EPTElky, 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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Slakkoo
Sweden1119 Posts
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? | ||
Sayle
United Kingdom3685 Posts
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). | ||
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thOr6136
Slovenia1775 Posts
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Slakkoo
Sweden1119 Posts
On January 19 2011 00:11 Sayle wrote: 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 | ||
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thOr6136
Slovenia1775 Posts
Here and here are some results. And at these 2 pages you can see thats it goes for same person. | ||
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Hautamaki
Canada1311 Posts
Because they can make a shitload of money at it =p | ||
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thOr6136
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Slakkoo
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
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
Iceland2039 Posts
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. | ||
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Slakkoo
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thOr6136
Slovenia1775 Posts
can anyone confirm this? | ||
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vek
Australia936 Posts
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. | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
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Scodia
United Kingdom588 Posts
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Firebolt145
Lalalaland34501 Posts
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
Slovenia1775 Posts
On January 19 2011 01:25 Firebolt145 wrote: Wat, what's rek's real name? Any quick youtube links about him? Dan Schreiber dont have time for YT link | ||
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
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. | ||
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Slakkoo
Sweden1119 Posts
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
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 | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On January 19 2011 01:25 Firebolt145 wrote: Wat, what's rek's real name? Any quick youtube links about him? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Schreiber Elky and Rekrul are not the only one to switch, the biggest online poker school, Pokerstrategy, sponsor of the last two TSLs was created by members of the German national Brood War team (Korn, schnibl0r, Strafe, etc.) | ||
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Slakkoo
Sweden1119 Posts
I mean, I prefer it... Online is more casual, but ofcourse its money there | ||
CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11593 Posts
Some of the more "famous" BW players in the high stakes include: Elky, Rekrul (Daniel Schreiber), RainKhan (Hevad Khan), BigBalls (Ryan Daut), Schnibl0r (Simon Münz), Grrr (Giyom Patry), Raszi ( Lex Veldhuis) and a few others that have escaped me. Then there are a lot more players who make a decent amount of money live/online from the BW scene. www.LiquidPoker.net is the poker branch of TeamLiquid. (The Sports & Game Section of TeamLiquid was almost all to do with poker so they created LiquidPoker. | ||
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Slakkoo
Sweden1119 Posts
Cool stuff indeed! | ||
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