Poker Professional Guide
Roy "The Boy" Brindley, Lee- Anne Smyth, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot and Erik, The Salmon" Sagstrom. None of these people are yet household sporting names but all of them eclipse many of their better known sporting counterparts in earnings power and winnings. Take Lee-Anne Smyth from Belfast. At 25 years old she recently gave up a lucrative banking carreer to become a full time poker professional. She now earns $400,000 a year tax free as a as an online poker room player.
According to sports market research specialists Arksports onlinepoker is now challenging traditional sports such as golf and tennis in terms of player earnings in Europe. At just 21 years old Erik "The Salmon" Sagstom is one of the top all time online poker players. Erik has already earned over $1 million even though he has just become old enough to play at Las Vegas.
Poker is a game that appeal to all ages and sexes, while 18-30 year olds make up the biggest single age grouping of poker players Eric "lowball" Dalby recently showed that age is no bar to success by walking off the Ladbrokes poker cruise with a cool $250,000 in winnings, Eric is 74 years old.
The spectacular rise of online poker contiunes to grow with over $164 million being staked in online poker sites around the world every day. The biggest market is the US with the UK following in second place. However other countries are coming up quickly and many of the worlds most succesful online poker professionals come from outside the UK and US. According to the Ladbrokes Poker report the top 5 countries for online poker talent are Finland, Canada, China, Austria and Sweden
If you are new to the the online game or fancy trying it out with a view to a professional carreer we would recomend getiing some practice in at the poker rooms that offer the softest games. Below is a list of online poker rooms that have a reputation for providing easy or "soft" competition.
Soft Competition Poker Rooms
Pacific poker
Ladbrokes Poker
River Belle Poker
Party Poker
Gaming Club Poker
Absolute Poker
