The high stakes tables of the biggest online poker rooms in the world may have lost one of its great leaders. The creator of Cirque du Soleil, and owns one of the largest fortunes in the world, the Canadian Guy Laliberté says he now thinks of poker as a living space.
In an interview with Bluff Magazine, Laliberté has discovered how this game:
I always liked to play. I started playing poker for about 7 years old, when a friend took me to a poker table. Instantly liked living in the game - it's a competitive game but extremely friendly. After a phase in which I spent much time in Vegas, I could always tirinho tables. Also liked the fact that you have to read the other players, the way they play and their strategies. It's a game that fits well in my personality.
Laliberté took the poker last summer to create the biggest poker tournament in history. In order to help raise funds for his One Drop Foundation (which provides access to clean water in the poorest regions of the world), and Laliberte hosted a WSOP tournament with a $ 1 million buy-in. The tournament was won by Antonio Esfandiari a success, with 48 participants and raised more than $ 5 million to the One Drop Foundation.
The Tournament Big One for One Drop will return at the WSOP 2013, but with a cheaper edition, if we can talk about cheap when bought in payable is $ 111.111. And confesses that Laliberté has played extensively in recent days to reach the One Drop shaped.
Despite being preparing for the One Drop, the player who has lost more than $ 15 million with several nicks online (noataima, and patatino lady marmelade), reveals that playing computer games is not on their horizons.
Why is someone who is so fond of poker, and whoever loses millions each other here and there does great damage, not to play online?
My biggest online were lost. Currently we do not play online because my passion for poker has evolved, and now poker is a social activity. I hope the biggest pot of my life, arrives in the Big One.
In an interview with Bluff Magazine, Laliberté has discovered how this game:
I always liked to play. I started playing poker for about 7 years old, when a friend took me to a poker table. Instantly liked living in the game - it's a competitive game but extremely friendly. After a phase in which I spent much time in Vegas, I could always tirinho tables. Also liked the fact that you have to read the other players, the way they play and their strategies. It's a game that fits well in my personality.
Laliberté took the poker last summer to create the biggest poker tournament in history. In order to help raise funds for his One Drop Foundation (which provides access to clean water in the poorest regions of the world), and Laliberte hosted a WSOP tournament with a $ 1 million buy-in. The tournament was won by Antonio Esfandiari a success, with 48 participants and raised more than $ 5 million to the One Drop Foundation.
The Tournament Big One for One Drop will return at the WSOP 2013, but with a cheaper edition, if we can talk about cheap when bought in payable is $ 111.111. And confesses that Laliberté has played extensively in recent days to reach the One Drop shaped.
Despite being preparing for the One Drop, the player who has lost more than $ 15 million with several nicks online (noataima, and patatino lady marmelade), reveals that playing computer games is not on their horizons.
Why is someone who is so fond of poker, and whoever loses millions each other here and there does great damage, not to play online?
My biggest online were lost. Currently we do not play online because my passion for poker has evolved, and now poker is a social activity. I hope the biggest pot of my life, arrives in the Big One.