Germany is in poker fever. The traditional card game of America is also in this country more and more in popularity: in televised tournaments are transmitted, in clubs and bars is what keeps the stuff and in the online casino tried the own luck and skill bluffed. At the latest since the Poker rounds at TV total, everyone knows the rules. The news magazine news.de spoke with Europe’s best poker player of the fascination of new Volkssports: Sandra Naujoks.
Perhaps it is the startling simplicity of the rules or the reputation of gambling: many German dream to be a millionaire by playing poker. The entry level managed Sandra Naujoks over the Internet. But she stressed: to permanently succeed, we need not just luck, but also strategic and psychological skills. It is important to learn as much as possible of its leaf from the behavior of the opponent, and then decide how you do. This applies above all: to keep the nerves and penetrate no emotion to the outside.
Where for most Poker remains an interesting and challenging recreational sports, succeeded the Berliner started at the professional level as a poker player. She made the first step – at two years the online poker ago. In March, she won the European Poker Tour in Dortmund and pushed through against 666 professional poker players. Today, Sandra Naujoks can live by playing poker and so far has earned $1.5 million in prize money.