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Player · Germany

Philipp Gruissem

Germany

$11,528,509Live earnings
$1,379,840Best cash
#12Germany ranking

Philipp Gruissem was the original German super-high-roller. Between 2011 and 2014 he won the EPT London £20,000 High Roller, the WSOP Asia-Pacific A$50,000 High Roller, both WPT Alpha8 events he entered — London for $1,379,840 and Saint Kitts for $1,086,400 — and the EPT Monte Carlo €25,000 High Roller for $1,378,059. He then largely stepped away from the tables to co-found the effective-altruism charity Raising for Effective Giving with Igor Kurganov and Liv Boeree. Twelfth on the German all-time list with $11.5 million in live earnings.

Recent results

DateEventWherePlacePrize
28 Oct 2013WPT Alpha8 London £100,000London1$1,379,840
30 Apr 2014EPT Monte Carlo €25,500 High RollerMonte Carlo1$1,378,059
16 Nov 2013WPT Alpha8 Saint Kitts $100,000Saint Kitts1$1,086,400
13 Apr 2013WSOP Asia-Pacific A$50,000 High RollerMelbourne1$863,386
4 Oct 2011EPT London £20,500 High RollerLondon1$703,657

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Source: The Hendon Mob (total live earnings, best cash, rankings, results), retrieved 2026-09-12. Last checked 2026-09-12. Figures are as published by the sources and may be incomplete.

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