Tom Fuchs 🇩🇪

Tom Fuchs is part of the strong wave of German players who choose to live and train in Vienna, Austria. While he had a few small tournament cashes as far back as 2011, he actually disappeared from the live poker scene for a long time. During his time away, he focused on building his skills online, eventually resurfacing during the WSOP Online series in 2020. His journey back to the top was steady. He started with low-to-mid stakes live events in 2021 before testing himself in higher buy-ins. He is a key member of the Pokercode community and the “Vienna Crew,” a group of highly skilled pros that includes legends like Fedor Holz. Fuchs often credits this support system and his close friends for helping him gain the confidence to jump into the $50,000 and $100,000 buy-in events where he now regularly competes.

Fuchs is known for a fearless and aggressive approach, which is a trademark of the modern German poker school. Because he spends so much time studying with elite players, his strategy is very technically sound. He is particularly dangerous when he has a chip lead, as he knows exactly how to use his stack to put maximum pressure on his opponents. Despite being a relative newcomer to the televised high-roller scene, Fuchs stays incredibly calm and composed. During his bracelet win in the Bahamas, he had to eliminate his own friends and mentors, Thomas Muehloecker and Fedor Holz, at the final table. He remained completely unfazed by the situation, later describing the experience as “crazy” but “amazing.” He relies on a mix of modern GTO (Game Theory Optimal) study and the intuition he built up over years of playing both online and live.

According to The Hendon Mob, Tom Fuchs has won over $4.2 million in live tournament earnings. The vast majority of this total was earned during a massive breakout in late 2024. His most famous achievement came at WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas, where he won his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the $50,000 High Roller event. He outlasted a field of world-class pros to take home a career-best $1,292,000. Before his bracelet win, Fuchs proved he belonged at the highest stakes during the Triton Super High Roller Series in Monte Carlo. In a single week, he recorded a 5th-place finish in a $25,000 event for $284,000 and a 7th-place finish in a massive $150,000 buy-in event for $762,000. He continued this momentum into 2025, finding more success in South Korea, where he banked $345,000 for a 7th-place finish in a $60,000 Triton event in Jeju. Tom Fuchs (photo credit: PokerNews photographer Regina Cortina)