EPTWrote a blog about WCOOP, EPT London and what my plans are and such:
http://www.veldhuispoker.com/blog/wcoop-ept-london-travel-plans/
Thanks!
EPT London, Elky fight and WCOOP
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Liquid`RaSZi
Netherlands2766 Posts
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! | ||
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ThyHate
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I'm rooting for Elky tho :p sorry | ||
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Liquid`RaSZi
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marttorn
Norway5211 Posts
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? | ||
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Liquid`RaSZi
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Xiron
Germany1233 Posts
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. | ||
Heyoka
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marttorn
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discodancer
United States280 Posts
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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
Whos the chick in your profile? Will give your blog a read! Have always been interested in poker. A blog within a blog.. blogseption? | ||
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Liquid`RaSZi
Netherlands2766 Posts
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. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28695 Posts
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CaM27
Belgium392 Posts
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  | ||
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eXigent.
Canada2419 Posts
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. | ||
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Omigawa
United States1556 Posts
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. | ||
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discodancer
United States280 Posts
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. | ||
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FFGenerations
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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
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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! | ||
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Darkchylde
United States473 Posts
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 | ||
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disco
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