A few days ago, Jonas "Nebuchad" Danielsson, wrote in his blog that he has lost his interest in poker and also the edge when he's playing. These are 2 of the main reasons why he has taken the decision to end his poker career and do something else instead.
"If I take good care of the money I have earned from playing poker, then I probably dont have to work for the rest of my life"; "Nebuchad" writ[...] Read more » Jonas "Nebuchad" Danielsson quits poker
Joined: Nov '09
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 309
wow i am really shocked....player of the year and someone who would earn some serious money has quit...really surprised. but i do wonder if this might just be an extended break and when he gets his fire back he will come back and be even better
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Lithuania
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 2805
just must relax some time and no play maybe do brake some months or 1 year brake . but then money gone away and he need more money he will back and be strong again. hope he just come back in future and we all hear about great back of Jonas "Nebuchad" Danielsson good luck all
Joined: Nov '09
Location: Poland
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 1189
Omg mazas u can't read or? He said if he take good care of the money he will never need to work or anything like that. And if you read more and more u see he didn't play much for 2 years... So what are you writing? lol
Anyway i don't know that guy... maybe that's becuase he was playing times when i didn't even think about Poker to much. If he's bored of that game he need to find something new.
Joined: Jan '09
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 60 (M)
Posts: 32
if hes won enough money not to work for the rest of his life then its job done.the money he has is probably the reason his edge has gone.how many times have you heard people winge about winning nothing after they cash out.of course this has nothing to do with the fact they have deposited money in their banks and lost their edge until its gone and they need more.why risk the life he can now lead for ever on the turn of a card.
Joined: Dec '08
Location: Netherlands
Age: 64 (M)
Posts: 735
Posted by Davoodoo:
Not working in the rest of ones life sounds boring at a age of 25 ...
"If I take good care of the money I have earned from playing poker, then I probably dont HAVE to work for the rest of my life";
Souds like he "was only in it for the money", and now he can do things he realy likes. Wouldn't be surprized if he started doing charity-work, beside "taking good care of the money", so he won't get bored at all.
If I had that much money and was bored of the game I would quit too while I was ahead. Sounds like this dude is extremely burned out and wants to move on. Even talks about losing the edge, so that says enough. I don't think he is done working for the rest of his life, but he def. wants to take another path. Good luck and enjoy those winnings.
Poker's like an itch, the more u ignore it, the more irritating it becomes until you have to scratch. He might not be seen playing for a while, but eventually he'll start playing serious again.
I'm sure he will come back, eventhough he has lots of money to waste. He will play amateur poker and, without realising, he will begin playing against pros again
