Regardless of being just one of the even more prominent female poker players in the game, Danielle Andersen only has 5 job live competition cashes, amounting to $79,721.
She’s in the midst of her sixth profession cash money, in the money of the World Series of Poker main event. As one of the chip leaders late on Day 4, she’s really near to besting her career-high rating of $31,170 from her 402nd location finish in the same event two years ago.
Andersen, that was a centerpiece of the famous 2013 docudrama Bet Raising Layer, is a routine in the high-stakes no-limit hold ’em cash money video games around Las Vegas. Pre-Black Friday, she established herself as one of the most effective money game players online by beating high-stakes online under the name ‘dmoongirl.’.
She would need a 414th location coating or better to defeat her previous high-mark. She requires to outlast about an additional 100 players, yet she’s not worrying about laddering up.
“I think more so my comfort with high-stakes cash games and stuff [gives me an edge over the field],” said Andersen on break. “The money, not that it doesn’t matter to me, but you can tell that some of these people are trying to level up a little bit and get their cash up. I’ve got my eyes on the big prize. I’m not trying to grind out one more pay bump.”
When it comes to no-limit hold’em cash games, there are few players feared more than Andersen. Tournaments, on the other hand, aren’t her specialty. If there was one event that was geared towards cash game players find success, it’s the main event.
“I don’t have a lot of experience in tournaments. I pretty much only play the ladies’ event and the main event every year. Thankfully this one translates more to a cash game background since it’s deeper,” said Andersen. “So, I feel a little bit like a fish out of water, but I’ve got some chips to play with and I’m just enjoying the experience right now. This is so much fun.”
Component of the appeal of playing money ready a living is reaching choose your hrs and having even more flexibility, whereas an event pro has a particular time they require to turn up, a designated time to eat dinner and also are informed when to go house.
However nothing compares to running deep in a tournament. Especially generally occasion, when the ESPN electronic cameras are following your every action as you inch closer to a $10 million payday.
“This is just so much more intense than a normal cash game,” said Andersen. “Every decision is so important and so crucial.”
As a spouse as well as mom, an included benefit of event life is that Andersen’s household can comply with along from home. Both her extended family in Las Vegas as well as her extended family back home in the midwest can check out the updates and watch the ESPN and also CBS All Access insurance coverage to see exactly how she’s doing.
“I’m from a small town in Minnesota, and the support I’ve gotten from there, the family and everyone from there is watching and tuning in,” she said. “That’s pretty cool. And honestly, the person that is probably more nervous than anyone in the world right now is my husband. He’s too nervous to even be on the rail right now. He’s at home clicking refresh. It’s fun to share the experience with everybody.”
