All in! Taking a gamble

All in!

A man from Liverpool who quit his job at a fish and chip shop to become a professional poker player won $23,850 after competing in an online poker challenge.

Lukas Robinson, 23, originally from Liverpool but now living in the Isle of Man, quit his job at his family’s fish and chip shop to become a full-time poker player.

The fanatical Liverpool fan not only won a huge sum of money, he also claims to have broken a world record for playing and streaming 1000 hours of poker in 100 days.

Lukas streamed the games of poker via his Twitch channel, recording up to 10 hours of poker on average per day, with no stream shorter than seven hours and no day off. The outcome by the final day was a cool $23,850 in profit and it is understood no one else in the world has completed such a challenge.

Speaking to the local Echo, Lukas, who said he has always had a keen interest in poker, said: “ I got it from my dad and my uncle and my grandad. By the time I was 11 I always said I wanted to be a top poker player.

“Even in my school yearbook where they ask ‘where will you be in 10 years time?’ I wrote Viva Las Vegas for my 21st birthday playing poker and that’s what I ended up doing.”

Lukas, who grew up in Liverpool, moved over to the Isle of Man when he was 20 years old, which he says was the hardest decision of his life.

“When I moved over to the Isle of Man, I hated it. I worked in the fish and chip shops for two years and that was good to get to know mates and stuff but it took me a while to get used to it. Then I quit and decided to do this crazy challenge and go full-time poker pro.”

Upon completion of 100 days of playing poker on the streaming platform Twitch, Lukas had accumulated over $23,000.

“It was a risk because I quit my job and I had no income and I didn’t know any sponsors were coming. I just want to become one of the biggest poker streamers in the UK and the world, that’s my ambition. I just want to keep doing what I love, because I really do love it. The goal would be to get in the hundred thousands or millions and to be admired as one of the best poker players in the world.”

Who do you know who has quit fish & chips and gone on to a high profile career? Email austen@chippychat.co.uk

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