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Liquid`RaSZi
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands2766 Posts
October 03 2011 19:54 GMT
#1
Hey guys I wrote a new blog about the World Championchip of Online Poker that just ended. Also about the European Poker Tour in London and my muay thai match vs Elky.

Wrote a blog about WCOOP, EPT London and what my plans are and such:
http://www.veldhuispoker.com/blog/wcoop-ept-london-travel-plans/

Thanks!

*****
Fire and blood
ThyHate
Profile Joined September 2011
240 Posts
October 03 2011 20:15 GMT
#2
Interesting blog !
I'm rooting for Elky tho :p sorry
Liquid`RaSZi
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands2766 Posts
October 03 2011 20:18 GMT
#3
Thanks, and that's fine of course lol. Just 1 more person who's going to be disappointed :D.
Fire and blood
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
October 03 2011 20:21 GMT
#4
:O I'm completely uneducated on the poker scene, only that a lot of SC2/former foreign BW players play it.

I know Elky and Grrr... as well as, of course, a certain Dan Schreiber all play poker. And I heard (from Kiwi) that it's "easy money"? I know that's obviously exaggerated, but is it true that good poker players in their prime make a LOT?
memes are a dish best served dank
Liquid`RaSZi
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands2766 Posts
October 03 2011 20:24 GMT
#5
Yeah and if you have some talent for the game, you can stay in your prime as long as you work hard. So it's not like you can get washed up if you put in the hours and dedication. It's definitely not easy money for people who start though.
Fire and blood
Xiron
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1233 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-03 20:25:36
October 03 2011 20:24 GMT
#6
Im not that educated either, but as an example:

Todd Brunson:

He is known for having won over $13.5 million in a two day span in a heads-up, $50,000-$100,000 limit hold-em game, as chronicled in 2005 book, The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King.

source: wikipedia.
"The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. " - Charlie Chaplin
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
October 03 2011 21:01 GMT
#7
That was a particularly weird scenario though, the money he was playing with was a pool formed by a bunch of poker pros and they were playing against a rich dude who wanted to play super high stakes HU. A game like that doesn't happen very often.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
October 03 2011 21:29 GMT
#8
I've heard some people say that guys like Kiwi and Rek (who are, to my noobish understanding, fairly successful in Poker) actually are kind of rich. True? I'm just looking to get a perspective on how much the averagely successful poker player has.
memes are a dish best served dank
discodancer
Profile Joined September 2011
United States280 Posts
October 03 2011 21:38 GMT
#9
Lets just say their ability to make money out of thin air is what matters. Other than that a certified radiology nurse definitely makes more per year on average. So please go to college.
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-03 21:41:53
October 03 2011 21:40 GMT
#10
Who are you and how come you never post any more?(until recently)
Whos the chick in your profile?
Will give your blog a read! Have always been interested in poker.

A blog within a blog.. blogseption?
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
Liquid`RaSZi
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands2766 Posts
October 03 2011 21:45 GMT
#11
Hahah nice one.

Hmm I used to play a lot of bw, now I watch 2-3 hours of sc2 a day since it came out. I lurk these forums but don't post a lot anymore.

Also that todd brunson game is one of the biggest games ever played, so it's not a good standard.
Fire and blood
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28608 Posts
October 03 2011 22:16 GMT
#12
lexy babexy is great at everything! I hope for vod or stream of the fight - I am cheering for you but I'd also love to see you get beat up - it's about as much of a win win scenario as humanly possible.
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CaM27
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Belgium392 Posts
October 03 2011 22:53 GMT
#13
RasZi i've seen this video of elky working his ass off with a some kind of retired afroamerican dude formerly professional in kickboxing or thai. Not sure about the martial art part tough.

Elky seemed ubermotivated and looked decent but then this video later appeared of him fighting in an MMA cage. He unfortunately looked really weak in that one. He did fight a french guy in english boxing so no kick allowed, i felt really dissapointed.

Everyone seems to know the outcome of the fight. By the way how long have you been doing thai?
Don't go too hard on him
eXigent.
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada2419 Posts
October 03 2011 23:05 GMT
#14
On October 04 2011 06:29 marttorn wrote:
I've heard some people say that guys like Kiwi and Rek (who are, to my noobish understanding, fairly successful in Poker) actually are kind of rich. True? I'm just looking to get a perspective on how much the averagely successful poker player has.


Lots of ex broodwar players have made well into the millions in poker over the years. Some examples are Elky, Slayer, bigballs (tl poster), z7-rain, ETC.
Omigawa
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1556 Posts
October 04 2011 00:17 GMT
#15
On October 04 2011 06:38 discodancer wrote:
Lets just say their ability to make money out of thin air is what matters. Other than that a certified radiology nurse definitely makes more per year on average. So please go to college.


I think a good example of what you could expect a "decent poker pro" to make per year would be in the $250k range. If you get to where you can 6-table $5/$10 NL6max, and win just a single buy in per day, that is ~$365k per year. Of course, nobody has a winning session every single day, there's downswings and variance and run bad and distractions and all sorts of things that effect can your play, not to mention somebody might just be soulreading you all day or something of that nature. However, let's say you win a single buy in 2 out of every 3 sessions, and in that one losing session you don't go on lifetilt and lose half your bankroll, you would figure to make $200k+ per year. Of course this example assumes a lot, but I would wager the winrates of the majority of regulars at the $5/$10 stakes is something like +$100-300k per year.

RaSZi, or Lex Veldhuis as the poker world knows him, is not an average player though. He is a sick baller, and according to PokerTableRatings (not 100% accurate, but close) he is up ~$5m lifetime on PokerStars.
discodancer
Profile Joined September 2011
United States280 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-04 00:36:54
October 04 2011 00:33 GMT
#16
I like your positive outlook, omigawa, too bad poker is not that easy. Rekrul is definitely not making 400k$ a year on average, I don't even know who Raszi is but you might be right about him. If everyone made +2 buyins every session poker would stop making sense.

I mean we aren't going to get into the whole sitting behind the computer screen getting monitor tan clicking buttons 8 to 12 hours a day doing propbets out of insane boredom, right? It is different, I hope people do research before submerging themselves into something that isn't nearly as rewarding as it used to be 8 years ago.
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
October 04 2011 02:22 GMT
#17
shit that music vid is good

keep it up raszi you wont feel so weak after training like a monster! body is more reliable in that than the cards haha
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Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
October 04 2011 09:06 GMT
#18
On October 04 2011 07:16 Liquid`Drone wrote:
lexy babexy is great at everything! I hope for vod or stream of the fight - I am cheering for you but I'd also love to see you get beat up - it's about as much of a win win scenario as humanly possible.


Yeap, hoping for a stream, or at least a vod! Good luck to you, i'll be rooting for whoever kicks the most ass.

Good luck in the future tournaments etc too!
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Darkchylde
Profile Joined January 2010
United States473 Posts
October 04 2011 12:51 GMT
#19
On October 04 2011 06:01 heyoka wrote:
That was a particularly weird scenario though, the money he was playing with was a pool formed by a bunch of poker pros and they were playing against a rich dude who wanted to play super high stakes HU. A game like that doesn't happen very often.


Actually these games happen more often than not. Of course it's limited to the high end pros that can front that kind of money and it's only one group that I know of, "The Corporation".

http://www.keepyourpokerface.com/50226711/phil_ivey_and_the_corporation_win_166_million.php
disco
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Netherlands1667 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-23 09:42:53
November 23 2011 09:42 GMT
#20
Just saw RaSZi's tweet with the YouTube video of the fight:


this game is a fucking jokie
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