George Danzer

George Danzer (born 17 July 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a German entrepreneur and former professional poker player, based in Salzburg, Austria who is a four-time World Series of Poker bracelets winner, winning the inaugural $10,000 Seven Card Razz Championship and then the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Championship at the 2014 World Series of Poker. He won his third bracelet winning the $5,000 Mixed Event 8-Game event at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific. His total live tournament winnings exceed $1.9 million

In his youth he excelled at Chess and played the World Youth Championship for Portugal as the sub 10 Portuguese Champion.

In May 2006, he finished 3rd at the Worlds Heads Up Championship in Barcelona.

World Series of Poker At the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, he became known as the player who is seen receiving a series of bad beats at the Main Event, which resulted in increasing the stack of the then chip leader Dmitri Nobles. During the ESPN broadcast Danzer is seen leaving the table to steam off, only to return and congratulate his opponent.

He made the final table at the 2007 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event outlasting 678 players in his ninth-place finish.

At the 2010 World Series of Poker, Danzer finished 3rd in the $10,000 2–7 Draw Lowball Championship in a field of 101 players for $115,295 behind runner-up Eric Cloutier and the winner David "Bakes" Baker.

At the 2012 World Series of Poker, he finished 2nd in the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better event $140,825 behind the winner Oleksii Kovalchuk and then finished 3rd in the $10,000 No-Limit 2–7 Single Draw event for $115,295 behind runner-up Mike Wattel and winner Nick Schulman.

At the 2013 World Series of Poker, he made the final table the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or Better event finishing in 6th place for $34,348.

At the 2014 World Series of Poker, Danzer won his first bracelet by winning the $10,000 Seven Card Razz event for $294,792. He won his third bracelet by winning the AU$5,000 8-Game Mixed event at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific, earning AU$84,600.

His performance at the 2014 World Series of Poker (which included events at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific) secured him the 2014 WSOP Player of the Year Award.

He won his 4th WSOP bracelet is 2016 in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship for $338,646.

As of 2023, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,700,000.

World Series of Poker bracelets Year Event Prize Money 2014 $10,000 Seven Card Razz $294,792 2014 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better $352,696 2014A $5,000 Mixed Event 8-Game $84,600 2016 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better $338,646 An "A" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific

Online poker As a member of Team PokerStars Pro, in the 2012 SCOOP he won his 2nd and 3rd title, the $2,100 NL Single Draw 2–7 (High) event for $34,040 and then the $2,100 NL Hold'em [4-Max] (High) event for $155,000 then winning his fourth SCOOP title in the $2,100 PL Omaha [Turbo, Zoom] (High) event for $129,645.

Career

inSight (2018) Since mid-2018, George Danzer is the CEO of the agency inSight gg GmbH, which specializes in individual influencer marketing on the Twitch and Youtube platforms.

Youblicity (2019) Since March 2019, he has also been managing director of Youblicity GmbH, a technology provider for advertising in live streams.