Tuesday Response: Online Poker's Big Winner

    Poker is definitely a fun way to spend time with friends or relax, but when it comes to high stakes poker things become very stressful since large amounts of money are involved. However, online poker star Daniel Cates feels the exact opposite about the stakes. While playing four tables at a time of stakes of 30,000 or higher Daniel apologizes to reporter Christopher Morris saying that he "would be playing bigger, but it’s been a rough week.” Many people, including myself would be astounded to be playing for that kind of money. But Daniel Cates is different, he made his way into becoming a multimillionaire by sitting in front of a computer screen. I can relate to this story because although I have tried online poker and failed miserably, I do have two friends that play on their free time and win lots of money. One of my friends Devin Cassels, lives in PA and is currently a junior in college. He was salutatorian of his class, and went to Richmond University on a full ride Pole Vault/Academic scholarship. During his free time he plays online poker and wins sums of up to a few thousand dollars. But back to the article, Daniel Cates was practically an overnight sensation, for "within 18 months, Cates went from routinely losing at local $5 games to winning at the highest stakes of online poker for anywhere between $10,000 and $500,000 per night." This makes me want to pick up poker again and hopefully win a few bucks myself!