https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/magazine/mag-27Poker-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Great read.
Guy made $5 million in 2010 playing online.
Interesting to note he appears to be going through an identity crises, having the world know him as his online poker pro ego only. He wants the world to know his true self. The problem is, the introverted video-game fanatic appeared to be, for all intents and purposes, quite uninteresting and unfriendly.
He also makes a very immature comment on page 2 highlighting his gambling degeneracy:
It is unclear whether Cates actually does understand that the money is real. On the second day of my visit, we took a trip to Best Buy. Cates had grown bored of playing poker and wanted to buy a video game. As we stood in the PS3 aisle, discussing which games looked good, I asked him if he had ever walked into a store like Best Buy — or perhaps a car dealership — and thought to himself, Hey, I can buy out this entire place. Cates smiled sheepishly. He said: “I’m not really into material wealth. Plus, I need to save up some more money. My fiscal goal for 2011 is to reach $10 million in liquid cash.” I asked what the difference might be between $5 million and $10 million, especially for a 21-year-old whose relative spending habits sit somewhere on the line between modest and monastic. He explained: “You can do anything with $10 million. Like, you can buy a house and still have around $5 million left over.”
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