Michael Soyza

Michael Soyza

Nationality
Malaysia
Malaysia

Biography

Michael Soyza is a Malaysian poker player and former Natural8 Ambassador.

Soyza can be seen on the first season of GGPoker's Game of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel.

He first started playing poker in 2008, playing in a $0.03/$0.06 home game as his first introduction to the game. After a three-year foray into the world of investment banking, Soyza jumped into poker full time.

After cashing for over $650,000 in 2017, Soyza followed it up with six tournament wins in 2018 for a total of more than $1.5M. In 2019, at the esteemed Triton Poker Series in Jeju, Soyza defeated Sam Greenwood heads-up to win Event #3: HK$500K Six Max for over $1.4 million.


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He then won the 2019 PokerStars APPT Korea Super High Roller for $157,423

Later that year, he finished fourth in the Triton Super High Roller Series London Main Event for another $1.3 million.

In 2023, GGPoker asked him to be part of thefirst season of Game of Gold a reality-TV series that played out like a poker-themed season of Survivor. Soyza was eliminated in the first week after his team ran extremely badly in the team sit-and-go challenge.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2022 APPT Cambodia
APPT $1,500 Main Event
9th $9,454
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€50,000 Single-Day High Roller II
8th €120,300
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€50,000 Single-Day High Roller I
7th €143,100
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
95th $5,671
2022 Triton Poker Cyprus
Event #2: $100,000 NLH 8-Handed
6th $410,500
2022 Triton Poker Cyprus
Event #1: $50,000 NLH 6-Handed
9th $113,000
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #71: BIG 50, $1M GTD
1049th $365
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
136th $779
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Super Circuit
Event #1: COVID Charity 1M Gtd
256th $2,174
2020 Aussie Millions
A$100,000 Challenge
5th 423,360 AUD
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 EPT Main Event
78th €12,150
2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
15th €46,750
2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€1,100 EPT National
32nd €12,190
2019 Triton Super High Roller Series London
£100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
4th £1,120,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #79: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
69th $5,270
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #82: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack
229th $2,911
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #70: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
65th $9,554
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #61: COLOSSUS - $400 No-Limit Hold'em
1004th $804
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
348th $1,704
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
147th $3,746
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€50,000 Single-Day High Roller
7th €143,490
2019 PokerStars APPT Korea
₩1,800,000 APPT Main Event
20th 6,400,000 KRW
2019 PokerStars APPT Korea
₩10,000,000 APPT Super High Roller
1st 178,890,000 KRW
2019 Aussie Millions
AU$10,600 Main Event
57th 20,500 AUD
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
€100,000 LEON's High Roller
3rd €521,471
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
22nd €1,676
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #2: €1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Deepstack
14th €3,726
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€10,300 EPT High Roller
23rd €35,350
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€10,300 High Roller
1st €302,500
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #68: $1,000 + 111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
171st $3,187
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER
287th $5,800
2017 Suncity Cup Finale Macau
Main Event
25th 58,100 HKD
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
€1,100 PokerStars National Championship
80th €5,750
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #74: The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold'em
371st $2,111
2017 Poker King Cup Macau
Main Event
2nd 971,000 HKD
2016 Aussie Millions
Event #8: $1,150 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator
1st 147,930 AUD

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