Playing poker is not just a gambling game. It is similar to a game of chess. It involves a lot of strategy, thinking, calculating risks, probabilities, and like all other gambling games, it also involves luck. However, if you look at how poker champions play the game, it is more about skill and technique.
In 2006 at the World Series of Poker, James Gold, age 37, joined the $10,000 No Limit Hold 'em World Championships and took home a hefty 12 million dollars in winnings. In the same tournament in 2008, a young lad by the name of Peter Eastgate won the WSOP and took home over 9 million dollars in cash. He was only 23 when he won the tournament, making him the youngest among all poker champions in the entire world to win this tournament during that time. However, in 2009, Joseph Cada won the same tournament at a very young age of 21, making him the youngest of all the poker champions in this tournament. He went home with over 8.5 million dollars in cash. In 2011, another relatively young player took over the poker champions’ throne. Born on August 24, 1987, Jonathan Duhamel won the said tournament and took home a little shy of 9 million dollars in cash. And just last year, another 21 year old player, Pius Heinz from Germany, won the completion with 8.7 million dollars in total winnings, making him one of the youngest poker champions in the world.
Looking back at the previous poker champions, you can definitely see that anyone can become a champion. You can start of by playing online poker to win money and train for the big league. Through the use of betting sites such as LUXbet, Bet365, Sportsbet, IASbet and SportingBet, you can even get free bets and bonuses that you can use for your online poker champions training ground.