Betfair Qualifiers / nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment

1) So how did you start playing poker?
I was at uni when my brother rang me and told me he was playing online poker. I laughed and told him he was an idiot and he'd lose all his money. Two weeks later i had a raging addiction.

2) How long have you been playing on Betfair and at what type of tables can you normally been found?
I've been playing on betfair for around 4 years. I'm usually found at the no limit and fixed limit hold em cash tables, $5/10 and $10/20 NL with the odd bit of $25/50 thrown in when the games are juicy, and $50/100 and $100/200 FL. Oh, and I play higher when I'm really drunk and tend to lose lots of money. But that's my only vice. Unless you count a sports betting addiction as a vice, but that's just plain ridiculous.

3) How did you qualify for the WSOP?
I bought in to a $550 satellite on Betfair and thankfully came in the top 2.

4) Have you been to any live poker events before? Any success?
I final tabled at the 2006 EPT Grand Final. I came 8th for $100K, losing with Aces all in pre. I can't complain too much as it was basically my only beat of the tournament, which is pretty golden for a four day event. Since then my I've played very few live tournaments but my results have been...is depressing the right word...yeah, pretty depressing.

5) Best online success?
My best online result was winning the Range Rover Sport on Betfair. Unfortunately I had managed to bust myself by this point so had to take the cash equivalent. I have had a few circa $10K cashes on a range of sites but nothing of note. Basically I tell MTT players that I'm a cash player and my cash opponents I'm an MTT player, and hope they never meet.

6) What is your aim for Vegas and what would you do if you won?
My aim for Vegas is what everybody's aim should be; bringing home the bacon. Once I've got that out the way I plan to get so drunk I marry one of the Spearmint Rhino girls and get immediately divorced and stung for half. With the remaining half I am going to hire MC Hammer as my personal financial adviser and see what we can get up to. With the meagre remains I am going to hire a brass band of ninjas to constantly play outside my recently ex-girlfriends house, then when the police come...they're gone. Rinse and repeat please boys.