EPTStill, he probably should have made this move a good 8 or so years ago.
BoxeR to become professional poker player - Page 16
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Brett
Australia3822 Posts
Still, he probably should have made this move a good 8 or so years ago. | ||
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paddyz
Ireland628 Posts
 . Hopefully someday I will get to see boxer vs Kiwikaki in poker. | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
LOL | ||
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
On December 06 2013 23:43 Nekovivie wrote: He's bluffing. He'll come back to SC2 soon :< said everyone in 2012 | ||
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WOPR
Canada145 Posts
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WOPR
Canada145 Posts
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Artunit
Philippines399 Posts
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Psi0nic
Uruguay39 Posts
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Riner1212
United States337 Posts
On December 06 2013 12:46 -niL wrote: He's now out of the starcraft scene? Lol i think there will come a time where eventually everyone will be out of the starcraft scene, cuz everyone will outgrow the game due to other priorities and interest ppl would like to pursue, im sure you will as well. | ||
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11cc
Finland561 Posts
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tomatriedes
New Zealand5356 Posts
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krogdog101
United States20 Posts
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Miss_Foxy
Singapore109 Posts
A little endorsement and playing poker before returning back to Starcraft in the future wouldn't be that bad. | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
On December 07 2013 09:41 11cc wrote: For a profession that exists solely for the benefit of the person practising it, poker and poker players have decent reputation. Disappointing. loool is starcraft any different | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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Nedereden
777 Posts
LOL On December 06 2013 12:57 KiWiKaKi wrote: one does not simply.... become a poker pro OMG so long... Where you been mang? | ||
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9-BiT
United States1089 Posts
On December 07 2013 11:48 Rekrul wrote: my poker playing has benefited a lot of single mothers wats that guy talkin about How many times have you gotten divorced? | ||
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11cc
Finland561 Posts
Are you serious? All of sc2 player's money comes from benefitting someone else. Sponsors, fans, tournaments, streams. All that money comes from someone who gets something in return. | ||
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lemmata
468 Posts
As far as I can tell, no real gambling goes on there. People buy fake "game money" by paying real money and then use the "game money" to play poker. You can also receive "game money" for free every couple hours. However, it seems that you cannot turn the "game money" you win back in to real money. It's an online computer game. The "game money" also serves as a score counter, sort of like a Pac-Man high score board. In other words, the game would be completely legal in Korea because there is no actual gambling and the target audience does not seem to be serious poker players. It seems that BoxeR is essentially a glorified spokesmodel who helps advertise their mobile game. I would guess that his involvement in the real pro poker tournaments is to draw public attention to the web site. It seems similar in purpose to "Hyungjoon becomes a pro gamer", which helped advertise BW to a wider audience, but wasn't really focused on turning Hyungjoon into a real pro. I bet that video footage of BoxeR in these tournaments will be like a "BoxeR becomes a pro poker player" show to help advertise the game web site. Although I wish that he was advertising something more sexy, like cars and beer, I don't think that BoxeR intends to become a serious poker player. That is my guess...which is based mostly on gut feeling. Best of luck to the emperor as a spokesmodel... | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
On December 07 2013 14:18 11cc wrote: Are you serious? All of sc2 player's money comes from benefitting someone else. Sponsors, fans, tournaments, streams. All that money comes from someone who gets something in return. exact same thing in poker... except maybe streams | ||
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