Martin de Knijff (Gothenburg, October 2, 1972) is a Swedish professional poker player. He won the $ 25,000 World Poker Tour No Limit Hold'em Championship Final Day of the Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic 2004, which earned him $ 2,728,356. De Knijff earned more than $ 3,400,000 until July 2011, - in poker tournaments, cash games were not included.
The Knijff is the son of a Swedish mother and a Dutch father. In addition to poker, he is also seriously involved in playing the bridge. He listens to the nickname The Knife ('the knife'). Weapons
Although he had been active for longer, De Knijff made his name in the American poker circuit when he finished in the World Series of Poker 2002 Main Event as thirteenth. Prior to that he received $ 60,000, - with home, at the moment, is the highest prize money. Eleven months later, he became 15th in the $ 25,000 WPT Championship - No Limit Hold'em of the Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic 2003. A forerunner looked so pale, because one year later De Knijff won the same tournament and was in one shot multi-millionaire.
Just over two weeks after his clover in the WPT event, De Knijff almost won his first WSOP title. In the $ 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament of the World Series of Poker 2004, he became second, behind Thomas Keller. That gave him $ 210,100, - on.
The Knijff had to wait until May 2006 to win his biggest prize over two years. He then became second in the € 4,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament at the Martinspoker Festival in Stockholm. With this he spelled his account at $ 60,042, -. Similarly, De Knijff scored 2008 in two different WPT tournaments, namely the $ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event of the Sixth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic 2008 and the Doyle Brunson Five $ 15,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament Diamond World Poker Classic 2008. Then he became 39th (well for $ 65,955, -) and fourteenth ($ 67,255, -).
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