A StarCraft pro becomes a pro poker player

The nickname "SlayerS_Boxer" online said it maybe something. Indeed, many of our members are lovers of video games and the classic StarCraft. "SlayerS_Boxer" is probably the player of StarCraft the most known and popular of the South Korea and probably even of the world.

In short, this legend of StarCraft's real name Lim Yo-Hwan, has now decided that it launched in the poker world and that she wanted to become a pro. Coming soon for Boxer, stakes at theAsian Poker Tour (APT) and another World Series of Poker (WSOP).

This is not the first good StarCraft player which launches into the poker. Simple for example on PokerCollectif, ThePlux and Kiwikaki were old pros of video games players who have embarked on the poker. In our french cousins, can think about Elky who was known to be a StarCraft player before a poker player.

According to Wiki: "he entered the world of the progamers on February 2, 2001 and quickly emerged with his favourite race, the Terrans. Known as "Emperor Terran", Boxer has an extremely creative playing style. He won the World Cyber Games (WCG) twice and the OnGameNet Starleague (OSL) twice also. He holds a record in remained number 1 in the KeSPA ranking for 17 consecutive months, from November 2001 to March 2003.

It is considered a living legend in South Korea. Virtually all Korean aged 12 to 30 years is known and recognized on the streets throughout the country. His fan club, created just a few years ago, has nearly 600,000 active members, it must have body guards to protect it from the hysterical fans to each of his appearances, a biography was published in 2003 as well as a DVD with all of his best games. It is also one of the players the highest paid, with estimated annual revenues between $ 250,000 and $ 1 million."

With these revenues, it may avoid the arduous task of starting at the bottom of the grinder scale micro limits. The story does not say if he wants to also control the cash games than tournaments. It will be interesting to see how fast he learned to play and if it will one day become a world class player.

For the really geeks among you, here is a competition between Boxer and Elky StarCraft