Heads Up with Remko ft Sam Trickett

This week on the show Sam Trickett joins Remko to talk about the massive ups and downs of his poker career.

Trickett gained worldwide fame when he finished runner-up in the 2012 Big One for One Drop for $10,000,000, and for the first time he tells the entire story of how this changed his life, and how the deal he had in place to play the tournament changed just days before it started.

After a few years away from the game, Trickett is now back in action and eager to crush the high stakes once again.

• 3:16 – Start of the interview with Sam, what he’s up to right now and how his love for the game got rejuvenated.
• 9:06 – Returning to the game after a long break, how it affected his game and confidence.
• 11:17 – The best and worst day of his life during 2014 Big One for One Drop.
• 14:57 – Did Sam think he had left the game behind for good in 2014?
• 16:54 – Sam’s youth, passion for soccer and missing out on a pro career with Sheffield United.
• 20:08 – Life decisions, or indecisions and how he became a gas fitter.
• 23:06 – Discovering the game of poker, pub games and the craving for material things.
• 25:40 – The first big win, thousands felt like millions, spending big and hitting rock bottom by losing it all.
• 31:43 – Rebounding from losing it all, moving to Cape Town to teach poker and finding a staking deal for the 2010 World Series of Poker.
• 37:50 – Turning a small staking deal into playing the $250k and $100k at the Aussie Millions just months later and taking over the poker world.
• 45:26 – Nosebleed cash games in Australia and Macau, and getting into the biggest cash games with Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius and Phil Ivey.
• 50:33 – The 2012 Big One for One Drop.
• 57:22 – Winning $10 Million dollars, the deal, the profit and how it all changed last minute.
• 1:00:18 – The life-changing impact the Big One for One Drop had on Sam’s life. (And a story on The Hangover-esque scenes the night after the final table.)
• 1:08:48 – Partying with Phil Ivey.
• 1:15:30 – Buying a house for his sister, gifting himself a Ferrari and wasting money on a diamond-encrusted watch.