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British poker professional Charlie Carrel was born on the 7th of November, 1993 in St. Brelade, Jersey (Channel Islands). When the boy was 7 years, his family moved to London, and this is his current place of residence. As an intelligent child, Charlie experienced ruthless bullying throughout a significant part of his school years. Charlie Carrel - deposited $15 to Pokerstars in September 2013 starting at 2NL. In less than 15 months he has moved up to playing NL 500 Zoom for his main game, while taking shots at high as NL 5k. After moving up through the cash game limits, he started taking shots at MTTs.
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This week, the UK TV show 'How'd You Get So Rich' gave a unique insight into the life of one of the country's top poker players, Charlie Carrel. Apparently, the Londoner has always enjoyed an affinity for maths, and after depositing £10 at an online poker site aged 18, he then became adept at the game and now aged 22 has amassed more than $5,246,549 in winnings.
Elaborating further on his path to success, Carrel said being a maths geek lacking social skills meant that he attracted the attention of bullies at school, resulting in him shunning a social life in favor of countless hours playing poker. As he explains:
'I had no life for a very long time. For about eight months I was playing 16 hours a day, seven days a week.'
Nevertheless, it was only after he turned his focus on the live tournament game that his career really took off, and after three small cashes in 2014, he eventually closed out the year with victory at the £2,125 GUKPT Main Event Grand Final for £108,625 ($170,950). The following year, Carrel then claimed the €25,500 Monte Carlo High Roller for €1,114,000 ($1,241,682), and he has since enjoyed continued success with his latest huge score coming after finishing runner-up at the 2017 PSC Bahamas $100k Super High Roller for $1,191,900.
Carrel is currently ranked number 6 on England's ‘All Time Money List' with his annual earnings as follows; 2014 ($186,221), 2015 ($1,509,380), 2016 ($2,123,646), and 2017 ($1,427,302). However, he says that he has no ' emotional attachment to money' and in the past has enjoyed spending money on his friends. As he explains:
'I always told myself and my friends if I won something big I was going to take them to Amsterdam, and it was the most insane trip I have ever had. We barely left the hotel because it was so amazing, and I spent an amount of money I would not like to say. But we had what all of us have described as the best time of our lives. It was worth it for the memories.'
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Charlie Carrel, age 22, nicknamed 'Epiphany77', started his poker adventure about two years ago by depositing £10 into an online gambling account on PokerStars. Since then, he says he has garnered a sizeable fortune reaching more than £1.5 million. Free spin. How it all started
The young poker player admits that he ‘got lucky' in the beginning. He said, 'Had I not won that first tournament, I would never have deposited again, and none of this would have happened.' Since Carrel did win that tournament, it allowed him to continue on his journey, competing in more online poker tournaments, exponentially building his bankroll along the way. When he managed to turn small bets into £1k worth of winnings, he decided to quit university and continue sharpening his poker talent. Though he is a college dropout, he actually isn't your average student. In fact, he was considered exceptional - earning four straight A stars on his A levels - an achievement that his family was very proud of. Of course, like most families, they weren't so keen on his idea of dropping out of college in order to pursue a poker profession with a mere £1k bankroll on hand. Carrel cleverly drew up charts describing the growth rate of his poker finances and he showed these to his parents, who were finally convinced that this was the right move for their son, since they believe he had great potential to become a success if he continued as a poker player. Carrel's achievements so far Online poker win - His biggest online poker win was when he finished as a runner up at the PokerStars $1mm GTD Sunday Million in January 2014, which was worth $175,758 (equal to GBP £133,000). Live event win - His biggest win actually was at a live event, the 2015 €25k EPT High Roller Grand Final in Monte Carlo held in May. He earned a whopping €1,114,000 (GBP £806,000). How he spent some of his winnings When he won £133,000 on the Sunday Million tournament, he spent a third of it on his close buddies. Carrel generously treated all 15 of his friends to an all-expense paid £60,000 trip in Amsterdam, which included staying at a five-star luxury hotel. Still humble as ever In an interview he quoted, 'money doesn't mean that much to me. It's all about the memories and experiences. Giving a taxi driver a large tip means more to me than spending it on a fancy meal.' When asked about his earlier years regarding playing online poker, he said, 'I have to pinch myself most days. I think about depositing that £10 a lot. It could easily have happened so differently for me.' He added, 'I think I have the potential to be one of the top players in the world. There are not too many people I would be worried about playing.' On September, Carrel was crowned Poker Listings' Rising Star Award 2015, an award that he did not actually collect in person mainly because he thought he did not believe he was going to win. source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-university-drop-out-turned-7269267 |
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This week, the UK TV show 'How'd You Get So Rich' gave a unique insight into the life of one of the country's top poker players, Charlie Carrel. Apparently, the Londoner has always enjoyed an affinity for maths, and after depositing £10 at an online poker site aged 18, he then became adept at the game and now aged 22 has amassed more than $5,246,549 in winnings.
Elaborating further on his path to success, Carrel said being a maths geek lacking social skills meant that he attracted the attention of bullies at school, resulting in him shunning a social life in favor of countless hours playing poker. As he explains:
'I had no life for a very long time. For about eight months I was playing 16 hours a day, seven days a week.'
Nevertheless, it was only after he turned his focus on the live tournament game that his career really took off, and after three small cashes in 2014, he eventually closed out the year with victory at the £2,125 GUKPT Main Event Grand Final for £108,625 ($170,950). The following year, Carrel then claimed the €25,500 Monte Carlo High Roller for €1,114,000 ($1,241,682), and he has since enjoyed continued success with his latest huge score coming after finishing runner-up at the 2017 PSC Bahamas $100k Super High Roller for $1,191,900.
Carrel is currently ranked number 6 on England's ‘All Time Money List' with his annual earnings as follows; 2014 ($186,221), 2015 ($1,509,380), 2016 ($2,123,646), and 2017 ($1,427,302). However, he says that he has no ' emotional attachment to money' and in the past has enjoyed spending money on his friends. As he explains:
'I always told myself and my friends if I won something big I was going to take them to Amsterdam, and it was the most insane trip I have ever had. We barely left the hotel because it was so amazing, and I spent an amount of money I would not like to say. But we had what all of us have described as the best time of our lives. It was worth it for the memories.'
Charlie Carrel Poker
| Tags: . Posted on 12 February 2016 by 'T'. | |
Charlie Carrel, age 22, nicknamed 'Epiphany77', started his poker adventure about two years ago by depositing £10 into an online gambling account on PokerStars. Since then, he says he has garnered a sizeable fortune reaching more than £1.5 million. Free spin. How it all started
The young poker player admits that he ‘got lucky' in the beginning. He said, 'Had I not won that first tournament, I would never have deposited again, and none of this would have happened.' Since Carrel did win that tournament, it allowed him to continue on his journey, competing in more online poker tournaments, exponentially building his bankroll along the way. When he managed to turn small bets into £1k worth of winnings, he decided to quit university and continue sharpening his poker talent. Though he is a college dropout, he actually isn't your average student. In fact, he was considered exceptional - earning four straight A stars on his A levels - an achievement that his family was very proud of. Of course, like most families, they weren't so keen on his idea of dropping out of college in order to pursue a poker profession with a mere £1k bankroll on hand. Carrel cleverly drew up charts describing the growth rate of his poker finances and he showed these to his parents, who were finally convinced that this was the right move for their son, since they believe he had great potential to become a success if he continued as a poker player. Carrel's achievements so far Online poker win - His biggest online poker win was when he finished as a runner up at the PokerStars $1mm GTD Sunday Million in January 2014, which was worth $175,758 (equal to GBP £133,000). Live event win - His biggest win actually was at a live event, the 2015 €25k EPT High Roller Grand Final in Monte Carlo held in May. He earned a whopping €1,114,000 (GBP £806,000). How he spent some of his winnings When he won £133,000 on the Sunday Million tournament, he spent a third of it on his close buddies. Carrel generously treated all 15 of his friends to an all-expense paid £60,000 trip in Amsterdam, which included staying at a five-star luxury hotel. Still humble as ever In an interview he quoted, 'money doesn't mean that much to me. It's all about the memories and experiences. Giving a taxi driver a large tip means more to me than spending it on a fancy meal.' When asked about his earlier years regarding playing online poker, he said, 'I have to pinch myself most days. I think about depositing that £10 a lot. It could easily have happened so differently for me.' He added, 'I think I have the potential to be one of the top players in the world. There are not too many people I would be worried about playing.' On September, Carrel was crowned Poker Listings' Rising Star Award 2015, an award that he did not actually collect in person mainly because he thought he did not believe he was going to win. source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-university-drop-out-turned-7269267 |
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8 comments on 'Charlie Carrel: The College Dropout who became a Millionaire Online Poker Pro at Age 22'
| bowie1984 | 13/02/2016 01:51:41 GMT |
| Sounds good (1.) being a college dropout and (2.) being a millionaire at the same time - I achieved the first thing in 2009, the second one takes more time than it should - it seems to me.. | |
| pinotte | 13/02/2016 02:01:30 GMT |
| If it is tue it is a very nice achievement for a school drop out. Is it another stars story in order to get a younger clients entering their site. It is very strange that we never heard of him as a very good poker player since he is also playing live. Sorry but i don't believe this nice story. | |
| Serpang | 13/02/2016 02:16:14 GMT |
How about Joe Cada ? He won WSOP when he 22 years old. He is real, right ? and he won a lot on FT before . Anyone have different talent , so that is possible for me. He failed on school and succeed on other. Bad for me, no find my talent yet | |
| Calmplay | 13/02/2016 07:43:35 GMT |
| No no no and no, to all young people who are still studying and reading this.. never quit your studies to make poker your full time and even if you win very big money, don't quit at least complete it. | |
| pochui | 13/02/2016 20:06:27 GMT |
| really? quit studies to become a professional poker player where if you win anything over a million in your career makes you one of the best poker players, for a chance say to become a successful porn actor and earn millions while banging gorgeous chicks, or politician- where you earn millions by banging everyone that moves and is capable of being taxed.. no no- keep on studying dudes and dudettes and don't listen to this bs by stars. | |
| bowie1984 | 14/02/2016 02:11:32 GMT |
I am truly sorry to break the news for you, but in 99% of today's porn the women get paid better than their male counterparts and they still get payed $hit compared to some other job which does not require this much physical toll on one's body. It's not that hard earning millions with an adult oriented business but actually u have to run the business itself rather then acting or just participating in it as a cuckold. Good luck superpochie, I hope u could get that 'ballshaving' .xxx. domain first to start building your empire on it. | |
| Calmplay | 14/02/2016 09:19:24 GMT |
| HAHAHAHAH | |
| damosk | 16/02/2016 18:16:15 GMT |
| What a wonderful story and one which gives us all hope for the future.. All we need is the ability to give up everything and play cards for a while before becoming a world champion. I'm not too bothered about the porn side of it, but the money would be nice. |
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