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Slightly damaged freelance #Poker journalist with 15 years of experience in reporting, editorial and photography.
Midlife crisis included aka runs marathons and loves puns despite being German.
The @WSOP live updates of yours truly on @PokerNews have to wait for a couple more days.
Arrived in 🇿🇦 for the largest annual road #Ultramarathon in the world @ComradesRace this Sunday to once again test my own limits.
No pain, no gain - just tryin to stay sane.
The @WSOP live updates of yours truly on @PokerNews have to wait for a couple more days.
Arrived in 🇿🇦 for the largest annual road #Ultramarathon in the world @ComradesRace this Sunday to once again test my own limits.
No pain, no gain - just tryin to stay sane.
It is always great to see such a tremendous encouragement by the poker community for the most thankless job in the entire industry with an incredibly small pool of (experienced) live reporters available.
My #running year 2026 so far:
New PR for 10km, 30km, and full marathon (finally sub 4).
Redemption for my DNF in 2024 due to blisters in the 🇵🇭 province, as I finally finished the 100km distance in the same city.
3.5 weeks to go until "The Ultimate Human Race" @ComradesRace 🇿🇦
If anyone would like to compete in a #running event during the 2026 @WSOP in Las Vegas, the "Running with the Devil" in Lovell Canyon takes place on June 27. *
Available distances: 5km, 10km, Half / Full #Marathon and 50km.
calicoracing.com/events/runn…
*I am not the devil.
I have already done the Half and Full Marathon in previous years during my day off from live reporting and am signed up for the 50km this summer. It is hot but not unbearable, and the elevation is alright ... except for that one 🥵🫨🤬 hill on the way back.
Thank you to everyone who donated to the charity. The funding goal has been reached and I will be collecting my cow-themed outfit for @ComradesRace at the expo in June.
The hills won't be fun, but stepping out of your comfort zone in #ultramarathon races never is. #running
I will be heading to the @WSOP for around one month mid June to July to do what I know best, live reporting in #poker.
Just prior, I have the #Comrades Ultramarathon Up Run in 🇿🇦 and want to raise at least another ZAR 2,500 (USD 150) for my charity:
charity.comrades.com/donatio…
I will be heading to the @WSOP for around one month mid June to July to do what I know best, live reporting in #poker.
Just prior, I have the #Comrades Ultramarathon Up Run in 🇿🇦 and want to raise at least another ZAR 2,500 (USD 150) for my charity:
charity.comrades.com/donatio…
12 days of poker at the Irish Poker Open, and records were shattered, including a historic 5,003 entries in the Main Event.
In the end, it was Narcis Nedelcu who took it all down after a five-way deal.The Craic Den wrapped things up in style, and if this was anything to go by, the upcoming international stops in Sydney, Marrakech, and the US promise the same mighty craic you look for in a live poker event.
Thank you to our main sponsors PokerStars and Paddypower, and everyone else involved.
#IrishPokerOpen@PokerStars@PokerStarsLIVE@paddypowerpoker
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The 2026 @Irish_PokerOpen concluded a few days ago and once again it raised the bar for the oldest live #poker festival in Europe. It was actually one of the first events I covered more than 15 years ago ... damn, now I feel old.
But as one of the players said on the final day of the series - I would hate to have a normal job.
We will see what happens in the next few months. I still have the same energy and run around like a mad headless chicken ... just eith more grey hair, like many of us OGs.
By the way, the @Irish_PokerOpen is also heading international ... among other confirmed locations, to Australia. This happens to be one of my other favourite places to cover live poker, because it has a very similar vibe but less Guinness.
See you in September, Sydney? 🇮🇪 🇦🇺 🪃