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Sfydjklm
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States9218 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-09 18:19:55
November 09 2008 18:13 GMT
#1
[image loading]

No, not that Soul.

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This Soul.

(orky)Soul, SK.Soul, Soul[pG], one of the most successful Starcraft gamers and one of the most successful RTS gamers of all times.

His accomplishments include, but are not limited to, 5-5 professional Starcraft record in Korea, qualifying three times as a WCG.Russia representative(twice in WC3 and once in Age of Empires) and AMD PG Challenge victory.

Well, now he is venturing to prove himself in the newest fad in the RTS genre- the Texas Hold'em. He is, too, a poker prodigy.

One minute from now, the final table of WSOP will set off.
Ivan Demidov(that's his name) is about to kick ass, he is second in chips:

Dennis Phillips - 26,295,000
Ivan Demidov - 24,400,000
Scott Montgomery - 19,690,000
Peter Eastgate - 18,375,000
Ylon Schwartz - 12,525,000
Darus Suharto - 12,520,000
David 'Chino' Rheem - 10,230,000
Craig Marquis - 10,210,000
Kelly Kim - 2,620,000

And that means he is well on his way to get the coveted first place prize - $9,152,416.


2nd- $5,809,595

3rd- $4,517,773

4th- $3,774,974

5th- $3,096,768

6th- $2,418,562

7th- $1,772,650

8th- $1,288,217

9th- $900,670

WAR SOUL!

twitter.com/therealdhalism | "Trying out Z = lots of losses vs inferior players until you figure out how to do it well (if it even works)."- Liquid'Tyler
StarN
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States2587 Posts
November 09 2008 18:16 GMT
#2
Damn, guys like him make me jealous.
Retired BW Noob
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
November 09 2008 18:24 GMT
#3
thats crazy

are all good (foreign?) sc players geniuses that are rigged at poker too or something
Graphicssavior[gm] : What is a “yawn” rape ;; Masumune - It was the year of the pig for those fucking defilers. Chill - A clinic you say? okum: SC without Korean yelling is like porn without sex. konamix: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
November 09 2008 18:35 GMT
#4
On November 10 2008 03:24 alffla wrote:
thats crazy

are all good (foreign?) sc players geniuses that are rigged at poker too or something


That's what I was thinking haha

Retiring from pro SC automatically makes you awesome at poker apparently
^-^
gm.tOSS
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany898 Posts
November 09 2008 18:36 GMT
#5
Even if he doesn't make it #1 - wow @ the money
HuK HuK HuK | ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | There is death in the hane.
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
November 09 2008 18:50 GMT
#6
poker and sc actually have decent amount in common, so I guess that it's not that surprising that good sc players would also be good at poker.

Just to take texas hold em as an example, you know the cards in the middle of the table, and you know your own cards.

You need to deal with probabilities and good guessing off of limited information in a fairly small timeframe, both of which are required in sc, as well as poker
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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
November 09 2008 18:59 GMT
#7
I would say the primary factor is drive.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24637 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-09 19:07:14
November 09 2008 19:06 GMT
#8
Ugh I'm getting tired of people referring to the apparent links between bw and poker a disproportionate amount of times... I doubt the main reason why broodwar players retire to poker is because broodwar is similar to poker.... there are tons of things more similar to broodwar.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
hideo
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1641 Posts
November 09 2008 19:20 GMT
#9
actually...it seems to be trend in general for competitive rts gamers

more than a fair share seem to take up poker after they quit the scene
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
November 09 2008 19:23 GMT
#10
Its true to all gamers in general, not just RTS players. Travis is right, it all has to do with drive.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
6984 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-09 19:28:44
November 09 2008 19:26 GMT
#11
Hes by far the best player in the table, hopefully he goes and wins it.

http://www.bwin-wsoplive.com/ was supposed to offer live stream but seems to be down now..

http://www.bluffmagazine.com/blufftv/ has audio and some rnd reporting, better than nothing.
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21549 Posts
November 09 2008 19:49 GMT
#12
Go (orky)Soul!

http://www.battlereports.com/viewreplays.php?replaynum=2398
http://www.battlereports.com/viewreplays.php?replaynum=2827
(1.09 I think :p)
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Astrogation
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States477 Posts
November 09 2008 19:50 GMT
#13
Ivan Demidov is also the first person to make final table of the WSOP main event and the WSOP Europe main event in the same year
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
November 09 2008 19:54 GMT
#14
9 million dollars?!!
Astrogation
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States477 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-09 20:01:59
November 09 2008 20:01 GMT
#15
Schwartz just took around 3m from Dennis Phillips and now Ivan is the chip leader
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
November 09 2008 20:03 GMT
#16
Makes me jealous, so young and if he wins he's set for LIFE
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
Astrogation
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States477 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-09 20:20:18
November 09 2008 20:16 GMT
#17
Demidov and Phillips in a huge pot, Demidov just went all in and Phillips folds and hands Demidov over 10m. Demidov now in a commanding chip lead.

Phillips left with slightly over 8m
Demidov now has 35m
Tensai176
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Canada2061 Posts
November 09 2008 21:20 GMT
#18
Isn't this the man that invented SK Terran? If so he's got crazy apm,
Soul ftw ease...
We see things they'll never see
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
November 09 2008 21:30 GMT
#19
No, that was SoulKey, a korean I think.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Sfydjklm
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States9218 Posts
November 09 2008 22:00 GMT
#20
FA is right and whats sick is that this dude had a successful SC career, even more successful WC3 career, a short lived but also successful AoE career, and now is kicking ass in poker, and he's still trailing behind elky as far as accomplishments concerned. Just goes to show u how fucking insanely awesome elky is.
twitter.com/therealdhalism | "Trying out Z = lots of losses vs inferior players until you figure out how to do it well (if it even works)."- Liquid'Tyler
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