Heads Up with Remko ft Steffen Sontheimer

This week on Heads Up with Remko, Germany’s hottest player Steffen Sontheimer tells the story of his crazy year and the path that lead to his success.

• 3:04 – Start of the interview
• 5:40 – How does Steffen’s family follow along and view his life in poker?
• 8:05 – How does the general public in Germany feel about poker, and do they know their fellow countrymen are crushing the game?
• 14:00 – Career longevity and the life of a live pro.
• 16:20 – Transitioning from online to live pro
• 19:04 – Bankroll management, losing big and selling pieces for high roller tournaments
• 25:30 – The best value high roller events of 2017, deciding on your ROI and markup and the impact of Bitcoin on the high roller scene
• 36:25 – How many players worldwide would be +ev in the Super High Roller Bowl?
• 41:05 – Steffen’s views on Negreanu, Juanda, and Seidel
• 47:00 – The Purple Jacket, the Poker Masters and the 2018 Big One for One Drop
• 55:45 – The first generation of German poker superstars: Reinkemeier, Quoss and Gruissem.
• 1:01:50 – The atmosphere in high roller events, and the problem with excessive tanking
• 1:09:30 – Live tells in the game, and adjusting to being a live pro
• 1:14:25 – Steffen weighs in on the Dominik Nitsche vs Bryn Kenney discussion on GTO vs exploitative play
• 1:20:27 – Are recreational players getting scared to play big buy-in events because the pros are getting too good?
• 1:23:30 – It’s easier to become a top pro now than it was a few years ago.

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