Nenad Medić

Serbian-Canadian poker player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSerbian-Canadian poker player
PlacesSerbia
isPoker player
Gender
Male
Birth21 December 1982, Apatin, Apatin District, Bács-Bodrog County, Kingdom of Hungary
Age42 years
The details

Biography

Nenad Medić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Медић, born December 21, 1982 in Apatin, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian-Canadian professional poker player with a World Series of Poker bracelet and World Poker Tour Championship title. He resides in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Medic plays online poker under the alias Serb2127.

Nenad Medic played basketball in college while attending the University of Waterloo and began playing poker with his teammates. Upon leaving college he began playing online poker professionally. He soon began finding success in tournaments, making his first WPT final table at the PokerStars.com Caribbean Poker Adventure in 2005. In January 2006 he made the final table at the Aussie Millions, finishing in 3rd place and earning $282,432. In November of that year he won his first WPT title at the World Poker Finals, earning $1,717,194. Medic again made the final table at the World Poker Finals in 2007, finishing in 3rd place and winning $486,367.

World Series of Poker

On June 1, at the first event of the 2008 World Series of Poker, Medic won his first World Series of Poker bracelet after defeating Andy Bloch during heads-up play in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship, earning $794,112. He accomplished this with a Final Table made up of professionals such as Phil Laak, Mike Sowers, Patrik Antonius, Mike Sexton and Kathy Liebert

World Series of Poker Bracelet

YearTournamentPrize (US$)
2008$10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship$794,112

As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,400,000. His 8 cashes at the WSOP account for $912,048 of those winnings.

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