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United States33492 Posts
Source: MyDaily
Former Brood War and SC2 progamer Boxer (Lim Yo Hwan) took second place at a February 19th Asian Poker Tour event in the Philippines. Boxer competed in the 6 Handed event with 144 other participants and won 208,800 PhP (approximately $4679 USD at the time of writing) for his second place finish. Boxer's wife Jessica (Kim Ga Yeon) finished 11th place in the same event.
In December of 2013, Boxer announced he was becoming the main model for Korean Poker site Fulpot Poker, as well as a professional poker player.
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Wow. I was expecting Boxer to start out as some aggro-donk but I guess I was proven wrong or he had a lot of experience behind him in the past during his time on ACE or something. Good on him.
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He was here? Damnit.
Wasnt he training to be a poker pro though? And from my experience, poker players arent that good here - we're probably too emotional to be good bluffers.
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your Country52797 Posts
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I'm now dreaming of boxer and elky at the same table
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On February 26 2014 10:18 ZAiNs wrote:
$4679? Sounds low.
yeah sounds low so i guess the tournament wasn't sharky but still a good showing by BoXer (and Jessica !). Hopefully he will keep improving it would be great to see him achieve great public results in Poker.
On February 26 2014 10:25 myxoma_strain wrote:
I'm now dreaming of boxer and elky at the same table
BoXer would get crushed REALLY hard ^_^
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Um wtf his wife plays too? I hope they can cash their checks.
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2nd place BoxeR? I expect better micro and macro of cards from BoxeR... cmon BoxeR don't be the yellow of poker!
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On February 26 2014 10:29 Marou wrote:yeah sounds low so i guess the tournament wasn't sharky but still a good showing by BoXer (and Jessica !). Hopefully he will keep improving it would be great to see him achieve great public results in Poker. Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 10:25 myxoma_strain wrote:
I'm now dreaming of boxer and elky at the same table BoXer would get crushed REALLY hard ^_^
That's the point, I'm picturing elky having held a grudge all these years after that OSL and loving every minute of it
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owning in Poker ! 
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Man, I wish I was in Cebu for that!
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144 players and 4.6k in winnings? Buy-in was meh.
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boxer tearing it up in the motherland, go boxer in the P.i
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My first Vegas tourney was at a daily at the Venetian, and it was 80-90 players and a $120 buy-in. I got first place for $3200, but the tournament was a joke. The final table had 2 regulars who weren't even that good, and the rest were tourists who played tight passive and played against the board. I'm guessing Boxer played a bunch of the dailies and finally placed high enough in one to report. The Venetian structure was good (play was 7.5 hours), but a lot of Asian countries have pitiful structures where edge from skill is strongly diminished. I doubt this tournament is a reflection of Boxer being a skilled player. Having said that, congrats Boxer =p
Btw, tourney is in the Philippines because Koreans can't gamble within their own country.
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speaking of poker, anyone knows hows FreeDoM doing these days?
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ah, not really front page esports news imho, but congrats to boxer i guess
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Why is this front page 0_o
Boxer v Elky plz!
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Our Lord the Emperor doing well wherever he goes!!!
Good luck Boxer!
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This is a sc2 and BW news :D? Well congrats Boxer.
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Canada16217 Posts
On February 26 2014 11:03 KillerSOS wrote:
Why is this front page 0_o
Boxer v Elky plz!
because Boxer
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On February 26 2014 11:00 Gen.Rolly wrote:
ah, not really front page esports news imho, but congrats to boxer i guess
Show more respect to Boxer son  .
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Wtf, he was here! How did I miss getting to meet Boxer?
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Katowice25012 Posts
Good job Boxer, well done.
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On February 26 2014 10:18 Caladbolg wrote:
He was here? Damnit.
Wasnt he training to be a poker pro though? And from my experience, poker players arent that good here - we're probably too emotional to be good bluffers.
How do we not know these things 
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Wow, didn't expect Jessica to finish so high lol
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are you telling me i just missed having slayers`boxer, the emperor himself, in my country?
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TLADT24920 Posts
Not surprising considering his skills lol
On February 26 2014 12:59 icystorage wrote:
are you telling me i just missed having slayers`boxer, the emperor himself, in my country?
yes, yes you did lol.
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holy sh*t he was here and I missed it! lol. oh well gratz emperor!
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On February 26 2014 10:18 ZAiNs wrote:
$4679? Sounds low.
More money than he'd make playing in an SC2 tournament that's for sure
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Bisutopia19299 Posts
I'm convinced the thread title should read: 'Yellow'
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I play poker, and seriously thats not that much...
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Would be more lul if Jessica did better than the emperor.
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On February 26 2014 14:22 haduken wrote:
Would be more lul if Jessica did better than the emperor.
How could Yoko do better than John Lennon?
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On February 26 2014 14:08 GuiBz wrote:
I play poker, and seriously thats not that much...
Depends on the buyin doesn't it? This was a low buyin event, so he made out quite well for his investment.
wp Boxer.
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On February 26 2014 11:00 Gen.Rolly wrote:
ah, not really front page esports news imho, but congrats to boxer i guess
Get out.
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I believe he still does this when he is on the poker table: (gif will be edited in)
+ Show Spoiler +
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Sounds like an amateurs event for tourists 
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On February 26 2014 13:29 Ettick wrote:More money than he'd make playing in an SC2 tournament that's for sure
Wait you are telling me that a player suffering from pain that hasn't played in like 2 years would not make 5k in a starcraft tournament!? Who could have guessed?
Gratz to boxer and jessica, I hope he continues to do well. And to those complaining about this being on the frontpage, without BoxeR Starcraft eSports (both BW and SC2) would look very different so all of us should be eternity grateful for our Emperor.
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On February 26 2014 11:00 Gen.Rolly wrote:
ah, not really front page esports news imho, but congrats to boxer i guess
Anything Boxer does should be real front page esports news.
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http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=322098
(matters in my poker world anyway, since we don't get to play many hendon-mob worthy tournaments in Switzerland, having two lines is quite good. I don't know about how good it is in Asia but in barely two months I'd say it's pretty good)
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On February 26 2014 15:32 Phyanketto wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 14:22 haduken wrote:
Would be more lul if Jessica did better than the emperor. How could Yoko do better than John Lennon?
I laughed pretty hard at that, little bit of coffee in my sinuses!
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On February 26 2014 19:36 Pandemona wrote:6 handed poker...gosh xD Next he will be playing vs Doyle Brunson in a show match
Outdated :p
Have him play Olivier Bousquet or Ike Haxton, if it's heads-up^^
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Valhalla18444 Posts
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Guys acting like its easy to win a live one-off 145 man tournament, geez...
On February 26 2014 19:42 Nebuchad wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 19:36 Pandemona wrote:6 handed poker...gosh xD Next he will be playing vs Doyle Brunson in a show match Outdated :p Have him play Olivier Bousquet or Ike Haxton, if it's heads-up^^
Dolly way more interesting than either of those players.
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Boxer vs Rekrul vs Elky vs Grrrrr vs Kiwikaki
Please make it happen eSports.
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Quality eSports News .... and well ... ?grats? Boxer? cO
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Pro gamer, pro poker Player in what is he bad?
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How is that related to sc2 news??? Boxer PLAYED sc2, now he does not. I specifically chose to see only sc2 related news on tl and this made the front page??? Please create a thread for poker news...
What next? Boxer buys a house, Boxer eats a muffin, Boxer wakes up and it will make front page of my sc2 news? I don't get it???
I don't want to see that in my sc2 news! Thank you!
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I'm predicting a reboot of Slayers, but now with Poker Pro's
Team House, playing 12 Hours a day.. Korean domination incoming!!
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On February 26 2014 22:15 Mifoi123 wrote:
How is that related to sc2 news??? Boxer PLAYED sc2, now he does not. I specifically chose to see only sc2 related news on tl and this made the front page??? Please create a thread for poker news...
What next? Boxer buys a house, Boxer eats a muffin, Boxer wakes up and it will make front page of my sc2 news? I don't get it???
I don't want to see that in my sc2 news! Thank you!
You must be new here. SC(2) News is also about Fandom and the celebration of everything StarCraft.
Most members of TL are All-in (Pun intended) when it comes to SC.
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On February 26 2014 19:42 Nebuchad wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 19:36 Pandemona wrote:6 handed poker...gosh xD Next he will be playing vs Doyle Brunson in a show match Outdated :p Have him play Olivier Bousquet or Ike Haxton, if it's heads-up^^
Haha i meant it as in 6handed poker for me is so old and outdated that he should be playing vs Doyle the 6handed poker old man xD
Thats where he made his name right, hope i got the right person =P
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On February 26 2014 11:00 Gen.Rolly wrote:
ah, not really front page esports news imho, but congrats to boxer i guess
BoxeR basically created esports, show some respect!
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Isn't Boxer running a poker team as well? gratz to him either way.
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tourney is probably $100 buyin, based on the prize.
Freedom was not that good, playing midstakes poker in 2011. After Black Friday in 2011, all the Red Pros (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) lost their contracts when Pokerstars bought over the company
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Whats up with sc players and poker? Seems weird how every player has success
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On February 26 2014 11:00 Gen.Rolly wrote:
ah, not really front page esports news imho, but congrats to boxer i guess
Boxer isn't enough E-sport for you ?
On February 26 2014 22:15 Mifoi123 wrote:
How is that related to sc2 news??? Boxer PLAYED sc2, now he does not. I specifically chose to see only sc2 related news on tl and this made the front page??? Please create a thread for poker news...
What next? Boxer buys a house, Boxer eats a muffin, Boxer wakes up and it will make front page of my sc2 news? I don't get it???
I don't want to see that in my sc2 news! Thank you!
This man created E-sports. It's because of him that we can see Starcraft being a sponsored sports. He made sponsors believe in Starcraft, he is the first to 100million won salary in sponsorship, then 200million. Show some respect.
And read his biography btw.
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Its quite funny that he switches from SC2 to Poker when the poker economy is even more declining than SC2 ^^
Unless you find rich business people to gamble away their money 
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Lol @ all the hate for this news being on TeamLiquid :p respect eSports history please kk
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wow interesting...hope he's doing well outside of starcraft II beyond career aspects!
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Nice to know how hes doing.
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Boxer great micro on cards. Grats!
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On February 27 2014 01:21 TurboMaN wrote:Its quite funny that he switches from SC2 to Poker when the poker economy is even more declining than SC2 ^^ Unless you find rich business people to gamble away their money
With his current poker skills, he can make some money. With his current SC2 skills, he would get rolled by a KeSPA B-teamer.
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On February 26 2014 22:15 Mifoi123 wrote:
What next? Boxer buys a house, Boxer eats a muffin, Boxer wakes up and it will make front page of my sc2 news?
I don't want to see that in my sc2 news! Thank you!
That would be awesome, but let's respect his privacy
Nice to hear news from the emperor
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On February 27 2014 18:38 sceroh wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2014 22:15 Mifoi123 wrote:
What next? Boxer buys a house, Boxer eats a muffin, Boxer wakes up and it will make front page of my sc2 news?
I don't want to see that in my sc2 news! Thank you! That would be awesome, but let's respect his privacy Nice to hear news from the emperor
But I want to know what kind of muffins boxer eats...
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