By Lianna Shen
Jul 17, 2007 | 2 years ago
Jon Kalmar playing in Day 7 of Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold’em at the 2007 WSOP
Here’s what he had to say:
Yeah I’m thrilled, yeah! I can’t complain if I wanted to!
I don’t buy into all this game plan stuff, you can’t dictate how you play. Other people’s cards can dictate how you play, and the way they play dictates a lot of how you play, so yeah I just tried to get a few hands. Jerry came out of the blocks firing straight away and he never slowed down; he was very difficult to play against, so I bet a hand there, I figured I’d get a little with this one, on ace-king, and I thought, well if I double up on this one then I’m in the game and I’ve got a good shot at it.
No, I don’t think there’s anything I woulda done differently at any point, I’ve definitely made one or two mistakes down the line but walking into an event like this, pretty good way to get away with it.
Rock out
(Laughs.) Yeah! We used to do Sex Pistols covers, Flash, Green Day covers… Well I’m gonna pay my house off now, probably pay my mum’s house off, and then use the rest as a bit of a bank roll!
Yeah, well everyone keeps asking me I think pretty much it’s nailed on.
Thank you! Take care.
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And with that, Jon was escorted out of the tournament room to get his money. Needless to say, his wife was ecstatic as well, and not at all minding the annoying media that we are.
Best of luck to Jon and his future poker career. Stay tuned for more interviews.
Yeah you were wearing a Sex Pistols’ t-shirt the other day. What do you think you’ll do with the money now?
