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Twenty-six year old
student, Matt Matros, is a testament to Internet gaming’s ability to
root out real champion poker players. Matt booked himself a seat at the
World Poker Tour by qualifying online with PartyPoker.com, and last week
did online players everywhere proud by finishing third overall, netting
himself $706,903 in the process.
Matt, a graduate
student in fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College in New York who has
written a book about poker, even thinks that players who have learnt
online may have an advantage over traditional card sharks who may have
become set in their ways.
'Sometimes the right
hand is not the traditional hand,” he explains. “Traditionally, if you
have the best hand, you raise or call and then fold if you don't. But if
you learn online at sites like PartyPoker.com, you'll soon figure out
that it's more about the odds and the range of cards in the hand ...
It's really about your equity, not about the best or worst hand.'
Matt has never won
more than $5000 dollars playing poker is thrilled at his performance. 'I
still can't wrap my head around making it to the final table,' he said.
'It's just a dream come true. With my best friend and poker mentor
sitting in the very seat next to me -- what are the odds of that
happening? It's just unbelievable.' |
