Michael Soyza

Nationality:	Malaysia
Last Seen in:	2022 Triton Poker Cyprus

Biography

Michael Soyza is a Malaysian poker player and Natural8 Ambassador

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.

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.

PokerNews Covered Events

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