$15 Ticket Turned Into $142k - Poker Hobbyist Wins Big

Tero said:

According to Finnish poker news site Nettipokeri a poker hobbyist Giedré Valgemäe turned a 15 dollar satellite ticket into a handsome amount in GG Masters 1 000 000 GTD, last Monday.

Valgemäe lives in Estonia and is a working mother of two. She has had some small winnings in the past but nothing compared to this.

After winning the ticket only after two hands she started the tournament with 50 blinds and played tight basic poker. She claims to have been slightly under the influence of alcohol but yet managed to grow her stack into 250 blinds during the first hour of her play.

All she wanted was to make ITM and go to bed because she had to work the next day.

But things kept evolving and Valgemäe felt nervous going into day 2 of the tournament.

- I was really nervous because I didn't believe in myself.

Yet, chips continued to flow her way. When heads-up came she started to believe that she can actually win it.

The fun part? She had only 21 Euros (about 25 dollars) on her poker account when she bought the ticket.

Valgemäe's Instagram page

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Tero said:

According to Finnish poker news site Nettipokeri a poker hobbyist Giedré Valgemäe turned a 15 dollar satellite ticket into a handsome amount in GG Masters 1 000 000 GTD, last Monday.

Valgemäe lives in Estonia and is a working mother of two. She has had some small winnings in the past but nothing compared to this.

After winning the ticket only after two hands she started the tournament with 50 blinds and played tight basic poker. She claims to have been slightly under the influence of alcohol but yet managed to grow her stack into 250 blinds during the first hour of her play.

All she wanted was to make ITM and go to bed because she had to work the next day.

But things kept evolving and Valgemäe felt nervous going into day 2 of the tournament.

- I was really nervous because I didn't believe in myself.

Yet, chips continued to flow her way. When heads-up came she started to believe that she can actually win it.

The fun part? She had only 21 Euros (about 25 dollars) on her poker account when she bought the ticket.

Valgemäe's Instagram page

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Tero said:

According to Finnish poker news site Nettipokeri a poker hobbyist Giedré Valgemäe turned a 15 dollar satellite ticket into a handsome amount in GG Masters 1 000 000 GTD, last Monday.

Valgemäe lives in Estonia and is a working mother of two. She has had some small winnings in the past but nothing compared to this.

After winning the ticket only after two hands she started the tournament with 50 blinds and played tight basic poker. She claims to have been slightly under the influence of alcohol but yet managed to grow her stack into 250 blinds during the first hour of her play.

All she wanted was to make ITM and go to bed because she had to work the next day.

But things kept evolving and Valgemäe felt nervous going into day 2 of the tournament.

- I was really nervous because I didn't believe in myself.

Yet, chips continued to flow her way. When heads-up came she started to believe that she can actually win it.

The fun part? She had only 21 Euros (about 25 dollars) on her poker account when she bought the ticket.

Valgemäe's Instagram page

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Tero said:

Согласно финскому новостному сайту о покере Nettipokeri, любитель покера Гиедре Вальгемяэ в прошлый понедельник превратил билет на сателлит за 15 долларов в приличную сумму на турнире GG Masters с гарантированным призовым фондом в 1 000 000 долларов.

Вальгемяэ живет в Эстонии, она работающая мать двоих детей. В прошлом ей удавалось выигрывать небольшие суммы, но ничто не сравнится с этим.

Выиграв билет всего после двух раздач, она начала турнир с 50 блайндами и играла в тайтовый базовый покер. Она утверждает, что была слегка под воздействием алкоголя, но тем не менее сумела увеличить свой стек до 250 блайндов за первый час игры.

Все, чего она хотела, это успеть на ITM и лечь спать, потому что на следующий день ей нужно было работать.

Но ситуация продолжала развиваться, и перед вторым днем турнира Вальгемяэ испытывал волнение.

— Я очень нервничала, потому что не верила в себя.

Однако фишки продолжали сыпаться на неё. Когда настала очередь хедз-апа, она начала верить, что действительно может выиграть.

Самое забавное? На момент покупки билета у нее на покерном счету было всего 21 евро (около 25 долларов).

Страница Вальгемяэ в Instagram

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