Christian Harder, the young poker sensation from America currently plays poker part time. This twenty year old poker player is studying at the Salisbury University in Annapolis, Maryland and has taken a semester off to play tournament poker. New to live poker, Christian Harder is not totally a stranger to the game, having been playing since he was sixteen. He is pretty active on the online poker tournament circuit and plays with the name, “Charder30”.
The 5th Annual Empire State Hold'em Championships, held in 2007 was the first tournament entry for Christian Harder who played in the Event #4 - No Limit Hold'em Short Handed and finished in the 27th place. Having taken a semester off from his studies, Christian Harder has really rocked the poker world this year by cashing at four big live poker events. The year 2008 has been the making of Christian Harder as a tournament poker player of exceptional skills.
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure EPT Event - Season 4, held in January 2008 has been his best so far, an event for which he qualified by playing in a $650 multi-table satellite. The tournament saw him make the Final table in the EPT No Limit Hold'em event and finish in 7th place, playing brilliant poker to take home a sum of $200,000 as prize money. The event gave him instant recognition and fame of being a poker player with excellent skills. He justified his newly accquired reputation by putting up another sterling performance in the following month at the 2008 EPT German Open - Season 4. This live tournament had him participate in the EPT No Limit Hold'em event and finish in the 8th place to cash in big with $112,058 as the prize money.
Christian Harder has managed to keep up the good form he displayed in the beginning of 2008 to win a couple of more cashes in poker majors. A 2nd place finish with $30,500 as the prize money in the No Limit Hold’em event at the East Coast Poker Championship held recently in May 2008 is another of his significant results.
Christian Harder is just about a year old in the world of live poker and has already managed five cashes. The career winnings for this talented poker player currently stand at $343,647.
Important Winnings and Recent Results for Christian Harder:
- 20th at the 6th Annual Empire State Hold'em Championships in Event #5 - No Limit Hold'em 6 Handed, held on Aug 19, 2008; prize money: $605
- 2nd place at the East Coast Poker Championship in No Limit Hold'em event, held on May 10, 2008; prize money: $30,500
- 8th place at the EPT German Open - Season 4 in EPT No Limit Hold'em event, held on Feb 2, 2008; prize money: $112,058
- 7th place at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure EPT Event - Season 4 in EPT No Limit Hold'em, held on Jan 10, 2008; prize money: $200,000
- 27th place at the 5th Annual Empire State Hold'em Championships in Event #4 - No Limit Hold'em Short Handed, held on Aug 14, 2007; prize money: $484
Christian Harder Quick Facts:
- Number of Cashes: 5
- Total Career Winnings: $343,647