Known as LukeFromB13 on PokerStars, Luke Staudenmaier caught fire in November '07, earning three 6-figure online cashes over a period of four months. His victory in the Full Tilt $750k Guaranteed was worth $142,000. In March '08, he won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $108,500. One week afterwards, he took 2nd in the PokerStars Sunday Million for another $126,400. In August 2008, Luke continued his winning ways with a $119,500 cash for 3rd place in the FTOPS $300 Rebuy event.

In May 2012, Staudenmaier recorded one of his largest tracked cashes to date after taking fourth in a $2,100 NLHE SCOOP tournament and officially collected $141,000.

On the live scene, Staudenmaier finished third in the WPT Bellagio Cup tournament in 2008 and earned $452,000. Only Mike "SirWatts" Watson and David Benyamine outlasted Staudenmaier in that event.