The featured guest on last Sundays
edition of Rounders was poker professional and online specialist
Brett Jungblut. There's
no doubt Brett Jungblut was in the chips, when he won the Omaha Hi-Lo
Championship at the WSOP 2004. But this 26-year-old internet
poker-playing whiz is still in the chips - this time with a
phenomenal number of internet poker wins, and his enormous collection
of vintage poker chips.
In the 12 months since he won his first gold WSOP bracelet, Jungblut has not only continued to dominate on internet poker sites, he has also accumulated more than 30,000 vintage clay poker chips. These chips, manufactured from the 1890s to WWII, range in value from $5 to $50 each. A significant part of his collection is devoted to rare chips issued by private clubs . The chips are collected worldwide by both poker and antique dealers, and are sold on the internet.
Widely
known as "Gank" on the internet poker sites, Jungblut has
also racked up a stellar number of poker wins . Currently, he is
ranked #2 for the year on Poker Stars. Gank is well-known on the
poker-playing circuit, not only for his aggressive game style, but
also because he is known to play up to 10 games simultaneously. No
easy feat, but Jungblut has mastered this multi-gaming strategy. He
has made more than 50 final tables on Pokerstars, alone, this year.
Listen to the July 16th show and Brett Jungblut's interview.
He said that NPR is trying to attract an younger audience and has succeeded “not because of a content shift but because they made it easier for a younger audience to connect to content on their terms! The secret was in the flexibility of the new connection NOT the content.” They used social media and mobile apps to achieve this connection.
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The term Poker refers to various card games played to win money through betting and other ways. Now a days, poker being played through the internet. There are many websites enable online poker. Since online poker does not require a player to travel long distances to reach brick and mortar casinos, it found increased number of players.
Posted by: 5 card stud | November 14, 2010 at 08:59 PM
They really try to attract an younger audience and for sure they succeded, also the Internet in generall is more attracted to younger generations and they like to spend more time in there. Poker is not only a Game you have to learn and study it, so why not from the internet, its more easy to archive it and also younger persons are more involved then in general Casinos!
Posted by: Eleonore | October 28, 2011 at 05:05 AM