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Schnake
Profile Joined September 2003
Germany2819 Posts
July 16 2009 00:14 GMT
#41
On July 16 2009 06:39 travis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2009 06:25 Straylight wrote:
Dudes, it's not an article. It's an advertisement.

It's just a page PokerStars paid for and put up an Elky interview in. It says "Advertisement" right at the top of the page.


it's still an article


Uh, no. An ad is an ad is an ad. An article is not an ad. Therefore, you are wrong.
"Alán Shore" and "August Terran" @ LoL EUW - liquidparty
jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
July 16 2009 00:16 GMT
#42
On July 16 2009 07:35 Perguvious wrote:
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On July 16 2009 07:30 Trezeguet23 wrote:
that's pretty neat, thanks for sharing this. Maybe Nada will be a poker king someday.


no, idra

and he'll never fold

"fucking skilless noobies, you fucking got lucky"
Shade692003
Profile Joined August 2005
Canada702 Posts
July 16 2009 00:57 GMT
#43
On July 16 2009 09:14 Schnake wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2009 06:39 travis wrote:
On July 16 2009 06:25 Straylight wrote:
Dudes, it's not an article. It's an advertisement.

It's just a page PokerStars paid for and put up an Elky interview in. It says "Advertisement" right at the top of the page.


it's still an article


Uh, no. An ad is an ad is an ad. An article is not an ad. Therefore, you are wrong.


It's an article in an ad. What's so fucking hard to understand?
I hate the post below mine because it feels War3-ish.
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6641 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-16 02:35:50
July 16 2009 02:35 GMT
#44
Some guy who doesn't play BW asked me just the other day if I knew Elky and Rekrul, apparently he knew them just through following poker and that they started out playing BW.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions | aka Probert[PaiN] @ iccup / godlikeparagon @ twitch | my BW stream: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/jello_biafra
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 16 2009 02:57 GMT
#45
On July 16 2009 05:49 UmmTheHobo wrote:
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On July 16 2009 05:45 Schnake wrote:
That's fucking cool! I wonder if it is possible to become a decent poker player without being good at SC because I never hear from noobs making money with poker.


I am pretty sure most professional poker players have never played starcraft



Still the connection with Good at SC ---> Good at poker is deff sexy
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
spitball
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Australia81 Posts
July 16 2009 03:05 GMT
#46
On July 16 2009 09:57 Shade692003 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2009 09:14 Schnake wrote:
On July 16 2009 06:39 travis wrote:
On July 16 2009 06:25 Straylight wrote:
Dudes, it's not an article. It's an advertisement.

It's just a page PokerStars paid for and put up an Elky interview in. It says "Advertisement" right at the top of the page.


it's still an article


Uh, no. An ad is an ad is an ad. An article is not an ad. Therefore, you are wrong.


It's an article in an ad. What's so fucking hard to understand?


I thoroughly enjoyed the above article.
LaughingTulkas
Profile Joined March 2008
United States1107 Posts
July 16 2009 03:09 GMT
#47
Great find OP!! Very interesting article, especially after recently re-reading Rekrul's blog about how he got into poker. Thanks for the upload!
"I love noobies, they're so happy." -Chill
Simple
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States801 Posts
July 16 2009 03:40 GMT
#48
i should get into poker
better potential of making money than on bw
00Zarathustra
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bolivia419 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-16 04:07:07
July 16 2009 04:06 GMT
#49
Naaah just play BW and when you r out of money go play some poker!! XD
Zarathustra "You can't spell aNal_Rape without Nal_Ra"
Trezeguet
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2656 Posts
July 16 2009 04:22 GMT
#50
On July 16 2009 09:16 jodogohoo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2009 07:35 Perguvious wrote:
On July 16 2009 07:30 Trezeguet23 wrote:
that's pretty neat, thanks for sharing this. Maybe Nada will be a poker king someday.


no, idra

and he'll never fold

"fucking skilless noobies, you fucking got lucky"

Honestly, Idra would scare the shit out of me if we were playing poker. I could see him having memorized all of the odds for every situation, not to mention the fear of losing to him and being told how much I suck (aka the truth).
sixghost
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2096 Posts
July 16 2009 07:47 GMT
#51
On July 16 2009 05:51 Jonoman92 wrote:
I have a great experiment. Take successful poker pros who are not gamers and try to teach them sc to see if they will naturally have a certain talent for sc.

Already been done. It's obvious Idra is just phil helmuth in disguise.
mG.sixghost @ iCCup || One ling, two ling, three ling, four... Camp four gas, then ultra-whore . -Saracen
RoieTRS
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2569 Posts
July 16 2009 08:09 GMT
#52
Awesome
konadora, in Racenilatr's blog: "you need to stop thinking about starcraft or anything computer-related for that matter. It's becoming a bad addiction imo"
Probe.
Profile Joined May 2009
United States877 Posts
July 16 2009 08:25 GMT
#53
On July 16 2009 16:47 sixghost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2009 05:51 Jonoman92 wrote:
I have a great experiment. Take successful poker pros who are not gamers and try to teach them sc to see if they will naturally have a certain talent for sc.

Already been done. It's obvious Idra is just phil helmuth in disguise.


hahaha yeha Idra and phil hellmuth do have the same personalities. Imagine someone calling a Idra's raise with Q 10 off-suit and lucking a straight on the turn or river. He would go crazy.
meow
artofmagic
Profile Blog Joined March 2005
United States1951 Posts
July 20 2009 19:17 GMT
#54
That's a weird advertisement..
evolve or die
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
July 20 2009 19:20 GMT
#55
nice LOTS of sc mentioned here.. odd he didn't refer to rekrul as a fellow sc->poker player though.. REKRUL has a fucking bracelet I mean commoN?
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
July 20 2009 20:32 GMT
#56
On July 21 2009 04:20 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
nice LOTS of sc mentioned here.. odd he didn't refer to rekrul as a fellow sc->poker player though.. REKRUL has a fucking bracelet I mean commoN?

Yeah, I would think he would of mentioned Rekrul considering the similar lifestyles they both went through.

(Even though Rek's SC progaming days were short lived)
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
July 20 2009 21:07 GMT
#57
On July 16 2009 06:09 CaucasianAsian wrote:
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On July 16 2009 06:01 JohnnyCash wrote:
Do you know the Starcraft aka of the people he mentions? (Daut, Liu, khan)
Thanks for the article btw


hevadkhan is z7Rain (RainKhan)
Ryan Daut is BigBalls and went to WCG USA Finals in early 2000's
Eric Liu i fail to know an ID

Eric Liu played under crack.ns) , American player
What fun is it being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero?
deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
July 20 2009 21:40 GMT
#58
Awesome. Poker and Starcraft fit so well together!
4.0 GPA = A rank 5.0 GPA = Olympic --------- Bisu, Best, Fantasy. i ♥ oov. They can get in my BoxeR anyday.
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-20 21:54:26
July 20 2009 21:50 GMT
#59
On July 21 2009 04:20 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
nice LOTS of sc mentioned here.. odd he didn't refer to rekrul as a fellow sc->poker player though.. REKRUL has a fucking bracelet I mean commoN?


oh wow I didn't even know he had a bracelet.

Personally I was surprised he didnt mention Ivan Demidov, who is just ridiculously good at poker
But I'm guessing both Demidov and Rekrul aren't sponsored by Pokerstars?
beep boop
IceCube
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Croatia1403 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-20 22:00:50
July 20 2009 22:00 GMT
#60
Is it me or its like every 2nd or 3rd post like poker advertisment?
Forever Vulture.. :(
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