German poker player (born 1990)
Koray Aldemir (born 1990) is a German professional poker
player of Turkish descent, born in Berlin 🧾 and now residing in Vienna, Austria. In 2024,
he won the World Series of Poker Main Event forR$8,000,000.[1]
Aldemir first played
🧾 poker while at a friend's house on New Year's Eve in 2006. He began by playing
freerolls on PokerStars and 🧾 had his first recorded live cash in January 2012 in a €200
tournament held in Berlin.[2] While playing a tournament 🧾 in Rozvadov, Czech Republic in
2013, Aldemir allowed another player to use his computer to send money on PokerStars
and 🧾 had his account locked on the site for the next four years. He moved to Vienna soon
after to study 🧾 psychology in university.[3]
Prior to the Main Event, Aldemir's best
career cash was forR$2.1 million when he finished in third place 🧾 in theR$111,111 One
Drop High Roller at the 2024 World Series of Poker.[4] That same year, he finished
runner-up to 🧾 Adrian Mateos in the Summer Solstice event.[5]
Aldemir won a Triton high
roller in the Philippines in 2024 forR$1.3 million.[6] In 🧾 2024, he finished third in
the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure forR$481,000.[7] He also won an event at the 2024
U.S. Poker 🧾 Open.[8]
At the 2024 Main Event, Aldemir began the final table with the chip
lead and went heads-up against George Holmes. 🧾 On the 223rd hand of the final table,
Holmes moved all in with K♣ Q♠ on a board of 10♥ 🧾 7♠ 2♥ K♠ 9♣ and Aldemir called with
10♦ 7♦ for two pair to win the tournament.[9] The victory moved 🧾 him pastR$20 million in
career earnings and into fourth place on Germany's all-time money list.[10]
At the 2024
WSOP, Aldemir finished 🧾 3rd in the player of the year race, and made another deep run in
the Main Event, finishing in 75th 🧾 place out of 8,663 competitors in defense of his
title.[11]
World Series of Poker bracelets [ edit ]
Year Tournament Prize (US$)
🧾 2024R$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main EventR$8,000,000
