Patrik Antonius / Pro Poker Player / $12,013,263 in live tournament earnings

Patrik Antonius joins the show today to discuss his new venture ‘flop’ (First Lane of Poker). Listen in as Jeff and Patrik discuss life in Dubai and why it may become the new Las Vegas. You’ll hear how Patrik got into poker and how he has transformed his game over the years, covering big wins and tactics to iteratively improve his game.

Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn from Patrik in this episode: 

• Why Dubai may be the new Las Vegas
• What flop is: First Lane of Poker
• How Patrik got into poker and what his upbringing was
• The state of online poker in the late 90’s and early 00’s
• How Patirk learned how to play Poker in the early days of the online platforms
• Why poker still has negative connotations and the work that’s being done to change the public perception of poker
• How poker can be innovated to attract bigger audiences to online and live tournaments

Timestamps:

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 0:16 – Welcoming Patrik to the show
• 0:40 – Living in Dubai and gambling in the UAE
• 5:00 – How COVID-19 has impacted Patrik and his life in Monaco
• 7:00 – Plans for WSOP
• 7:40 – First Lane of Poker: flop
• 12:00 – Pricing of flop
• 14:00 – Live Events: What is the plan for future flop events?
• 19:00 – Current flop membership and partnerships
• 22:45 – How did Patrik get into poker and what’s his story?
• 26:30 – St. Martin, 2003 Poker Tournament & Online Poker
• 31:10 – 24 Hour Poker in 1999
• 34:20 – How Patrik learned the theory of Poker
• 39:15 – Patrik’s family reaction to playing Poker
• 44:30 – The perception of poker and negative connotations
• 51:30 – Patrik’s poker stats and achievements
• 55:00 – Motivation and “dialling in”
• 59:00 – Playing tournaments after a $1M score
• 1:02:00 – Experience at Full Tilt
• 1:07:00 – How Black Friday impacted Patrik
• 1:14:30 – What skill set has poker helped Patrik develop
• 1:19:00 – Dealing with swings
• 1:26:20 – Playing televised high-stakes poker
• 1:32:50 – Twitter Questions: Favourite Place to Travel
  • 1:34:45 – What would you do if you didn’t play poker
  • 1:36:30 – Is Moneymaker the best looking poker player?
  • 1:37:30 – Favourite online games
  • 1:39:20 – What tactic do you wish you always had?
  • 1:42:30 – The story of Patrik and Phil Ivey
  • 1:45:50 – Favourite sports
  • 1:49:00 – Favourite starting hand
  • 1:52:30 – PLO Tournaments
  • 1:57:25 – Bluffing strategy
  • 2:00:30 – Most memorable hand/win
  • 2:13:20 – Reading Russian questions
  • 2:15:00 – Discussing hands
  • 2:18:30 – Joining Twitch
  • 2:22:50 – How did you become professional?
  • 2:26:30 – Using solvers
• 2:30:00 – Playing bad hands and getting out of poor runs
• 2:32:45 – Giveaway
• 2:34:10 – What percent of your life do you play poker?
• 2:35:30 – Where you can find Patrik and flop

Episode Resources: 

• Patrik’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrik_antonius_official/
• Patrik’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrik_antonius
• Patrik’s Stats: https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=23225
• flop (First Land of Poker): https://firstlandofpoker.com/en/ 

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