According to an interview with Jens "Jeans89" Kyllönen in Card Player Europe, the Finnish poker pro has paid €160,000 to reserve a seat on Virgin Galactic's space flight. Kyllönen, one of the most successful poker players online this year, told the magazine that he'll probably make the trip in 2014 after the testing stage is complete. He will have to spend three to four da[...] Read more » Jens Kyllönen is Going to Space
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
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he wants a plo session with aliens...probably thinks that they are fish in poker, we'll see if he does well surely sahamies, hansen, blom and the rest will follow. lets think- would i go to space if i had a few millions sitting in my account? no- i better buy myself another car/house etc.- i guess i'm boring
Joined: Mar '11
Location: Brazil
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 113
seriously, no more reporting on what he's saying that he's going into space? good trip, it would be interesting to a poker tournament in space, qualifies someone there to pay € 160,000 over the registration of the tournament?
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
Age: 58 (M)
Posts: 2432
Dear BRM members you see a space mission like a nice vacantion.Well is not a walk in the park That involve a lot of trainings and risks (if is a tradinional take off with a rocket)maybe with Virgin it will be like an aeroplane flight to higher altitude.Just to kill a boring day
Joined: Oct '11
Location: Sweden
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 1410
I have always dreamed about going into space! And now when it starts to become a reality, I will be going out there before I die no matter how much it'll cost!
I think that what he is doing is great and in my opinion this is extremely well spent money! If I had the money, that is what I would do as well!
