EPTChip count update. Shows Kiwi at 460k.
Kiwikaki at WSOP Featured Table - Page 82
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FMonk
United States51 Posts
Chip count update. Shows Kiwi at 460k. | ||
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Aelfric
Turkey1496 Posts
On July 17 2011 06:34 jinixxx123 wrote: im curious why kiwi plays sc2 , it costs 10 000 just to enter this poker event while mlg has its top prize as 5000............... if i was in his position i'd be playing poker full time, if he plays sc2 purely for passion thats amazing. Life is not everything about money, if you can afford to follow your passion or do something you like, you do it. And Poker has more chance factor in it's core than Starcraft it's a fact. Otherwise we would always see awesome poker players win the whole tournaments but shit happens, Negreanu, Dwan, Ivey gets eliminated. You can't say it's not about luck when you lose a hand with KK where your win possibilities are above %66. It just happens. | ||
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soul5
Germany33 Posts
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DotADeMoN
United States517 Posts
On July 17 2011 06:43 soul5 wrote: How do you become a professional poker player? Be good, get lucky. | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
ok then you're just being clueless, np | ||
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zFugitivE
United States58 Posts
On July 17 2011 06:34 jinixxx123 wrote: im curious why kiwi plays sc2 , it costs 10 000 just to enter this poker event while mlg has its top prize as 5000............... if i was in his position i'd be playing poker full time, if he plays sc2 purely for passion thats amazing. Because being a professional gambler can be a miserable life...where as SC2 can be a lot more fun and fulfilling...even if you don't always win. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
On July 17 2011 06:31 VeryAverage wrote: Kiwi is gonna need to get some fast, he's running one of the shortest stacks in the tournament. stop watching the leaderboard, its not upadting kiwi's chip count, he's at around 500k which means he's well above the median, as he's nearing the average chip count. | ||
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FryktSkyene
United States1327 Posts
On July 17 2011 06:43 soul5 wrote: How do you become a professional poker player? Just wait until everyone else drops out xD EZ money.  | ||
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Grettin
42414 Posts
Jonathan Garneau 460,000 (+200,000 today) | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
On July 17 2011 06:43 soul5 wrote: How do you become a professional poker player? you build a bankroll and you get good, once you can make a living you are a "professional" | ||
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JoeAWESOME
Sweden1080 Posts
186.______Jonathan Garneau________460,000_________________+200,000 From the WSOP website (http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=821&tid=11497) Not sure when this was updated | ||
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AxelTVx
Canada916 Posts
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
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leo23
United States3075 Posts
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Jaydos
Australia60 Posts
On July 17 2011 06:44 Grettin wrote: Updated chip counts, we knew this already though: Jonathan Garneau 460,000 (+200,000 today) Phew, I thought he was out. I couldn't find him on the list. Gogogo Kiwi! | ||
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ste0731
United Kingdom435 Posts
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SKaysc
United States305 Posts
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Grettin
42414 Posts
On July 17 2011 06:47 Jaydos wrote: Phew, I thought he was out. I couldn't find him on the list. Gogogo Kiwi! Once again, they aren't really updating him unless he busts out or wins/loses a pot against "known" player who they are updating regularly. Thats why you either need to wait for Fayth to update or break updates. | ||
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FryktSkyene
United States1327 Posts
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FairForever
Canada2392 Posts
On July 17 2011 06:38 RoninMugen wrote: This... if Kiwi is this good at poker, he literally loses money every hour he devotes to SC2. Still, have to give him credit for doing at least 2 things he loves to do full time and earns a living both ways! Do you really believe that? Finishing Top 3 in IPL gives him a ridiculous payday, no risk. There are some well-known names who can lose hundreds of thousands (and in rare cases, millions) in a year from poker. Just because Kiwikaki did well in this tournament (and I love him) doesn't mean he can make it a living - you look at players like Greg Raynor who've won the Main Event, and proceeded to crap out poker at tables in Vegas and in other tournaments. Is poker more profitable? Potentially. But it's also a ton more risky. Think about it this way - for every dollar you gain from playing poker, someone out there is losing more than a dollar (after factoring in rakes and whatnot). Also online poker is so unstable now, especially with the Black Friday stuff... just because you "earned" money online doesn't mean you will actually be able to cash out... | ||
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