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Martin De Knijff è nato il 2 ottobre del 1972 a Falkenberg una città 100 Km a sud di Goteborg da padre tedesco e madre svedese.

Quando Martin aveva 5 anni la famiglia si trasferì prima a Stoccolma e poi a Las Vegas dove egli correntemente vive con la moglie.

Martin cominciò a giocare a Poker a 15 anni e nel 2002 arrivò 13º ai Campionati Mondiali guadagnando i suoi primi 60.000$.

Al di fuori della sua professione di pokerista, Martin è un discreto bridgista che è riuscito ad arrivare secondo al Blue Ribbon Pairs nei North American bridge championships.

Martin de Knijff (born October 2, 1972) is a professional sports bettor and high-stakes poker player from Gothenburg, Sweden.

His last name is from his Dutch father. His mother is Swedish. The family moved to Falkenberg when Martin was 5 and in 1992 Martin left to go to Stockholm and from there to Las Vegas where he currently lives.

Martin started playing poker aged 15 (mostly 5-card draw) but became fond of Omaha and Hold-Em when introduced to them. He considers Doyle Brunson's book Super System to be the best poker book ever written.

He first made a name for himself in the poker world with a 13th place finish in the 2002 World Series of Poker Main Event, earning himself $60,000.

Entering into the World Poker Tour, he finished 15th in the series 1 championship, winning $26,664; and went on to win the same tournament the following year, earning a then-record-breaking $2,728,356.

Less than a month later his success continued with a 2nd place finish in the $5,000 No Limit Hold-Em event at the 2004 World Series of Poker.

Martin wrote an article for Card Player magazine in 2005 encouraging tournament backers to reveal themselves. It was met with mixed reactions from poker professionals.

As of his last tournament cash in 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,370,000.

Outside of poker, Martin is an avid bridge player, having finished second in the Blue Ribbon Pairs, one of the two major North American pair bridge championships.

Martin "The Knife" De Knijff (* 2. Oktober 1972 in Göteborg) ist ein professioneller schwedischer Sportwetter und Pokerspieler.

Sein Nachname stammt von seinem holländischen Vater. Seine Mutter ist Schwedin. Als De Knijff fünf war zog seine Familie nach Falkenberg. 1992 verließ Martin De Knijff Falkenberg und zog nach Stockholm, wo er heute noch lebt.

Mit 15 begann er Poker zu spielen, zunächst meistens Five Card Draw, später spielte er hauptsächlich Omaha- und Texas Hold’em. Er hält Doyle Brunsons Buch Super System für das beste Pokerbuch, das je geschrieben wurde.

De Knijff machte sich in der Pokerwelt einen Namen, als er beim Main Event der World Series of Poker 2002 mit dem 13ten Platz 60.000 US-Dollar gewann.

Bei seiner ersten Teilnahme an der World Poker Tour wurde er 15ter bei den WPT Championship 2003 und gewann 26.664 US-Dollar. Im folgenden Jahr gewann er das gleiche Turnier und gewann so einen damaligen Rekord-Preis von 2.728.356 US-Dollar.

Weniger als einen Monat später belegte er bei den World Series of Poker 2004 beim $5.000 No Limit Hold'em den zweiten Platz.

Aktuell (oktober 2010) liegen seine Einnahmen bei 3.250.000 $ durch offizielle Pokerturniere.