Tomorrow it's time for the final table of the Swedish championship of online poker. 10 finalists will battle it out for a first place prize of 1.255.737 sek (about 137,800 euro). There has been quite a lot of talk in Swedish media and forums about the final table and the finalists.
However, one finalist has received much more attention than the other players, Hans Berglund. The reason for this is[...] Read more » Had to quit his job to be able to play the Swedish Championship final table
Joined: Jan '11
Location: Romania
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if i was his boss i would pay him sponsorship for some advertising at the final table ) just saying...both could have made better decissions ..good luck to him ..hope he ll win something or he ll need another job
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Location: United Kingdom
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Anyone know how he got on, I'm guessing not well as there has been no follow up story. Tried Google but couldn't find anything, maybe someone here from Sweden might know?
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This must have been a dificult decision. Ok, so having a job in Lidl can be a not very good thing, but that means he probably hadnt had a chance to get a better one. If he had the idea that getting better than 10th place would be a almost impossible job, than that way he made a wrong joice. But if he thinks he can do something good out of that tourney and he already have enough chips in the hand to achieve his objective, than it was a reasonable choice. If he wins this, all media will be puting him in heaven, and maybe he can even manage to get a better job! If not, at least he has a story to tell in the future...
Joined: Nov '11
Location: United Kingdom
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Haha he was unlucky to finish 10th, but obviously the experience gained is invaluable so he made the right decision, and at least he got some money from it, i was surprised when someone said in another post that he would only get paid if he was placed 1-3.
Joined: Dec '11
Location: Germany
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well finishing 10th really kinda sucks for him anyways best of luck to him atleast the little money he got for finishing 10th might equal the amount of money he might get from lidl for like half an year or something
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Greenpeez 12/15/2011 1:58:15 AM GMT well finishing 10th really kinda sucks for him anyways best of luck to him atleast the little money he got for finishing 10th might equal the amount of money he might get from lidl for like half an year or something
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damn thats a real fanatic- wonder how many of us would do that...i understand him though if the job was not of his liking...that was just a great excuse then, but if he liked his job- was that really worth it?
Joined: Nov '11
Location: United Kingdom
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so he finished 10th at final table, So if hed of just not turned up but qualified would he of not just got 10th place prize money anyway? But he made the right choice, Not everyone makes it that far and you would be a fool to throw it away
) just saying...both could have made better decissions ..good luck to him ..hope he ll win something or he ll need another job
