Julian Warhurst - SOMUCHPOKER
Julian Warhurst from Australia can be considered as a late bloomer as far as his professional poker career is concerned. Most of Warhurst’s major achievements have come in the last two years of live tournament play in the Southeast circuit with 4 of his 5 titles evenly split between 2023 and 2024. In fact, his total prize money from these last two years make up more than 90% of his total career earnings amounting to $687,312. While this puts him only at 114th position in the Australia All Time Money List, his surge in wins after his pivot to the region pushed his GPI National ranking to 11.
Julian Warhurst – Poker Life
Julian Warhurst began his professional poker career exclusively playing in the Melbourne circuit from 2015 where his first recorded tournament was at the Melbourne Crown Casino Recurring Tournaments, till 2018. In March of that year Warhurst shipped his first title at the very first tournament he played in, winning the Wednesday Night event at the Crown Casino, Melbourne.
The Australian made his first foray outside home soil in 2019, playing deep at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Julian Warhurst returned to live tournament play after the pandemic, playing a single tournament in 2021 and two in 2022. He made a final table finish at the NLH WPTDS 2K Event of the WPTDeepStacks Sydney in April 2022 to cash his first five-figure prize of $ 21,971. The following year though, marked his first full season post-pandemic.
In 2023, Julian Warhurst shifted play to Southeast Asia beginning with a stint at the Asian Poker Tour Taipei. His live felt action then heated up when Warhurst made a final table finish at the Single High Day Roller Event of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cambodia in May, cashing $ 17,924. In the same month, Warhurst followed this up with deep runs at the Mystery Bounty and Main Events of the World Poker Tour Prime Vietnam to cash a combined total of more than $50,000.
In July, the Australian defeated a field of 22 entries that comprised of 14 unique entries to win his maiden APT title, clinching the APT Super High Roller 8 Max Event of the Asian Poker Tour Summer Series Da Nang. Warhurst won in heads up play against Thailand’s Satanan Jungrungreangkit to bank a cash of $ 42,435 and bring home the coveted pewter lion trophy.
The following month, he made another career first, winning a World Poker Tour title at the World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan, this time outlasting a field of 33, to deny Taiwan player Chao Ting Chengat heads up to lift the trophy in the NLH High Roller Event for a $18,700 payoff. Julian Warhurst did not cool down, with deep runs at the NLH High Roller Warm Up and High Roller Megastack Events of the U Series of Poker Da Nang, netting a combined total of more than $85,000. The Aussie pro then capped the year with a 4th place finish at the Super High Roller Event of the Asian Poker Festival Hanoi to add $16,503 to his 2023 bounty which totaled $272,266. The following year though, proved to be even more productive.
In 2024, Julian Warthurst would earn two more titles. In March, he bagged the Mini High Roller Event of the U Series of Poker Da Nang Part 1 for a $ 33,496 cash. The following month in April, Warthurst marked another milestone when he won the Super High Roller Event of the Poker Dream 9 Malaysia to cash a career best cash to date, of $ 229,264.
With the last two quarters of the year not done, Julian Warthurst’s current combined earnings of $ 352,396 have already exceeded last year’s total output.
*Profile by Mike Alcazaren
