Professional poker player: A job with a future?

Ever since “Casino Royale” poker players are no longer denounced as false the players they were still at Lucky Luke, but has become socially acceptable. In the suit, accompanied by desirable cocktail dress wearers and even wearing a cocktail, they get richer. But what’s behind it?

Poker players as ProfessionBut behind the facade hides a lot more. Play poker is by far not always the glamorous life that is conveyed in movies so much. It is a tough sport!

Doing it as a pro and earn a living from it, similar demands on the person like any competitive sport. Daily, hours of practicing, always work perfectly in debugging itself, the right moment to cope with devastating low blows and just as determined to confront opponents – these are the ever-present challenges of professionals.

However, the professional poker players not only handle some of the requirements, he must also bring a lot: discipline, Poker Face, psychological insight, self-confidence, nerves of steel, strategic thinking, good memory and years of experience.
Different types of poker pros

The professional poker player does so with a lot of talent, experience and discipline. But what is for now out of the ordinary, successful poker player.

There is a distinction between three different poker playing styles: the online players, the offline player and the tournament players, with the “success” is often questionable players in the tournament.
Multitasking and capitalism in online poker

The online player sits alone at his computer every day and plays. Fun he has not been long at poker and even if he had, he would not allow him, for he can only play games, bring to a profit and high profit for others. Since he does not even playing online has the opportunity to watch his teammates to bluff or to otherwise cause confusion, he can not in between – to play a hand or risk feeling – only once briefly.

Instead, it is in his interest to play as many tables as possible simultaneously. The online poker players is therefore more a businessman and above all, a capitalist, as the smart, charming gentleman the anzwinkert over his cards across the waitresses.

Most of them feel their job for a time too, but boring. The game will be monotonic and they have to discipline yourself. And, although poker is based on statistics and poker players should theoretically have some income every day, every day, the cards do not behave according to the mathematical prediction, but only over the long term. The experienced gambler knows that it is often more like chaos theory because according to Statistics and always feels long dry spells have to be overcome.
“Behavioral research”, unscrupulous and aggressive player in the casino

The offline player has a much more interesting life than the online player as he is often in casinos and similar venues where gambling is allowed, rumtreibt. He does not have the opportunity to play at multiple tables simultaneously, but must be beginners and players look bad, which he drives with charisma and psychological tricks to lose their money. He is still a lot of capitalist than the online players. He needs to watch his victims ruthless in his eyes while he excludes, for which he has in his personal career field Contact with peopleWhich makes his work exciting and explosive.
King or the art of living in the splendor of the public

The last category is the tournament player who is often characterized by poverty and no results. There are some who really had the royal flush on the hand and survived many who are sponsored, and the rest somehow. This is firstly because the arrival and participation in such tournaments are outrageously expensive, on the other hand they have to play against professionals and do not like the on-and offline players reckless laity.

This industry can be described as “either-or world.” The stakes are higher than on the Internet and all players are dead serious. Inadvertent rule violations are punished mercilessly or may not actually happen. In return they offer a certain amount of fame and big money.

Ultimately, the profession of poker players but are not taken lightly. The Financing represents a major challenge for many, and the nail-biting, emotional games that fascinate the private man so no longer appear in the pro-life. But to whom it really itches in your fingers, except the “good sheet” desired.

EPT Copenhagen – Ikea dominates in Legoland

Florian Langmann was the only player who managed yesterday to enter the Swedish player phalanx. Meanwhile, the hosts try to connect. We talk to the chip leader.

Actually, the Danes wanted to play it safe. Though a quarter of the players comes from the host country, they thought, though, it would have to work out with the title yet. And now with another 24 players left they, too, seven irons in the fire.

But quality is just about quantity. And quality, especially the unpopular neighbors were from the north. DC three Swedes led the Chip table after the second day, after the third were the same three are still in the top four, while with Lars Krogh is the best Dane only in sixth place, was still behind Ivan Freitez, the only non-Europeans and absolute exotics from Venezuela.

Only one player was able to challenge the Swedish triumvirate, and to our delight it is to Florian Langmann to a German. 1.3 million chips, he is just behind Per Linde (1.6 million) and ahead of Joel Nordkvist (1.2 million) in second place, the chip table.

Another noteworthy feature is the presence of the Englishman John Eames. The Shooting Star reached last year alone, seven final tables, and at the Aussie Millions in January he was back three times in the money. Within two years he played himself out of nowhere to No. 3 of the European rankings.

Chip Leader Per Linde was found at the end of the game day and cleaned up as expected in high spirits:

“The day went really well, I got a lot of good cards and my table was really pleasant. Also, I’ve been very lucky. First I had with A-5 against AK reached a split pot, then with A-6 against AK hit a six and won. I also won early in the day with KK vs AK a huge pot. It’s just all around went well. ”

JP Kelly could you take one of the biggest stacks in the tournament.

“Yes, he was the last opponent in this hand. Kelly had an incredibly bad run at our table. He sat down and began to lose. First he lost a race with AQ against AA and then the situation with AK against my king. He is now probably pretty upset. ”

Peter Eastgate was impressed by the level of play here. What do you think?

“The level is not overwhelming. It is good, but not too high. But may also be that I was lucky with the draw table. ”

are lucky with the draw table is not anymore. Table 31 is for today, Day 4 Table of death: The first five of the chip table, all sitting side by side. They are only 6.275 million of the total of 13.4 million. Chips. Long after all, man has the good fortune to have Tureniec Linde and to his left. Today is played down to the final table.

Chip Top Ten:

Isildur in danger, above all LuckyGump

Scott urnotindanger “Palmer took place yesterday in front of Victor” Isildur1 “Blom and money from him. “LuckyGump” is currently the best online players.

Blom just rode on a $ 260k upswing when he met with him yesterday to Palmer and several Table $ 25 / $ 50 PLO heads-up play.

After only 400 hands lost his Blom stacks in several ways. $ 175k on the Swede pointed to the Americans. The $ 7k, the Blom then could still make up at other tables were, as less significant.

Palmjer is slowly becoming a thorn in the flesh of Isildur. Almost every time Blom caught a good phase, it is Palmer, who ended it.

On a not-too-busy day on the high-stakes tables, it was only a handful of players who could make at a particular attention.

Remarkably the recovery of Gus Hansen. After the disastrous 2010, he has won this year already more than three million dollars and is a top 5 player 2011th

Sensational, however, the form of mid (and High) Stakes phenomenon LuckyGump “which was chosen 2010 as the second best Omaha player, and this year once again celebrating success in rows.

Alone to $ 25 / $ 50 PLO 6-max has “LuckyGump” won in 338k hands over $ 2 million. On PTR it currently reaches the highest rating of “100″. His best “friend” in the network is “nutsinho,” which he took off alone almost $ 300k.

Behind the screen name “LuckyGump” represents the professional Alexey Makarov. Last October it was running on PokerStars already “LuckyGump freeroll series with cash bounties on the Russian who was in May 2010 SCOOP Event (PLO 6-max) win.

Gerard Serra gets a prize at the European Poker Awards

Yesterday took place in Paris ceremony European Poker Awards, The awards recognize the best of poker in Europe. The good news is that among the winners, was Gerard Serra Spanish Retamero the TK Poker Events in the category of Poker “Staff Person of the Year.

Last year Serra was also nominated but this time the prize was won by the Austrian Edgar Stuchly.

But undoubtedly the big winner of the night was English Jake Cody, Who won recognition in two categories in which it was nominated: Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

On the other hand, if there were doubts about the great performance that is taking in recent months, Liv Boeree won the award for Best European Player, A category in which it was nominated Leo Margets. Recognition Tournament Best Performance went to James Bord.

Finally, the award for Best Player of the Year went to the Norwegian Internet Andreas Torbergsen ‘Skjervøy’, Who beat pros like Chris Moorman, Viktor Blom and Patrik Antonius.

The largest online pot 2010 Replayer

Thanks to the active help of some online Isildur1 pot broke through to the nosebleed limits in 2009, even the million-dollar barrier. In the past twelve months it came to some huge pots over $ 500k. The most expensive year in the hands of the Replayer.

A total of eight times were reached in 2010 Pots of over half a million dollars. And again the gehehimnisvollle Swede was one of the party. The biggest pot of the year but safeguarded Card Runners-Pro Cole South.
1. $ 634,577