PLAYER PROFILE | OLE SCHEMION
All eyes will be on Ole Schemion this summer as he plays his first WSOP as the #1 ranked
poker player in the world. Eric Danis takes a closer look at the German phenom
THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS
Schemion has made
a huge impact since
his debut in 2011
Nitsche managed to win a bracelet in his
first visit to the Rio after arriving in Las
Vegas with an impressive CV following years
of success in events outside the USA.
THE ROAD TO #1
What followed were major tournament
victories at the Partouche Poker Tour Grand
Final in Cannes (September 2012), the
Master Classics of Poker Main Event in
Amsterdam (November 2012), the Lebanese
Poker Tour Championship in Cyprus (April
2013) and a trio of side event wins at the 2013
EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo.
Schemion would go on to make his first
appearance at the top of the GPI300 on
October 16, 2013, just months after his 21st
birthday. It made him the youngest ever
player to top the Global Poker Index.
Although his first stint at the top would
only last a week, Schemion would find
himself back on top of the rankings for five
weeks at the start of the 2014 poker season.
On April 23, 2014, he replaced Daniel
Negreanu at the top again, and the German
player hasn’t looked back since, becoming
only the second player in history to reach
the 4,000-point mark on the Global Poker
Index. Earlier this month, Schemion was
OLE SCHEMION
LIVES: VIENNA, AUSTRIA
CURRENT GPI RANK: 1
LIVE EARNINGS: $5,235,351
BIGGEST LIVE CASH: $ 1,474,671
SCHEMION IS
ONLY THE SECOND
PLAYER IN HISTORY
TO REACH THE
4,000 POINT MARK
ON THE GPI
THE NEW IVEY?
crowned Player of the Year for Season 10 of
the European Poker Tour. This year’s race
was powered by the GPI.
THE PRESSURE BUILDS
It won’t be easy for Schemion in Vegas.
Annette Obrestad made her long-awaited
Vegas debut in the summer of 2010. The
youngest ever WSOP bracelet winner (when
she won the 2007 WSOPE Main Event aged
18), Obrestad’s US debut was moderately
successful. She cashed in four events,
including an 11th place finish in a No-Limit
Hold’em Shootout event. It’s fair to say that
results didn’t exceed expectations, and she’s
still waiting to win her second bracelet.
Other young players have enjoyed major
success early in their WSOP careers. Players
such as Eric Froehlich, Jeff Madsen, Steve
Billirakis