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Slakkoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Sweden1119 Posts
January 18 2011 15:08 GMT
#1
Aight, this might be a little short but I gotta ask.

Elky, is that ElkY the poker player?
And I saw somewhere about a Testie, is that AngryTestie in SK, playing HoN?

What does the other retired SC'ers do?

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Sayle
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom3685 Posts
January 18 2011 15:11 GMT
#2
On January 19 2011 00:08 Slakkoo wrote:
Elky, is that ElkY the poker player?


Yes, that's him. A number of retired SC players went to play professional poker (Grrr did this as well I believe).
thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
January 18 2011 15:11 GMT
#3
Yes to both questions
Slakkoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Sweden1119 Posts
January 18 2011 15:14 GMT
#4
On January 19 2011 00:11 Sayle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2011 00:08 Slakkoo wrote:
Elky, is that ElkY the poker player?


Yes, that's him. A number of retired SC players went to play professional poker (Grrr did this as well I believe).


How come so many went to poker?



Yes to both questions


Hmm, never coulda guessed Testie played starcraft :O
thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-18 15:21:52
January 18 2011 15:16 GMT
#5
Yea he was pretty good.

Here and here are some results.

And at these 2 pages you can see thats it goes for same person.
Hautamaki
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Canada1311 Posts
January 18 2011 15:27 GMT
#6
On January 19 2011 00:14 Slakkoo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2011 00:11 Sayle wrote:
On January 19 2011 00:08 Slakkoo wrote:
Elky, is that ElkY the poker player?


Yes, that's him. A number of retired SC players went to play professional poker (Grrr did this as well I believe).


How come so many went to poker?


Because they can make a shitload of money at it =p
True learning is not the memorization of knowledge; it is the internalization of patterns.
thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
January 18 2011 15:37 GMT
#7
testie is also a poker player (not pro i believe) rekrul pretty good too... and ofc many others
Slakkoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Sweden1119 Posts
January 18 2011 15:38 GMT
#8
Well still, it's kind off a risk...
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
January 18 2011 15:42 GMT
#9
On January 19 2011 00:38 Slakkoo wrote:
Well still, it's kind off a risk...


no it's a profession
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h3r1n6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Iceland2039 Posts
January 18 2011 15:45 GMT
#10
On January 19 2011 00:38 Slakkoo wrote:
Well still, it's kind off a risk...


It's more established than BW/SC2 and doesn't require the physical capabilities.
Slakkoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Sweden1119 Posts
January 18 2011 16:00 GMT
#11
Are they playing poker for reals, or online? I mean, Elky play for real, what about grrr?
thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
January 18 2011 16:03 GMT
#12
i believe he does, i think i saw him on one tour with elky and others witch was televised, but i am not sure it was him for real

can anyone confirm this?
vek
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia936 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-18 16:13:25
January 18 2011 16:12 GMT
#13
On January 19 2011 01:00 Slakkoo wrote:
Are they playing poker for reals, or online? I mean, Elky play for real, what about grrr?




I'm not really sure how successful grrr was though.
BeMannerDuPenner
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Germany5638 Posts
January 18 2011 16:17 GMT
#14
tons of players switched to poker when it got popular ( see liquidpoker) and the likes of elky and rekrul are sick succesful. rek has a freakin wsop bracelet <.<
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Scodia
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom588 Posts
January 18 2011 16:20 GMT
#15
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Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34496 Posts
January 18 2011 16:25 GMT
#16
On January 19 2011 01:17 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
tons of players switched to poker when it got popular ( see liquidpoker) and the likes of elky and rekrul are sick succesful. rek has a freakin wsop bracelet <.<

Wat, what's rek's real name? Any quick youtube links about him?
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thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
January 18 2011 16:26 GMT
#17
On January 19 2011 01:25 Firebolt145 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2011 01:17 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
tons of players switched to poker when it got popular ( see liquidpoker) and the likes of elky and rekrul are sick succesful. rek has a freakin wsop bracelet <.<

Wat, what's rek's real name? Any quick youtube links about him?


Dan Schreiber dont have time for YT link
SCC-Faust
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3736 Posts
January 18 2011 16:30 GMT
#18
On January 19 2011 01:00 Slakkoo wrote:
Are they playing poker for reals, or online? I mean, Elky play for real, what about grrr?



Uhh.. Äfor realsÄ lol...

Elky started online. I believe he was the first person on Pokerstars to get Supernova elite actually.
I want to fuck Soulkey with a Zelderan.
Slakkoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Sweden1119 Posts
January 18 2011 16:32 GMT
#19
Poker online is quite meh, unless its like the really high elite
SCC-Faust
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3736 Posts
January 18 2011 16:37 GMT
#20
On January 19 2011 01:32 Slakkoo wrote:
Poker online is quite meh, unless its like the really high elite


What are you talking about
I want to fuck Soulkey with a Zelderan.
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