Patrick Leonard is a British professional poker player, WSOP bracelet winner and former PartyPoker Ambassador.
He won Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team at the 2022 WSOP alongside eventual Main Event winner Espen Jostad to win $148,067 and his first WSOP bracelet.
Over the course of his career he has amassed over $2.9 million in live cashes, which is dwarfed by the more than $20.4 million he has won on the online felt.
Patrick Leonard says Nine-Handed Tournaments Should Be "Retired"
Online Poker Achievements
A former online world number one, Leonard is known for playing on PokerStars under the username "pads1161" and has won numerous online titles in some of the most prestigious online festivals, including WCOOP, SCOOP, GGMasters, WSOP Online, and Powerfest.
The largest cash of his online career came in May 2020 when he finished second in the GGPoker WSOP Online Circuit High Roller for $1,611,342.
Leonard has multiple COOP titles on PokerStars, including two SCOOP titles in 2021 for combined cashes of over $300,000. He has eight SCOOP titles in total as well as nine WCOOP titles, again with two coming in 2021 alone.
Leonard captured his eighth SCOOP title in 2024. His continued impressive performances during the 2024 SCOOP saw him crowned the Player of the Series.
He has also enjoyed success on PartyPoker, winning a Powerfest title back in 2018 for $207,978 in POWERFEST #46-H: $5,200 NL Hold’em and then a MILLIONS Online champion in 2022.
Live Poker Achievements
In 2017, Leonard won three High Roller Cups at the Bellagio and Aria in four days, earning a combined cash of almost $1.3 million.
After cashing in five events at the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Leonard joined forces with Espen Jorstad for the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Tag Team event. The talented duo came out on top, earning $74,042 each in addition to a gold WSOP bracelet, the first of both players' careers.
Leonard came close to winning a second bracelet when he finished third in the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw event at the 2023 WSOP.
Patrick Leonard's Top 5 Live Poker Results
Date | Event | Rank | Prize |
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Jul 2017 | $10,400 Belagio Cup XIII | 1st | $475,940 |
Jul 2017 | $25,000 Aria High Roller 67 | 1st | $403,200 |
Jul 2017 | $25,000 Aria High Roller 70 | 1st | $386,400 |
Aug 2016 | €10,300 EPT Barcelona High Roller | 7th | €169,700 ($191,370) |
Jul 2019 | $3,000 WSOP NLHE | 4th | $114,347 |