﻿<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>High Stakes Poker Forum / High Stakes Poker Community / Poker Player Interviews </title><generator>InstantForum.NET v4.1.4</generator><description>High Stakes Poker Forum</description><link>http://www.highstakesdb.com/forum/</link><webMaster>HighstakesDB &lt;noreply@highstakesdb.com&gt;</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:56:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Christoffer Egemo</title><link>http://www.highstakesdb.com/forum/Topic228104-17-1.aspx</link><description>Player: &lt;STRONG&gt;Christoffer Egemo&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Read interview: (&lt;A href="http://www.highstakesdb.com/Interview-38-christoffer-egemo.aspx"&gt;Click here&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;P&gt;Feel free to discuss this interview in this forum.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:34:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mr_lol</dc:creator></item><item><title>Nebuchad (Ladbrokes)</title><link>http://www.highstakesdb.com/forum/Topic8282-17-1.aspx</link><description>&lt;FONT color=#ffffff size=3&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;PLAYER INTERVIEW&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Player: &lt;FONT color=#ffff11&gt;&lt;FONT color=#dddd33&gt;Nebuchad&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;Network: Ladbrokes&lt;BR&gt;Largest hand on highstakes.nu: &lt;A href="http://www.highstakes.nu/forum/Topic6904-16-1.aspx"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#dddd33&gt;http://www.highstakes.nu/forum/Topic6904-16-1.aspx&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ffffff&gt;FAST FACTS:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Country&lt;/STRONG&gt;: Swe&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;City&lt;/STRONG&gt;: Uppsala but originally from Strömstad&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Age&lt;/STRONG&gt;: 23&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Favourite player(s)&lt;/STRONG&gt;: Dared and nesta 123&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Favourite hand&lt;/STRONG&gt;: 2-3 sooted! (honestly).&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Playing since&lt;/STRONG&gt;: Fulltime since april 2005&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ffffff&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=+0&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;What do you do when you're not playing?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;- Usally i play tennis, indoor bandy, fotball or workout at the gym. When im not doing that i drink beer or fuck. Sometimes I both fuck and play poker. You gotta try it! Its amazing! And of course as everyone else i also drink and play poker... My liver isnt feeling so great about it though... I pobably need a new one soon.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ffffff&gt;When and why did you start playing poker?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;BR&gt;- I first started playing online in summer of 2004.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ffffff&gt;How did you build your initial bank roll?&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;- Me and a friend started playing stts and won a freeroll tournament at ladbrokes. After that i continued to play freerolls and stts and slowly worked my way up. Sometimes between the stts started i played some cash games. First i layed full ring 0.25-.50NL. I didnt go well at all, so i tried 6-max and quickly found that that was my game! I usally bought in for the minimum (5 dollars) and found that it worked very well. Then I tried 0.5-1NL, it also worked out good!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;At this time i had a roll of maybe 400 dollars. When i got home (to my hometown) from the university my friend had bought "supersystem". I read it and the content hit me like lightning! I took my 600$ roll and sat at 1-2NL for the first time and after 4 hours i had turned that into 1900 dollars!! From there on i knew i could make a living from poker. It was a great feeling, maybe my best poker moment... this happend in january 2005. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;From here i moved up quickly, i moved up from 1-2 to 2.5-5 in the end of january with a 3500$ roll and managed to stay there. In february i moved to 5-10 and also managed to win and stay at that level. I played 5-10 and took some shots on 10-20 until april when i tried 15-30 with a 9000$ roll. I won 6K or someting there from my first session, altough i won from those few sessions a played at that stake the players where better than me and i soon moved down to 10-20 and 5-10 again. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I became full time pro in april 2005. The regulars at 10-20 was too tough for me so i moved down completly to 5-10 and played there for a year. This year was a frustrating year, it felt like every time i took a shoot at 10-20 i got burned, it was frustrating because i completly crushed the game at 5-10. I made $90K a month there for 6 months in a row. I couldnt believe the difference was so big between 5-10 and 10-20. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I played 5-10 until summer this year (2006) and took a break during the summer more or less. Instead i had the time of my life traveling with my friends from city to city and had a LONG summer party that seemed to never end. We drank and chased girls for like five days a week! I only played sporadicly when i was drunk and usally at 25-50NL!! I had emptied my account to buy an appartment so I only had a roll of $25K. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;It worked good at first: i won some and lost some, pretty much even i think. But in July i lost and had my roll down to 4K!!! Now i didnt play much at all. Then in the end of august i had worked my roll up to 20 again from playing 5-10 sporadicly. When I came back to uppsala (where i now live) I started playing full time again. I started playing 10-20 with about $20K. It went well.. No more booze. I was sick of beer and liquor after drinking so much all summer. I didnt poo normally anymore it was just diarea all the time... &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Now in the begining of september i ran really hot on 10-20. I started taking shots at 25-50. I remember playing pokergirl1. The first sessions he outplayed me bad. But i ran hot so i managed to get even somehow every time. Then the third session i think i came closer to him, i started to recognize how he thought. He still outplayed me that session but after that session i reviewed the hand history and later that night i dreamt of poker, the moment i closed my eyes from the moment i woke up it was only poker. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a great fighting spirit and heart. I swore that i would get better no matter what. After this night (i think it was in the begining of september) i crushed everyone i was faced against at ladbrokes at any stakes. Suddenly i had become so much better, most of the ladbrokes players didnt know what hit them and i recieved so much action because of my previous bad play. I felt immortal, unbeatable king of the world. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I made $700K in september i think, but then something dreadful happend. I was faced with a player that completly outplayed me. Kristian ulriksen. He destroyed me and i couldnt quit playing him. I lost $200K in one session i think and $500K in five days (click on the link on the bottom of the Interview to read more about this on twoplustwo) &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But now i won that back and more but i havent played so much lately becasu we go out and party alot again. Right now its just so fun! I bought a ferrari 360 spider yesterday and girls are all over me;)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ffffff&gt;Where do you play right now? (Except Ladbrokes)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;BR&gt;-A little on prima.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ffffff&gt;Describe yourself as a player with 3 words?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;BR&gt;- Lucky, Heart and fighting spirit!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ffffff&gt;Which player(s) do you have most respect for?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;BR&gt;-Thesalmon (who ever plays that account) and kristian ulriksen.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ffffff&gt;You were down a lot in October but came back with a great start in November. What do you do to get through the tuff times?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;BR&gt;-Ill send a copy of a post on 2+2 where i described in detail what i did:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&amp;amp;Number=7943259&amp;amp;an=&amp;amp;page=&amp;amp;vc=1"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#dddd33&gt;http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&amp;amp;Number=7943259&amp;amp;an=&amp;amp;page=&amp;amp;vc=1&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ffffff&gt;And finally, what it's your best tips for all railbirds that are dreaming of going pro?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;BR&gt;-You have to want it hard. You have to sweat, bleed and cry to get better. Hard work and Iron will is what it takes to get there.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;// Highstakes.nu</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:30:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mr_lol</dc:creator></item><item><title>Markus Golser</title><link>http://www.highstakesdb.com/forum/Topic201341-17-1.aspx</link><description>Player: &lt;STRONG&gt;Markus Golser&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;BR&gt;Read interview: (&lt;A href="http://www.highstakesdb.com/Interview-37-markus-golser.aspx"&gt;Click here&lt;/A&gt;)&lt;P&gt;Feel free to discuss this interview in this forum.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:59:44 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mr_lol</dc:creator></item><item><title>Peter W Jepsen</title><link>http://www.highstakesdb.com/forum/Topic189045-17-1.aspx</link><description>Player: &lt;STRONG&gt;Peter W Jepsen&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Read interview: &lt;A href="http://www.highstakesdb.com/Interview-28-peter-w-jepsen.aspx"&gt;Click here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;P&gt;Feel free to discuss this interview in this forum.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:40:35 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mr_lol</dc:creator></item><item><title>Terken89</title><link>http://www.highstakesdb.com/forum/Topic189044-17-1.aspx</link><description>Player: Terken89&lt;BR&gt;Read interview: &lt;A href="http://www.highstakesdb.com/Interview-26-marc-karam-myst.aspx"&gt;Click here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Feel free to discuss this interview here.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:39:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mr_lol</dc:creator></item><item><title>Marc Karam (_myst_)</title><link>http://www.highstakesdb.com/forum/Topic189043-17-1.aspx</link><description>Player: Marc Karam (_myst_)&lt;BR&gt;Read interview: &lt;A href="http://www.highstakesdb.com/Interview-26-marc-karam-myst.aspx"&gt;Click here &lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Feel free to discuss this interview here.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:38:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mr_lol</dc:creator></item><item><title>Brian Townsend (Sbrugby)</title><link>http://www.highstakesdb.com/forum/Topic189042-17-1.aspx</link><description>Player: Brian Townsend (Sbrugby)&lt;BR&gt;Read interview: &lt;A href="http://www.highstakesdb.com/Interview-25-brian-townsend-sbrugby.aspx"&gt;Click here &lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Feel free to discuss this interview here.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:37:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mr_lol</dc:creator></item><item><title>Rules and info!</title><link>http://www.highstakesdb.com/forum/Topic12-17-1.aspx</link><description>In this forum you can read interviews with the highstake players.&lt;OL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;You cannot create new post in this forum, you are just allowed to read and discuss the interviews who already are published.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;If you have any request or questions about the interviews you can ask them in the 'General Highstake talk' or send a message to one of the moderator.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;P&gt;Kind regards&lt;BR&gt;Highstakes.nu&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:54:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mr_lol</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>