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You-mad-br0: From Corporate Life to High-Stakes Poker
StrategyDecember 7, 2021·1 min read

You-mad-br0: From Corporate Life to High-Stakes Poker


George 'You-mad-br0' Frogatt's journey from corporate life to high-stakes poker is an inspiring story of dedication and skill. In 2018, George worked in consulting and played poker in his free time. He fully focused on poker in 2019, playing 550,000 hands, almost 400,000 of them on NL200, earning around $100,000.

2020: A Year of Significant Growth

In 2020, George's main limits were NL500 and NL1k, playing 530,000 hands and winning $280,000. He attributed his rapid progress to the support of friends like FourSixFour, Mayo, Pads, ishter, Psek, D7, youseffahmed, mczhang, and Makeboifin’. He also earned around $55,000 in rakeback, with a record month of about 75,000 hands played.

George mentioned that he will now publish his results quarterly instead of monthly, citing the stress of monthly reporting. He also shared his experiences with high-stakes games on GG, winning $100,000 on NL5k and losing $110,000 on NL10k and NL20k.

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