Pro Poker Player: $2M in 2 Months

" making two million dollars in two months sometimes and is making two dollars and playing cards. That's exactly what our next -- trying to do on the reality series two months two million on the G four network joining us now professional poker player Neil. Hotel and meal. Hum. Did you make two million dollars in two months no we actually feel assured. We ended up making I think 660000. Well what do I guess there's really doubled addressing clearly aren't playing goldfish what -- For the most."

" I was replying no limit Texas hold them on the Internet may be 90% of our players on the Internet. And we played a couple of the bigger World Series of poker tournaments we played the 40000 dollar -- tenement. Which was actually -- commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the World Series of poker. And we get to play the main event actually because there -- conflict with filming a TV show and being able to play the -- of that. So we kind of we're pushing the producers -- planet but it turned out that. One of those things that we at 45 years of allies to do -- is taking a TV show is one of those -- yelling it's anyone's right."

" Boil it -- you know you do it everyday and we don't make two million dozens and a."

" And I -- thirty years left and right --"

" I'll bring you now you're not Charlie -- you're not counting cards how in the live with a -- did you get so good at poker it's such a young age."

" and I would probably attributed to age as my skills that I'm very analytical mathematical person they are counting cards."

" Not quite but I mean there's some basic statistics and stuff that you need to know but more -- than I think. Game theory is probably the most the -- applicable academic subject to poker. And I've always been pretty get the stuff like. That's uneven playing. I've been playing professionally for I guess about five years now did you pick up and god when -- drink and we're we're hanging out playing cards pretty much that's how it started I think it is my sophomore years school when. There is -- casual ten dollar buy in home game in my dorm room menaces like a very casual thing with friends don't really care about the money."

" And I found out from one of my high school friends that."

" One of his friends is making like the 400 dollars an hour playing online brokers immediately I'm like okay I need to go check this out. And the site that I actually first started playing god. Didn't actually required need to make a deposit while they had these things called tensing giveaways re entered for free in UN like five cents -- first. Onsite -- a bunch of those and solely built up a bankroll and started playing for real money in."

" Looked back sense -- and it has changed everything -- ten dollar fine and I came horse in the back in my fraternity house really I didn't I could make a career -- voice is just didn't quite work out."

" 88. Quarters and that."

" This thing about cars is something hum. When I first thought you know the World Series of poker I thought fifteen minutes of this thing is going to be a flash in the pan and it's going to disappear it hasn't poker is it's still."

" it's still there on the forefront he's still on EST and."

" On it's still really popular why is that it is does the Internet using play a big role that the people complain that they right now from."

" I think a few things actually. I think when the World Series of poker first got big was when Chris moneymaker won the main event the and I think -- was gonna get big regardless of whether or not. He was the person to win it but just the fact that. He was able to win this 10000 dollars see playing like siding with like a three dollar. Satellite tournament on the Internet bank got in the sea and the fact he's an amateur and one the main event I think. This appeals to a lot of people who. Our professional poker players recreational players who like wow I can answer this -- and then try to win a seat for like. Then look very little money online and make a lot of money by and that getting lucky in winning it."

" So what do you think -- about the solution legalizing gambling an online gambling you know there's a lot of people that want to ban it in -- clearly think it's illegal and you look at my. You gonna make a career out of this so clearly -- on the other side of the law with this."

" It's still illegal actually to play online poker in the US but there -- recently some legislation passed it's called that you ITI. The unlawful Internet gambling enforcement act. And it's kinda gray area as to whether you can banks process online gambling transactions. But actually just playing online still is completely legal which is nice. But I mean I'm. Pretty libertarian when it comes in my political beliefs I feel like you should be allowed to -- pretty much anything you want as long as harming anyone else and when the government decides to be like your mom and tell you shouldn't do this because this is bad for you if you're not going to do it responsibly in the kind of."

" Like wow all those people that hated you when you first got on I -- yeah. And I can you look like you're happy go lucky smile on all the time you must have a terrible poker faced you battery and a great pulled him and that's when it is right deal with a smile and -- happen. -- nobody can tell you would he's never missed his. He's never got a bad name is why would suck so hardly get to scheme. That's -- yeah. Yeah well I cut back on sag had. The -- as well best looked he would go and vote thank you Patel is a professional poker player and he's a millionaire."

" You know rally his party might offer those kind of careers to me they're like you can be picking out and she can maybe they'll be and got there nobody ever said hey you can make money having -- things have changed other -- and it has changed everything everything."