I am a Poker Player: Lessons from the Best Players in Asia

This event will be conducted in Cantonese.

 

One of the old clichés about poker is that it’s a hard way to make an easy living.  For their book I am a Poker Player, Mr. Chuchu and Derx Lai interviewed some of the best poker players in Asia to find out why they chose this highly competitive line of work and how they stay ahead of the game.  They are joined by Stephen Lai, the Managing Director of the Hong Kong Poker Players Association, to examine the world of professional gambling and perseverance in an uncertain world.  

 

Featuring 

Wood Chu

Only those who persevere to the end will see a miracle.  An educator to over 3,000 students for over 10 years and the founder of Love Decode, Mr Chuchu is the author of two bestselling novels,《禁書》and《男人要的不是美女》, and was previously a columnist in 3 Magazine.  More recently, he has been the author and project co-ordinator of《我是牌手—顛覆你對傳統賭博看法的第七十三行業》.

 

Derx Lai

Life influences life.  Derx first played Texas hold ’em while on a working holiday in Australia in 2015, and poker was his main source of income in the second half of that year.  After returning to Hong Kong he secured Baby Dragon victories twice in 2016 and further developed his Texas hold ’em skills.  In 2020 he co-founded the International Poker Academy with Mr. Chuchu as his contribution to the industry.

 

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