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shavingcream66
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
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zizou21
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Jonoman92
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Schnake
Germany2819 Posts
 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.  | ||
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Deleted User 3420
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UmmTheHobo
United States650 Posts
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  | ||
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Zoler
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ToT)OjKa(
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Jonoman92
United States9110 Posts
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thunk
United States6233 Posts
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JohnnyCash
France244 Posts
Thanks for the article btw | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11599 Posts
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 | ||
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frozenclaw
Canada410 Posts
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14912 Posts
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Straylight
Canada706 Posts
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. | ||
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Husky
United States3362 Posts
It just shows that you can really be good at anything as long as you try. I honestly think he would be good at any game he set his mind to, thankfully for him he picked one of the most rewards (Poker!) | ||
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gotwater
United States179 Posts
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
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 | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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BookTwo
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lokiM
United States3407 Posts
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prOxi.Beater
Denmark626 Posts
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Trezeguet
United States2656 Posts
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Perguvious
United States1783 Posts
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 | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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. That would be cool to see if they can get really good, i think they would be able to since they are good at adapting to different situations. Cool article and how the hell was he able to be so damn good at so many games, SC, Age of Empires, WC3 ?!?! wtf i cant even get really good at one of those lol (not that ive tried any except SC and slightly WC3. | ||
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thunk
United States6233 Posts
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RyanS
United States620 Posts
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liquorice
United States170 Posts
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SonuvBob
Aiur21550 Posts
On July 16 2009 06:29 gotwater wrote: o dang. anyone know if hes still leading up in the WSOP? + Show Spoiler + Out in 122nd $40,288 | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft/blogs/540-elky-poker-and-dazzle still holds today | ||
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Elric
United Kingdom1327 Posts
Q: 'Do you credit your history as a gamer to your success at the poker table?' A: Absolutely...[...] The question should be the complete opposite and Elky answers as if it was anyway. His success at poker should be credited to SC not the other way round... Don't know if Elky misunderstood the question or the editors fudged it on purpose. | ||
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clazziquai
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Yay! | ||
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armed_
Canada443 Posts
On July 16 2009 08:40 Elric wrote: The question should be the complete opposite and Elky answers as if it was anyway. His success at poker should be credited to SC not the other way round... Don't know if Elky misunderstood the question or the editors fudged it on purpose. Reading comprehension fail on your part, mostly. Edit: That's not to say that it isn't a horribly written sentence or anything, but the use of history and success makes it fairly obvious what it's meant to mean. | ||
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Titusmaster6
United States5937 Posts
Respect, and thanks for the article | ||
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poilord
Germany3252 Posts
It would be interesting to know if hiring a coach, agent, and manager worked out for him and if it actually helped him improve. | ||
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Schnake
Germany2819 Posts
Uh, no. An ad is an ad is an ad. An article is not an ad. Therefore, you are wrong. | ||
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jodogohoo
Canada2533 Posts
"fucking skilless noobies, you fucking got lucky" | ||
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Shade692003
Canada702 Posts
On July 16 2009 09:14 Schnake wrote: 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? | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6642 Posts
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StorrZerg
United States13921 Posts
On July 16 2009 05:49 UmmTheHobo wrote: 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 | ||
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spitball
Australia81 Posts
On July 16 2009 09:57 Shade692003 wrote: It's an article in an ad. What's so fucking hard to understand? I thoroughly enjoyed the above article. | ||
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LaughingTulkas
United States1107 Posts
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Simple
United States801 Posts
better potential of making money than on bw | ||
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00Zarathustra
Bolivia419 Posts
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Trezeguet
United States2656 Posts
On July 16 2009 09:16 jodogohoo wrote: "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). | ||
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sixghost
United States2096 Posts
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. | ||
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
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Probe.
United States877 Posts
On July 16 2009 16:47 sixghost wrote: 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. | ||
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artofmagic
United States1951 Posts
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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? | ||
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
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) | ||
GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
On July 16 2009 06:09 CaucasianAsian wrote: 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 | ||
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deathgod6
United States5064 Posts
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7mk
Germany10157 Posts
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? | ||
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IceCube
Croatia1403 Posts
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Puosu
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On July 21 2009 06:50 7mk wrote: 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? at least rekrul is PS team pro, not sure about demidov but elky probably doesn't know him too well himself from sc/wc3 days. and lol no demidov is not ridiculously good at poker, obv. he was the best player of the last years november nine but that is not saying much. | ||
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7mk
Germany10157 Posts
On July 21 2009 07:12 Puosu wrote: at least rekrul is PS team pro, not sure about demidov but elky probably doesn't know him too well himself from sc/wc3 days. and lol no demidov is not ridiculously good at poker, obv. he was the best player of the last years november nine but that is not saying much. ?? Getting 2nd at the WSOP main event and getting 3rd (or was it 2nd) at the WSOPE main event in the same year is fucking ridiculously impressive and something noone else has ever done | ||
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ActualSteve
United States627 Posts
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LuckyFool
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