but the Las Vegas online poker crusher appears to be destined for his second major online poker award in three years.
Those who play on WSOP.com know of Holtz under his screen name “BrockLesnar,” a tribute to former WWE pro wrestling legend Brock Lesnar. Over the years, he’s been one of the poker site’s top tournament performers, so much so that he won Player of the Year in 2021.
As of mid-June, he’s on pace to win the award again in 2023 even though there’s still plenty of play remaining. PokerNews caught up with the local poker pro to discuss his online poker prowess at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas at the Horseshoe .
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On Wednesday, Holtz was busy playing some live poker in Event #31: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack . We caught up with him on a break during the final table. At the time, he admitted his odds of winning weren’t great given he was down to just seven big blinds. He’s instincts were correct as he busted in seventh place out of 2,758 entrants for $30,081.
Scott Dulaney went on to win the bracelet and the $194,155 first place prize. The Shaun Deeb of WSOP.com?
Mike Holtz Winning the WSOP.com Player of the Year award is quite valuable. The champion receives a $10,000 prize, along with a ring and $1,500 worth of online poker tournament tickets. Last year’s winner was “sacakewalk.”
Holtz is, in some ways, the Shaun Deeb of the WSOP.com poker site in that he’s motivated to chase Player of the Year, much like Deeb is each summer in Las Vegas. According to the internet poker grinder, he plays about six multi-table tournaments per day with an average buy-in of around $180.Despite his online success, Holtz’ opinion on which type of bracelet is more meaningful to him might surprise you.”Even though I won the […]
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