Born in Vantaa, Finland in 1980, Patrik Antonius is one of the young stars of the major world poker circuits. Not only does he have the title of European Poker Tour Rookie of the Year from 2005, but he has also been making a big impact at the World Series of Poker and the ever-popular World Poker Tour. With a plethora of cashes in the high stakes multi-table poker tournaments, Antonius has earned a bankroll that is the envy of even the most accomplished players. It is estimated that he has made over $2.8 million dollars in tournament poker winnings since that rookie season of 2005.

The former Finnish tennis star now resides in Monte Carlo and pursues his poker career full-time. He has always been a major force at the internet poker rooms where his skills and reputation has earned him the distinct honor of being part of the Full Tilt Poker Team. Joining the likes of Jesus Ferguson and Howard Lederer, as well as many other great players, Patrik Antonius has arrived as one of the best players in the world.

He formerly played at Full Tilt Poker under a few different poker aliases and he also played many other websites before being welcomed onto the Full Tilt Team. He now plays with his real name and offers games to anyone willing to play some high stakes poker. He can be found playing online at the large cash games and he even plays in a few of the big tournaments held by the website. His reputation precedes him and players need to be ready for a great challenge if they want to go head to head with Antonius.

Apart from being a great cash game player and tournament standout, Patrik Antonius’ greatest passion is for heads up battles. He is ready and willing to play any person, any time and any place. He considers his heads up abilities to be the strength of his game and he is not afraid to put that on the line if there is an opponent that is ready. Patrik Antonius remains to be the only player that has accepted the challenge set forth by Tom Dwan to play a heads up match consisting of 50,000 hands for a total of $1 million. The match is ongoing through the internet and the winner is yet to be determined. This goes to show that Patrik Antonius is very serious about his heads up skills and very serious about putting them to the ultimate test.