Bruno Volkmann

Bruno Volkmann, ‘brunovolks’, of Brazil put in a lot of work, but now his time has come: for the first time in his long online career, Volkmann is the top-ranked online poker player in the entire world.

Early Life

From playing tennis professionally in his native country to playing poker professionally. Bruno Volkmann used to play poker with friends or in online freerolls. He was interested in learning more about the game. He then looked for poker forums for local poker clubs before joining one. Two months after joining the poker club, he won a poker championship. More recently, he earned $23,000 by winning the 888 Poker Sunday Challenge. Since May 2010, Volkmann has been participating in online poker.

Bruno Volkmann: Poker Career

Bruno Volkmann won his first live poker tournament in late March 2015, when he competed in the European Poker Tour Main Event in Malta. The majority of his more than $6 million US dollars were earned on PokerStars, where he won a World Championship of Online Poker title in 2017, 2018, and 2021, as well as a Spring Championship of Online Poker tournament in 2021. 

Bruno also won the Super Million$ High Rollers in September 2020 with a top prize of around US$565,000. He earned more than € 740,000 in May 2022 by placing sixth and seventh at the Triton Poker Series in Madrid. Volmann reached third place in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Seven Max event at the 2023 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in London. Volkman finished second in the 2023 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London, winning $375,300 at a $31,200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty Turbo. He recently finished second in the 2023 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London $63,600 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max, winning $1,080,000.

Conclusion

Volkmann has consistently produced high scores to hold a position in the top 10 for the better part of a year. He had been trying to make a breakthrough consistently, climbing as high but previously failing to overtake the top spot.