“The poker world is currently very interesting”
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Harry Casagrande is what we call a brand. An old-school gamers, and also a legend in the Austrian poker scene. During the Poker EM in Baden, we talked with him about Live titles, online poker and lightning strikes.
Like so many of his colleagues came to the old post office officials about chess and backgammon to poker: “I’m already at the age of three years, learned to play chess and played with seven in the general class. Later I became Austrian Champion twice in rapid chess and have also participated in the Chess Olympiad. ”
15 years ago, he came first into contact with poker and played in the beginning mainly Seven Card Stud at the Concord Card Casino Linz. He has seen much and knows both the ancient and the modern times: “I think the current situation in the poker world very interesting. The young guns against the more conservative older players. This is a very good mix. ”
Harry still has great pleasure in poker, what is perhaps also because he is one of the few who have managed to Unstellung from old to new. The fire is burning still in him, because of the very big title he is still missing in his collection: “Although I have already won some small tournaments, but of course I would get ever like a great title.”
Meanwhile, the Austrians have won over a million in live tournaments. But what many do not know is that he is an excellent and online cash game player and not even the high limits on the Internet shrinks back: “I play mainly online Pot-Limit Omaha 25/50 and 50/100.”
Furthermore, Harry is the opinion that online poker the game feels good, although it also to the Full Tilt victim heard: “Of course, the full story tilt a heavy blow to the poker scene for me because I have a lot on my Account have.
I wanted to cash out shortly before that, but then the lightning struck the house with me and it took a week until someone came to repair and exactly at that time it was then. That was a real bad beat. Nevertheless, I find Online Poker well, because many new people have joined and the game has this extremely developed. ”
In addition, Harry is a man of principles, which earned him the nickname “Absolute No Deal,” for he is known for consistently rejected any deal, no matter how cheap it is for him too. The “absolute” also refers to his penchant for high-proof drinks …
