At the age of 15, the Norwegian Annette Obrestad entered a free online tournament, which she won. Now having real cash, she won lots more online tournaments - hundreds of thousands, if not millions before turning 18. At 18, she won the European WSOP Main Event. Just turned 21 and finally was allowed to play in Vegas. Although she didn't do well in this year's WSOP, she has enough money to keep her in herring for the rest of her life. And she didn't invest a dime in her poker career.
Scrumptious little Italian Dario Minieri won a WSOP bracelet in 2008 at the age of 23. He also got a Porsche with his 3 million player points on PokerStars - he must have not left the house in years.
Joe Cada won last year's Main Event at age 21 - around $8 million. Although he had backers - had to give them half - still it's a lot more than his father, a laid-off Detroit car worker, ever made.
Again, great photos. Annette should purchase the one of her.
ReplyDeleteRe your other blog post, if you aren't concerned about large format photos suitable for framing, and considering most of this current batch end up online or, perhaps in the future, in magazines, the Lumix will do, no?
Actually the large format photos are fine. It's when you view them side by side with a professional camera, you see the difference.
ReplyDeletei wonder what their mothers fed them when they were babies.:p
ReplyDeleteWow - is that true? Amazing... although a weird kind of childhood.
ReplyDeleteLucky babies!
ReplyDeleteLucky indeed!
ReplyDeleteAmazing indeed, but it does seem like a kind of weird childhood. Hey, whatever works. Terrific shots! Have a great week!
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this is fascinating to me. It will be interesting to see what else transpires over their lives.
ReplyDeleteGreat post & portraits.
Such babies - I wonder if they need a Grammy? I'm available. You know, W, we both live in a wilderness - just a different type!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should reconsider my career path;)
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