Comments on: “SNG Nick” Rainey trying to set SnG Record

By: dafalenangel

dafalenangel — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:43:49 +0000

It is all over.. Nick Rainey is the/a Champion.
He has displayed to the world that he is amongst the top of the list when it comes to online poker playing SnG’s.
Over 16,000 SnG’s and 10,000.00 in profits in less than a month.
I wish him all the best in the future as he continues his journey playing on Full Tilt poker and living life as an inspiration to poker players world wide!
Cheers!

By: dafalenangel

dafalenangel — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:48:38 +0000

Turbo period is over, good luck to Nick Rainey in the final week.

By: dafalenangel

dafalenangel — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:36:39 +0000

The reason sometimes the other site is not open at times is because the guy seems to also be using another camera for this at another site as well. If you are trying to watch him as he closes in on the final few days of this challenge you can also try http://www.stickam.com/16ksng as I noticed he was playing on this camera and site as well. He also has been posting updates on another site when he doesn’t have the time to update his blog, due to the bet, at http://twitter.com/sngnick
I can’t believe the hours and time this guy has put in, let alone the amount of SnG’s. I have also discovered he is a poker coach training many students at a site called http://www.pokervt.com/app/index.cfm
I don’t know how this guy has time to do anything else but in a “super human” fashion he has been grinding out hours upon hours of play at times putting in over 24hr sessions regularly, and providing updates and still finding time to keep in touch with his students via forum posts. It seems he is so popular with his students at PokcerVT.com , a site with many other pros and well known Daniel Negreanu leading up the team, that they have started calling him the leader of the “Nick Nation” and the “Rainey Army” by many of the students who have also get to participate in many side events put on by both Nick and PokerVT. I have been told he also has an animal spirit guiding him which, somehow, seems to give him a “coin flipping” advantage and help with the persuading of the”god” of the turn and river.
If anything else the “buzz” being created is around the amount of SnG’s played alone has attracted the interest of the book of world records and many other card playing sites. I also believe there is close to 100K in bets on the line as he attempts to make the goal of 16Ksngs and $10,000 in profits during the 30 days allowed. I have, with interest, not been able to comprehend how anybody could pull it off though the confidence that this young man posses seems to be enough to bring him closer and closer day by day.
I think there is less than a week or so left and he is staying strong at times appearing like a “drone” as he uses his superior style to continue to grind towards the final goal.
Variance has also done it’s best to ensure it isn’t easy with days containing swings in the bankroll of over $2000 playing the smaller limits he is just over the $8,000 mark at last check. Good luck in your journey and may you reach this goal in due time.! Yet it would be extra intense if it wasn’t achieved until the final couple of days.
I am thinking of a very few amount of players in the world who could even have a shot at attaining a goal like this which in turn puts Nick Rainey into a level all serious poker players should, I think, respect and appreciate to a degree most marginal players could only dream of!
Cheers to the effort alone! This guy is inspirational at the least.

By: Bakutos

Bakutos — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:03:27 +0000

Damn I thought it was ridiculous how many games you were playing, I sit down at all hours of the day and always run into you and had never heard of you before.

P.S. If you want to break the $10K, you are going to have to move up stakes to the 15 buyin. I don’t think you stand a chance playing the 7.5 super turbos. As well your 100% push blind against blind will actually raise your ROI more at those stakes.

P.S For everyone playing him, push push push.. hard to make tough calls 16 tabling Don’t want him to steal all my low stakes money.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:21:17 +0000

Why couldn’t he have made this challenge a bit harder? 15k SNG’s in a month seems to simple….

By: Channing Emord

Channing Emord — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:15:41 +0000

Hi. I am Nick’s publicist. Let me know if you have any questions about the bet or want to ask Nick any questions and I would be happy to arrange an interview. And just to let you know, he has to complete 16,000 sngs not 15,000. Thanks.