The American poker player Joe Sebok announced his retreat from this activity. He will radically shift from his line of business to the wine industry.
This is how the 35-year old player justified his decision to cut loose with the professional poker, after eight years of playing. ‚I am just tired of this world where the only purpose is to make money.’ Joe Sebok has been lately working for Vinify, a wine company in Santa Rosa. ‚I have worked hard for the last three months in the wine branch and learnt a lot… The poker players are lazy and out of shape,’ he said.
No tournament won
His statements could not go unnoticed and stirred a wave of acid comments amongst the community of the international poker. ‚It is disturbing, but not at all surprising that a guy like Joe can make such statements. In fact, he is one of the least sympathetic player in the poker world. He joined this game thanks to his family tie with Barry Greenstein, and not for a special merit of his. It is no wonder that he switched to a different business,’ said Danish Mickey Petersen.
During his profesional poker player career, Joe Sebok made $1.9 mil, but he never won any tournament he was in.
