| Date | Event | Buy-In | Place | Entries | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jun 6 - 8, 2013 Las Vegas, NV, |
44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 |
$1,500 | 165th | 1819 | $2,774 |
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Apr 21 - 27, 2013 Berlin, |
EPT Berlin |
€5,000 | 45th | 912 | €15,000 |
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Feb 3, 2013 Deauville, |
EPT Deauville |
€5,000 | 113th | 782 | €8,000 |
|
Feb 1 - 2, 2013 Deauville, |
France Poker Series - Final No Limit Hold'em |
€300 | 11th | 330 | €1,470 |
|
Jan 22, 2013 Seefeld, |
CAPT Seefeld- Alps Poker Tour No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€2,000 | 4th | 169 | €25,000 |
|
Dec 3 - 7, 2012 St. Maarten, |
St. Maarten Poker Unibet Open 5th Anniversary No Limit Hold'em - Unibet Open Main Event QE |
€1,500 | 11th | 238 | €4,200 |
|
Nov 26, 2012 St. Kitts, |
Dusk Till Dawn Caribbean Poker Party No Limit Hold'em - Turbo |
$300 | 1st | $4,800 | |
|
Nov 14, 2012 Bucharest, |
PokerFest 2012 - Stage 8 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
€910 | 1st | 339 | €80,900 |
|
Oct 5 - 10, 2012 Sanremo, |
EPT San Remo |
€5,000 | 100th | 797 | €8,000 |
|
Aug 19 - 25, 2012 Barcelona, |
EPT/Estrellas Poker Tour - Barcelona |
€5,000 | 112th | 1082 | €9,950 |
|
Jul 7 - Oct 30, 2012 Las Vegas, NV, |
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 |
$10,000 | 122nd | 6598 | $52,718 |
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Jul 1 - 3, 2012 Las Vegas, NV, |
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 |
$1,000 | 195th | 3221 | $2,377 |
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Jun 27, 2012 Las Vegas, NV, |
Deep Stack Extravaganza III No Limit Hold'em |
$600 | 36th | 579 | $1,743 |
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Jun 22 - 24, 2012 Las Vegas, NV, |
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 |
$3,000 | 106th | 1394 | $6,470 |
|
Apr 16, 2012 Berlin, |
EPT Berlin |
€5,000 | 54th | 745 | €13,000 |
|
Mar 26 - 31, 2012 Campione d'Italia, |
EPT Campione |
€5,000 | 55th | 570 | €9,000 |
|
Jan 31 - Feb 6, 2012 Deauville, |
EPT Deauville |
€5,000 | 72nd | 889 | €13,000 |
|
Dec 1 - 5, 2011 Prague, |
WPT Prague |
€3,200 | 21st | 571 | €12,272 |
|
Oct 21 - 27, 2011 Sanremo, |
EPT San Remo |
€4,600 | 96th | 837 | €8,500 |
|
Jun 12 - 14, 2011 Las Vegas, NV, |
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 |
$1,000 | 61st | 3175 | $6,400 |
|
Jun 7 - 9, 2011 Las Vegas, NV, |
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 |
$1,500 | 102nd | 1340 | $3,075 |
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Jun 4 - 8, 2011 Las Vegas, NV, |
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 |
$1,000 | 367th | 4178 | $1,880 |
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Jan 29 - 30, 2011 Deauville, |
EPT Deauville No Limit Hold'em QE |
€1,000 | 11th | 219 | €3,100 |
|
Oct 26 - 31, 2010 Vienna, |
EPT Vienna |
€5,000 | 22nd | 578 | €16,000 |
|
Oct 12 - 14, 2010 Baden, |
2010 CAPT European Poker Championship/Poker EM Poker EM - No Limit Hold'em QE |
€4,000 | 1st | 155 | €160,800 |
|
Jun 28 - 30, 2010 Las Vegas, NV, |
41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 |
$1,500 | 3rd | 2543 | $268,189 |
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Jun 21 - 23, 2010 Las Vegas, NV, |
41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 |
$1,500 | 83rd | 1397 | $5,620 |
|
May 5, 2010 Bucharest, |
Romanian Poker Championship II No Limit Hold'em - High Rollers Event |
lei14,000 | 2nd | 0 | lei104,400 |
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Mar 2 - 7, 2010 Berlin, |
EPT Germany |
€5,000 | 96th | 945 | €11,000 |
|
Jan 16, 2010 Seefeld, |
2010 CAPT Seefeld Open No Limit Hold'em |
€500 | 1st | 185 | €23,285 |
|
Nov 5 - 7, 2009 St. Maarten, |
St. Maarten Open No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event QE |
$2,800 | 1st | 42 | $31,916 |
|
Oct 1 - 2, 2009 London, |
EPT London Pot Limit Omaha QE |
£1,000 | 8th | 71 | £2,750 |
|
Sep 4 - 9, 2009 Barcelona, |
EPT Barcelona |
€8,000 | 4th | 428 | €250,000 |
|
Aug 31 - Sep 4, 2009 Bratislava, |
WPT Slovakia |
€4,000 | 17th | 100 | €8,567 |
|
Jun 27, 2009 Las Vegas, NV, |
40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 |
$1,500 | 179th | 2781 | $3,036 |
|
Jun 22, 2009 Las Vegas, NV, |
2009 Deep Stack Extravaganza III No Limit Hold'em |
$500 | 2nd | 500 | $38,600 |
|
Jun 11, 2009 Las Vegas, NV, |
40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 |
$1,500 | 14th | 2506 | $36,225 |
|
Jan 13, 2009 Seefeld, |
2009 CAPT Seefeld Open No Limit Hold'em |
€500 | 4th | 131 | €6,480 |
|
Jan 12, 2009 Seefeld, |
2009 CAPT Seefeld Open No Limit Hold'em |
€300 | 3rd | 196 | €7,830 |
|
Jan 11, 2009 Seefeld, |
2009 CAPT Seefeld Open No Limit Hold'em |
€400 | 4th | 152 | €5,780 |
|
Oct 25 - 27, 2008 Dublin, |
paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival No Limit Hold'em - Irish Masters QE |
€1,500 | 15th | 423 | €4,450 |
|
Oct 3, 2008 Vienna Simmering, |
Austrian Classics 2008 No Limit Hold'em QE |
€2,000 | 16th | 83 | €0 |
|
Oct 1, 2008 Vienna Simmering, |
Austrian Classics 2008 No Limit Hold'em |
€500 | 9th | 45 | €0 |
|
Sep 30, 2008 Vienna Simmering, |
Austrian Classics 2008 No Limit Hold'em QE |
€750 | 6th | 76 | €3,790 |
|
Jun 14 - 16, 2008 Las Vegas, NV, |
39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 |
$1,500 | 135th | 2706 | $3,509 |
|
Jun 13, 2008 Las Vegas, NV, |
Bellagio Weekly Tournaments - Jun 2008 No Limit Hold'em QE |
$1,000 | 15th | 135 | $2,880 |
|
Jun 7 - 9, 2008 Las Vegas, NV, |
39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 |
$2,500 | 42nd | 1395 | $10,925 |
|
Jun 4 - 6, 2008 Las Vegas, NV, |
39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 |
$2,000 | 5th | 1592 | $155,013 |
|
May 10 - 11, 2008 Innsbruck, |
2008 CAPT Innsbruck Open No Limit Hold'em - CAPT QE |
€2,000 | 1st | 101 | €55,650 |
|
May 6, 2008 Innsbruck, |
2008 CAPT Innsbruck Open No Limit Hold'em |
€300 | 1st | 69 | €15,820 |
|
May 4, 2008 Innsbruck, |
2008 CAPT Innsbruck Open No Limit Hold'em |
€200 | 10th | 84 | €820 |
|
Apr 5, 2008 Sanremo, |
EPT Sanremo No Limit Hold'em QE |
€700 | 9th | 268 | €3,080 |
|
Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2007 St. Kitts, |
Caribbean Poker Classic No Limit Hold'em - Main Event QE |
$6,000 | 2nd | 153 | $122,600 |
|
Nov 29, 2007 St. Kitts, |
Caribbean Poker Classic Supersatellite to Main Event |
$200 | 7th | 97 | $6,300 |
|
Jun 9 - 11, 2007 Las Vegas, NV, |
38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 |
$1,500 | 220th | 2628 | $3,408 |
|
Mar 31, 2007 Monte Carlo, |
EPT Grand Final No Limit Hold'em |
€250 | 3rd | 427 | €8,280 |
|
Nov 30, 2006 St. Kitts, |
2006 Caribbean Poker Classic No Limit Hold'em |
$300 | 12th | 137 | $640 |
Mihai Manole has emerged as one of the most successful players in Austrian poker tournaments. In a little more than 3 years, Manole has won 5 tournaments, 4 of them in Austria. He has also made several deep runs in other European tournaments and final tabled a pair of mammoth-field NLHE events at the World Series of Poker. Mihai has made $1.6 million in only a few years live tournament play.
Mihai Manole was born in Targoviste, Romania. A serious student growing up, he pursued his higher education at University Politehnica in Bucharest to study computers. It was there that he found a computer game called Counter Strike to satisfy his competitive needs, but his hostel roommate in Regie then introduced him to poker after they completed some exams.
He immediately fell in love with poker. With some patience and the knowledge that he needed to study the game, he gained most of his skills through sheer experience of playing frequently via online poker websites. He also watched poker videos to gain an edge on opponents.
In 2006, inspired by the movie Rounders, Manole decided to give tournaments a try. His first cash was in a tournament at the Caribbean Poker classic in St. Kitts. His first final table came at an EPT Grand Final event in Monte Carlo in 2007, where he finished third in a €250 NLHE event for €8,280. He cashed once at the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. He returned to St. Kitts in the fall and finished runner up in the $6,000 NLHE Main Event for $122,600.
Manole’s first victory came at the 2008 CAPT Innsbruck Open, where he won a €300 NLHE event for €15,820. Four days later, he won again, this time in the €2,000 NLHE for €55,650. Returning to the WSOP in 2008, he made the final table of a $2,000 NLHE event and finished fifth for $155,013.
Manole played solid poker throughout 2009. He started the year with final table finishes on 3 consecutive days in January at the CAPT Seefeld Open. His highlight for the year was his televised final-table appearance at the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event in 2009, finishing 4th for €250,000. He ended 2009 by winning the St. Maarten Open Championship.
Mihai’s hot streak continued into 2010 – his first cash of the year was another win in Seefeld, Austria. He finished runner-up in the High Roller event at the Romanian Poker Championship in Bucharest, taking home more than $33,000. At the World Series, he finished 3rd in $1,500 NLHE for $268,189. In October, in Baden, Austria, he won the Main Event of the CAPT European Poker Championship for €160,800.
Mahole holds the position of top poker money earner in Romania, along with the unofficial designation as a destroyer on the Austrian tournament poker circuit. Although Mihai considers poker to be his job, he enjoys the power and freedom it affords him.
When not playing poker, Manole competes at tennis and soccer and revels in his ability to travel the world.






