$148k. A Bracelet Pass. And it's only day one.

Pokercode has produced some of the sharpest tournament players in the game. Mario Mosböck. Luka Bojovic. Samuel Mullur. The list keeps growing - and Benedek Farkas is the next name being written into it.

On May 3rd, Benedek shipped the 07-H: $525 Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event on GGPoker. 3,772 players. 12 knockouts. $148,789.63 total - $92,046.81 in regular prize money and $56,742.82 in bounties. And earlier that same afternoon, he’d locked up a $10k Bracelet Pass in the $1,200 Express qualifier, finishing 37th out of 2,765 entries.

Two results. One day. We caught up with Benedek to hear what it all means - and what comes next.

First day of the series

We asked Benedek how it feels to start a series like this:

Before the bootcamp, poker barely existed

Benedek’s path to this result wasn’t linear. Before his first Pokercode Boot Camp, he was playing cash games with friends after school - €0.50 buy-ins for 10,000 chips. When the group tried raising it to €2, everyone dropped out. Stakes too high.

“I just played low stakes online and some live events. Not too good bankroll management. I started taking it way more seriously after the first bootcamp.”

How Fabian Niederreiter became his coach

At the bootcamp, Benedek had already known Fabi Niederreiter and Greg Kozieja from their seminars and had attended their coaching sessions regularly. Meeting them in person has created a direct connection between them, to help him reach out - a decision that changed everything:

He went full-time from that point. And working with Fabi hasn’t just been a business arrangement.

Fabi Niederreiter - Grindhouse 3 graduate, #s00n, $1.1M+ in live earnings, 3rd at WSOP Paradise $10k for $450k+ - knows what it takes to climb. That experience transfers directly into how he develops the players around him.

Bootcamps build more than poker skills

Benedek points to Paul Hong as the clearest example of what a camp can unlock. Paul was working alone before Marrakech. He started working with Greg Kozieja afterward - and his game improved massively.

“If you spend six days with someone at the same live stop, you just get to know them really well. Especially if you don’t have too many poker friends, it’s super easy to start a study group. Perfect place to establish relationships.”

As for Velden this summer - he’s undecided. Family and friends plans might clash. “A lot of friends will be there. And a beautiful lake. We’ll see.”

The plan: move up, fast

Benedek’s current framework is clear: keep the money side of poker completely aside and focus on win rate and improving. He’s selling shares online, playing small pieces in live stops, and keeps his eye fixed on one number - high stakes.

The near-term schedule: 34 days of GG World Festival, possibly Vegas for the Main only - he won a Bracelet Pass the same day as the Bounty Hunters win, and the best ROI is to use it in Vegas - then a full month of live poker in August. WSOP Circuit Bratislava first, then the full EPT Barcelona schedule.

Last words for the community

“Don’t look at your poker career as a solo job. Someone makes a big final table and there are eight guys shouting and cheering for him - that’s an amazing feeling both as the player and as the supporter. Play it as a team. Study groups. The Pokercode Boot Camp is an amazing opportunity for anyone trying to move up.” - Benedek Farkas

The environment of Team Pokercode and especially our boot camps can help passionate players find their network of like-minded players. If you’re serious about moving up, this is where you start.