Patrick Antonius interview!!
 

There's a long interview with Patrick Antonius in a magazine called Pokernews, conducted/written up by Dave Goldstein in Monte Carlo. I couldn't see it on their website. Here is a snippet:

"Q: The question you are asked the most must probably be what is your bankroll.

A: There are two things that are secret: the deeper aspects of my personal life, and my bankroll. Even my fiance doesn't know exactly how much money I have. Obviously I'm doing fine. If you're playing the biggest games, you have to do fine. It's not a secret that I'm not broke at the moment. I don't count my money all the time, and when I did a few months ago, it turned out to be 2 million different than I thought, so I guess I don't even know what my bankroll is, or how much I'm worth, haha.

Q: Is it possible you'll ever go broke?

Yeah, sure. But I would have to lose my mind to go broke, I guess. I would never put myself in a position where I would play for my whole bankroll. If I have a million dollar bankroll, I would be playing in a game where I could lose a maximum of 70k or something.

At the moment it looks like it would be impossible to go broke, as I have some investments and money I just can't take out. I don't owe money to anybody, I don't have debts, my house is paid for. That's one thing I hate, and that is to owe people.

Q: Where do you see yourself in ten years from now? Still the best?

I doubt it very much. I'd almost guarantee that I won't be the best in ten years. There's gonna be so many good players in the future. I see so many talented players already, but all of them seem to have some kind of problem, I don't know. So many times they outplay me completely, in a one hour session. But in the long run, they end up doing stupid things or gamble too much. It's like they can't maintain that level of play.

I'm part of a new generation, of which the people have an athletic background. You have to be in really good shape to play the best game. Your mind has to be so clear to play, and in order to achieve that, you have to be in good shape.

At the moment, it seems like I'm so far ahead of others, especially since I play all the games. Because of that, I have much variance if I play one specific game."

I can scan the whole thing in on Monday if people are interesed.

I wonder if he's talking about Durr/Sbrugby?

Oh and sounds like he's worth $10m+ for sure.

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so sick

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yeah man, id really like to read it, assuming you dont get in trouble for scanning it.

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So, Antonius is willing to play a $1M roll with 15 buyins? $70K x 15 = $1,050,000

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...it turned out to be 2 million different than I thought...

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Not caring if you have one or two millions more or less - the most balla thing ever?

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We have email scanners at work, real easy to do.

Might be able to just type the rest of it in today, anyway.

No new pics!!

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...it turned out to be 2 million different than I thought...

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Not caring if you have one or two millions more or less - the most balla thing ever?

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Happened to me too. Could have sworn I was worth $2 million and 10 bucks....

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I wonder if he's talking about Durr/Sbrugby?

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Sbrugby seems to fit that new school athletic type he's talking about.

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How is it new school, Doyle Brunson might ask...

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So, Antonius is willing to play a $1M roll with 15 buyins? $70K x 15 = $1,050,000

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ya i'm not too sure what he means... 70k = 20 buyins, or 70k = ~1 buyin, i think its the first. so he'd be playing like NL400 with a million dollar roll... sitll doesn't make any sense

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So, Antonius is willing to play a $1M roll with 15 buyins? $70K x 15 = $1,050,000

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ya i'm not too sure what he means... 70k = 20 buyins, or 70k = ~1 buyin, i think its the first. so he'd be playing like NL400 with a million dollar roll... sitll doesn't make any sense

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pretty sure he's referring to $70k per session.

i'm pretty sure he's indirectly saying you need $15 million to sit in the big game (he's made similar comments in the past). so he's probably worth 15-20.

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http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/4...tonius-one.htm

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/4...tonius-two.htm

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He's saying he wouldn't play any higher than a game where a -70k session would be the most he would ever lose. I'm not sure about limit but I'm thinking this would be around 50/100nl online, at the most.

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what is his country tax law on gambling income?

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Is he really worth ~$15m?

He's won a couple million in tournaments and a couple million online, not sure about live, no idea about his investments, but how would get climb to $15m so quickly?

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He's saying he wouldn't play any higher than a game where a -70k session would be the most he would ever lose. I'm not sure about limit but I'm thinking this would be around 50/100nl online, at the most.

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He is speaking hypothetically about what stakes he would be able to play IF his bankroll was one million. But obviously it is more. Since he can lose $500,000 in a session without too much discomfort, we can presume it's maybe ten million.

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Is he really worth ~$15m?

He's won a couple million in tournaments and a couple million online, not sure about live, no idea about his investments, but how would get climb to $15m so quickly?

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i saw some pokertracker screenshots that spanned from like october 2006 or something. those had him up ~$5M, and thats on FT only.

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It's good to be Patrick.

I don't know, everything has been going so fast for me. It's so funny, from the limits I played; I've never had to go down a limit, nor have I ever lost an amount of money that would force me to step down a bit. I've always gone up, step by step, up to the point where I am now, playing the biggest games there are. I never had super bad streaks which would have forced me to step down.

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So Antonius is basically saying Ivey, Greenstein, Reese, Benyamine and him are the best in the big game, the rest are relative fish. I'm surprised Brunson, Harman and Forrest didn't get a mention, but perhaps they're not so good allround in all of the games.

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what is his country tax law on gambling income?

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i believe his country is now america as far as taxes are concerned

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what is his country tax law on gambling income?

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i believe his country is now america as far as taxes are concerned

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So then, he doesnt pay taxes on his online winnings. That is sweeeeeeet.

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I'm part of a new generation, of which the people have an athletic background.

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Tennis players, unite!

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what is his country tax law on gambling income?

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i believe his country is now america as far as taxes are concerned

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So then, he doesnt pay taxes on his online winnings. That is sweeeeeeet.

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Explain pls. I thought in the US you had to pay tax on gambling winnings?

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So Antonius is basically saying Ivey, Greenstein, Reese, Benyamine and him are the best in the big game, the rest are relative fish.

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No, that's not what he said. Read again...

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what is his country tax law on gambling income?

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i believe his country is now america as far as taxes are concerned

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So then, he doesnt pay taxes on his online winnings. That is sweeeeeeet.

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Explain pls. I thought in the US you had to pay tax on gambling winnings?

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Hes not a US citizen. I imagine he plays with bank accounts outside of the USA. The US government has no idea he plays online. As far as his country is concerned, he is abroad and not subject to tax.

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we'll see how long the IRS buys into that

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If I report PA to the IRS, will they pay me a large reward?
If so, do you think they'll transfer it to me on Full Tilt?

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the IRS would not pay you [censored].

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what is his country tax law on gambling income?

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i believe his country is now america as far as taxes are concerned

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So then, he doesnt pay taxes on his online winnings. That is sweeeeeeet.

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Explain pls. I thought in the US you had to pay tax on gambling winnings?

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Hes not a US citizen. I imagine he plays with bank accounts outside of the USA. The US government has no idea he plays online. As far as his country is concerned, he is abroad and not subject to tax.

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Yeah PA is sure flying under the radar...?

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he's worth between 7 and 8 million

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Thanks arnold

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I d say 10-15, I remember him saying somewhere that he s staked by Ivey and Benyamine for 30% on the biggest live games.

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anyone heard anything about how many events Patrik will be playing at WSOP?

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I d say 10-15, I remember him saying somewhere that he s staked by Ivey and Benyamine for 30% on the biggest live games.

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link plz

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what is his country tax law on gambling income?

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So then, he doesnt pay taxes on his online winnings. That is sweeeeeeet.

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He's originally from a country that doesn't have taxes on gambling winnings.

Later on, he has become a U.S. citizen.

I imagine "now" he pays taxes on gambling winnings...just like he's suppose to, and didn't pay taxes, when he wasn't suppose to.

Do you guys really think that the IRS doesn't keep tabs on people immigratting to the country that are worth 10 million plus?

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Question on Antonius. I never really followed the big names much before this year, what is his background, and how long has he been playing?

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Why would Antonius become a US citizen? He's giving up millions in taxes.

Is it not possible to just fly to canada and back with a renewed visa every 6 months?

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He's originally from a country that doesn't have taxes on gambling winnings.


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Actually you are wrong, in Finland you have to pay taxes for poker winnings like any other income tax, if casino has licence outside European Economic Area like FTP does and believe me with money what PA is doing with poker tax-% is hiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. If you are playing at casino what has licence inside EEA, winnings are taxfree. Dont know anything about tax-% in USA but in Finland if your incomes are 500k euros in year, your tax-% is 50%~.

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Patrick is playing 5-8 events. Only events over $5000 for sure. The side games should be amazing for big boys.

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if not posted already!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70wjOjvuRH0