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51613 Posts
AKA the kid who converted from Warcraft 3 to Starcraft?
Guess where he is now.
+ Show Spoiler +Michael Chang (Chang Yong Suk), Korea (539,000 in chips): This computer studies student personifies the new style of Korean poker player: young, stylish, aggressive and, as shown by recent performances on the APPT, very successful. He has been playing online poker for the past 18 months and accumulated enough FPPs on PokerStars to enter the APPT Manila main event. A player that gives away very little at the table, this youngster is well placed to become Korea’s first APPT champion.
The most unsuspecting person....
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l10f
United States3241 Posts
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United States44060 Posts
If you think that's impressive wait til you hear about Elky...
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Oversky vs Freedom? Yes I remember.
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Canada780 Posts
It seems nowadays a lot of old Starcraft Pros are becoming successful in poker. This is probably due to so many similarities between the two.
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I thought he was supposed to go back to school?
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United States2822 Posts
I'm glad he's doing something that he's good at that won't screw him over.
I feel really bad for the way he got shafted out of Warcraft 3, and then never accomplishing anything major in Starcraft when he tried.
Best of luck to him.
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Osaka27174 Posts
On September 13 2009 12:10 Hittegods wrote:
I thought he was supposed to go back to school?
This computer studies student personifies the new style of Korean poker player
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Wow, he looked like a totally new person in that sunglasses.
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I remember watching Freedom back when he played wc3, loved his nick/clan i think it was something like FrEeDoM.WeRrA
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
Hahaha - I knew when he announced he was going on a one year hiatus to study it was bollocks. Good luck to him.
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Isn't this the guy who got proxy hatched by oversky?
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On September 13 2009 12:47 NeverGG wrote:
Hahaha - I knew when he announced he was going on a one year hiatus to study it was bollocks. Good luck to him.
HAHAHA nice
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On September 13 2009 12:47 NeverGG wrote:
Hahaha - I knew when he announced he was going on a one year hiatus to study it was bollocks. Good luck to him.
Haha thats great!
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On September 13 2009 12:48 G3CKO wrote:
Isn't this the guy who got proxy hatched by oversky?
yes
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so being good at sc leads to being able to support your self off pokeerrr
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United States2822 Posts
A bit of history on Freedom - He was one of the top War3 players (NE) years back on the Samsung KHAN team when one of the major tournaments in Korea rigged the maps against his favor (against all NEs, actually) because NEs supposedly lowered viewer ratings for the show. Faced with this injustice, Freedom quit Warcraft 3 and joined Samsung's Starcraft team as a Terran.
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THIS IS REKRUL'S DOING!
That's the spirit, let's keep the family blood and make some big cash freedom.  .
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Baa?21245 Posts
On September 13 2009 13:18 scintilliaSD wrote:
A bit of history on Freedom - He was one of the top War3 players (NE) years back on the Samsung KHAN team when one of the major tournaments in Korea rigged the maps against his favor (against all NEs, actually) because NEs supposedly lowered viewer ratings for the show. Faced with this injustice, Freedom quit Warcraft 3 and joined Samsung's Starcraft team as a Terran.
Quitting the race that got the shaft to switch to the race that gives the shaft in another game =O
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China10252 Posts
Recent news on Elky also.
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MrHoon
10183 Posts
Warcraft 3 -> Starcraft -> College -> Poker
wooo!
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On September 13 2009 12:48 G3CKO wrote:
Isn't this the guy who got proxy hatched by oversky?
Yes :d
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why didnt anyone post about elky yet! i'm afraid to post since i have a feeling it's around here somewhere but i just can't find it.
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On September 13 2009 14:19 MrHoon wrote:
Warcraft 3 -> Starcraft -> College -> Poker
wooo!
he's moving up in life =)
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On September 13 2009 13:17 StorrZerg wrote:
so being good at sc leads to being able to support your self off pokeerrr
We've established that a while ago lol
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On September 13 2009 12:03 GTR wrote:
AKA the kid who converted from Warcraft 3 to Starcraft?
Freedoms birthday: Birth Date: 1988-04-26
GTR's birthday: September 09, 1992
Oh well lol
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Something happened with elky recently? O.o
Do tell
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there's nothing new with elky, what is everyone talking about?
many foreign sc personalities have become very successful at poker, but Freedom is like, the first Korean sc pro to start seeing success.
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I remember his epic game against boxer! (or was it fbh? i dont remember, it was on longius with loads of carriers) that was awesome
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United States2822 Posts
On September 13 2009 23:21 ThePhan2m wrote:
I remember his epic game against boxer! (or was it fbh? i dont remember, it was on longius with loads of carriers) that was awesome
But he plays T. How would there have been Carriers?
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United States44060 Posts
On September 13 2009 23:18 dasanivan wrote:
there's nothing new with elky, what is everyone talking about?
many foreign sc personalities have become very successful at poker, but Freedom is like, the first Korean sc pro to start seeing success.
I think Silver FTed some Asian tour (WPT maybe?). Freedom isn't the first.
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United States12607 Posts
Looks like he finally found his game!
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lol this was the guy that got sunken rushed by oversky on katrina. Gl to him, he's probably gonna wind up earning more than Jaedong :p
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On September 13 2009 23:25 Kwark wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2009 23:18 dasanivan wrote:
there's nothing new with elky, what is everyone talking about?
many foreign sc personalities have become very successful at poker, but Freedom is like, the first Korean sc pro to start seeing success. I think Silver FTed some Asian tour (WPT maybe?). Freedom isn't the first.
oh.
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wow i just saw elky on wsop main event i had no idea he was so successful
edit: here's the video clip
Elky WSOP Main Event 2009
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On September 13 2009 23:18 dasanivan wrote:
there's nothing new with elky, what is everyone talking about?
many foreign sc personalities have become very successful at poker, but Freedom is like, the first Korean sc pro to start seeing success.
Wrong, there was an accusation that he was selling drugs and the money he had on him from a tourney was taken. Theres an article on here somewhere.
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Hahaha awesome! I don't remember this guy at all but this is still cool =)
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Wow, that's pretty amazing.
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