Trademate Sports — Jonas “Liqqa” Gjelstad, leaving school early and moving to Thailand to become a professional poker player | 10 People Who Got Rich from Poker

At 18 years of age, Jonas had to make an important decision concerning his future career. He was uninterested by school, attending a small percentage of classes, so he knew that he had to make a change if he wanted to become successful.

With some other poker players, he found the perfect destination. After considering Malta and South America, they decided on Phuket in Thailand.

He was more motivated than ever to succeed on the Asian continent. He was working a lot and learning new stuff about poker on a daily basis. After spending 8 months in Thailand, Jonas had made $150,000 playing poker, which is just insane, considering students of the same generation are studying and working part-time jobs to pay off their loans.

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Originally published at https://www.blog.tradematesports.com on May 26, 2020.