If you are looking to improve your poker skills, you can only look at the best. And the best in poker is the World Series of Poker champions. Read on to see what you can learn from the past champions.
1. Qui Nguyen
In 2016 a player took to the table who made everyone turn their head. The stylish player used an unconventional style in playing to top of his sick threads and schooled the younger players in innovation.
And that is Qui Nguyen’s legacy: innovation. The 39-year-old immigrant hosted a memorable run that prompted his fans to chant “Who wins? Qui Nguyen!” and it only got louder and louder until there was an eruption of applause as he won the $8 million pot.
Or maybe Nguyen’s lesson is that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. On the final hand, Nguyen raised 8.5 million chips while his opponent, Vayo re-raised all-in for his 53 million chips. After a sinking flop, Nguyen went home with the $8 million pot.
2. Scott Blumstein
The 2017 48th Annual WSOP saw 25-year-old Scott Blumstein take home $8,150,000 after reaching the No-Limit Hold’em of the World Championship. In his first appearance, the New Jersey rookie beat 7,200 other competitors to get to first place in Las Vegas .
Perhaps what can be learned from Blumstein is that a degree in accounting can be far less boring and far more fortuitous than it sounds. No doubt a love of strategy had something to with his win.
Blumstein is perhaps the epitome of putting all you have into one high-stakes game narrative, with him admitting after the game: “I wasn’t looking forward to it.”He said: “I’m really happy with the result, really happy with the deuce because I was playing good, but I’m pretty tired of poker at this point honestly, and to have to go back and battle pretty deep again.”Well, to go home with $8m after a few rounds in online poker and one tournament is quite the Cinderella Story. 3. John Cynn Audience’s saw quite the redemption story as they watched the […]
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