One Monday night at the club Cadet in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The sound of chips and cards as the only background sound. Concentrated, dark glasses on his nose or headphones in the ears, each player is in a bubble. Upstairs, a man in a black overcoat, quarantine, faces a young man of twenty years.
Wrapped up in his blue sweatshirt, he looks at his opponent with a sly look. "If you got a set, you're safe! Otherwise, you're lost!" YOUNGER PLAYERS Nion Rudolph, 27, knows the circle Cadet. A year ago, he won the annual fee in a competition organized by the club. "I played that night and I won 800 euros.
Since then, I go at least twice a week." Rudolph learned poker, "poker of smoky back rooms, like in old movies." Like many players, he started in high school and began playing larger amounts with the friends he pen each time: "Everyone was counting 20 euros, and I, in the end, I collected 200 euros." "There are a lot of math, probability and calculus.
Luck is important, but in the long term, the quality of a player who makes the difference," said Rudolph. The technique is what distinguishes young players. Their motto: never bet more than one-twentieth of its capital. Young poker players have their eyes on their bankroll ("gambling capital").
"Technicians" Gianni Boffelli, 23, is first defined as "an online player," but claims he, too, a "quasi-scientific approach" of the game "You can be the best player in the world, without management bankroll, you are condemned to lose, "he explains. This student began by betting $ 50 on Pokerstars website.
com and has more "nothing out of his pocket then." In other words, it has only gained. Its success, he owes it to its volume of parts. In her little maid's room, the computer screen is barely big enough to display eight tables on which it is engaged. To play, aided by a tracker, one that displays game statistics of its competitors.
Very concentrated, it examines their profile and discusses tactics in a low voice. For him, as for many young players, the model is the American Phil Ivey, 35, reputed to be the best player of his generation. "This guy is just a dream," enthused Gianni watching a video player. Young people are all trained by participating in forums and watching videos of the biggest players in the world on the Internet.
And thanks to technology, they get very good results. The biggest gain Gianni: 35 500 euros on an online tournament. He first qualified in a satellite tournament, then played for 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 am, with "cigarette break" every hour. Gianni is not a gambler, so he just bought a large computer screen "to see more games." WINNING THE JACKPOT On the desktop of Antoine Gerlier throne the same great computer screen, but the comparison stops there.
Anthony is a professional poker player and brings him his trade between 5000 and 10 000 euros per month. Yet in its infancy, it has lost much: after digging a shortfall of 2 000 euros on its behalf and to have been fired by his bank, he stops at the end of a year and repay its debts through a loan .
Meanwhile, he studied art. His goal: to improve and become a professional player online. Poker has never been a real passion for him, but rather a way to make money while preserving his freedom. The temptation is great for young amateur players to move in Tech News Buzz professionals and live their passion.
Masters of Law at the University of Nanterre, Gianni Boffelli hesitates: "I have a friend who became a professional poker player. He went to Thailand. There, he lives like a king." In France, players are forced to use the sites approved by the French Arjel, the Regulatory Authority of online games, and are subject to more restrictive regulations.
When playing online from abroad, they can expect more big gains. But since Friday, April 15, renamed "Black Friday" and the closure of the three largest online poker sites accused of money laundering by the FBI, the enthusiasm of Gianni is more moderate. "Being a professional player, it became unstable.
The French-regulated market, ultimately, it's not so bad, but I do not lose hope. One day I will launch into the adventure." 
Wrapped up in his blue sweatshirt, he looks at his opponent with a sly look. "If you got a set, you're safe! Otherwise, you're lost!" YOUNGER PLAYERS Nion Rudolph, 27, knows the circle Cadet. A year ago, he won the annual fee in a competition organized by the club. "I played that night and I won 800 euros.
Since then, I go at least twice a week." Rudolph learned poker, "poker of smoky back rooms, like in old movies." Like many players, he started in high school and began playing larger amounts with the friends he pen each time: "Everyone was counting 20 euros, and I, in the end, I collected 200 euros." "There are a lot of math, probability and calculus.
Luck is important, but in the long term, the quality of a player who makes the difference," said Rudolph. The technique is what distinguishes young players. Their motto: never bet more than one-twentieth of its capital. Young poker players have their eyes on their bankroll ("gambling capital").
"Technicians" Gianni Boffelli, 23, is first defined as "an online player," but claims he, too, a "quasi-scientific approach" of the game "You can be the best player in the world, without management bankroll, you are condemned to lose, "he explains. This student began by betting $ 50 on Pokerstars website.
com and has more "nothing out of his pocket then." In other words, it has only gained. Its success, he owes it to its volume of parts. In her little maid's room, the computer screen is barely big enough to display eight tables on which it is engaged. To play, aided by a tracker, one that displays game statistics of its competitors.
Very concentrated, it examines their profile and discusses tactics in a low voice. For him, as for many young players, the model is the American Phil Ivey, 35, reputed to be the best player of his generation. "This guy is just a dream," enthused Gianni watching a video player. Young people are all trained by participating in forums and watching videos of the biggest players in the world on the Internet.
And thanks to technology, they get very good results. The biggest gain Gianni: 35 500 euros on an online tournament. He first qualified in a satellite tournament, then played for 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 am, with "cigarette break" every hour. Gianni is not a gambler, so he just bought a large computer screen "to see more games." WINNING THE JACKPOT On the desktop of Antoine Gerlier throne the same great computer screen, but the comparison stops there.
Anthony is a professional poker player and brings him his trade between 5000 and 10 000 euros per month. Yet in its infancy, it has lost much: after digging a shortfall of 2 000 euros on its behalf and to have been fired by his bank, he stops at the end of a year and repay its debts through a loan .
Meanwhile, he studied art. His goal: to improve and become a professional player online. Poker has never been a real passion for him, but rather a way to make money while preserving his freedom. The temptation is great for young amateur players to move in Tech News Buzz professionals and live their passion.
Masters of Law at the University of Nanterre, Gianni Boffelli hesitates: "I have a friend who became a professional poker player. He went to Thailand. There, he lives like a king." In France, players are forced to use the sites approved by the French Arjel, the Regulatory Authority of online games, and are subject to more restrictive regulations.
When playing online from abroad, they can expect more big gains. But since Friday, April 15, renamed "Black Friday" and the closure of the three largest online poker sites accused of money laundering by the FBI, the enthusiasm of Gianni is more moderate. "Being a professional player, it became unstable.
The French-regulated market, ultimately, it's not so bad, but I do not lose hope. One day I will launch into the adventure."
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