Posted by The Captain | Filed under The Pros Speak
Over the past year, Norwegian born Dag “dmmikkel” Mikkelsen has established himself as a solid performer on the live tournament scene. At just 21, he’s developed an impressive professional poker résumé, including WSOP and EPT cash finishes. His most recent accomplishments include third and tenth place finishes at this year’s Aussie Millions, where he earned better than $27K.
We had a few questions for Dag, and here’s what he had to say:
What is an "average" day like in your life? Is it any different than when you’re playing in a tournament?
When I’m at home, an average day usually starts with me waking up somewhere between 12 PM and 6 PM. Being 6 hours ahead of ET here in Norway, I usually play online for most of the night. Aside from that, I really don’t have a specific schedule or anything so my days are made up of whatever I feel like doing. I get to spend time working on other projects and hanging out with my friends.
When I’m playing in a live tournament, my day is obviously a lot more focused on poker. I try to do other things as well, but the tournaments generally take up the entire day.
People talk about the "poker lifestyle" – what does this mean to you?
To me the "poker lifestyle" is having the time and financial freedom to do whatever I want to do when I want to do it. It also involves a lot of traveling and experiencing new things and places – I really enjoy that. I also get to meet a lot of really cool people.
Absolutely – all of the time. If poker wasn’t fun I definitely wouldn’t be playing professionally. Sometimes I get tired from grinding, but that doesn’t last and I always find myself playing again.
When I’m not playing online, I’m hanging with friends. I like going to the movies and I’m into several TV series. I’ve recently taken up golf – I’m pretty bad at it, but it’s still fun.
Yes, there is. Right now live poker isn’t legal in Norway. They don’t want to legalize poker under the claim that it will create gambling problems. I believe that properly regulated poker tournaments will have the opposite effect. You’ll never stop people from playing poker. But by regulating it appropriately, you can control how and where it’s being played.
Again, I strongly support legalizing regulated live poker tournaments. It’s the only way to get poker out of illegal clubs and into safe, controlled environments so that Norwegian poker players can enjoy the game they love without the fear of being robbed or raided by armed police.
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