Putting the Rich in LyndakerOver the years internet phenoms have stepped away from the computers and have joined live play action. But rarely have we seen the likes of Rich Lyndaker (Lowville, NY) who, up until recently, has played mostly on-line high stakes cash games.
Lyndaker, who's known as "nutsinho" on PokerStars and "Kpederson" on Full Tilt, has won millions of dollars on-line playing $100/$200 NL. Now he's branching out to live action.
"I'm trying to do both, but more live and less on-line," says Lyndaker, who just cashed in the Championship Event. This is Lyndaker's second trip to Borgata, as he played in the WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship last fall.
Lyndaker got the itch to play in live tournaments when his friend Tom Marchese (Boonton, NJ) finished third a year ago in the 2010 Borgata Winter Open Championship Event. The Card Player points Marchese earned for the deep run, helped propel Marchese to earn the magazine's top honor.
"He won player of the year and I have to try and match that," said Lyndaker, who's also friends with Chalie Hook (Philadelphia, PA), as both are part of the remaining 71 player field.
"I want to travel the country and play in more live events like this," says Lyndaker, and is hoping to hone his tournament skills to play exclusive high-roller events that can cost as much as $250,000 to enter.
But for now his focus is on Borgata and the shrinking field that's chasing the big money topped by the $533,210 first prize. Lyndaker currently has an above average stack with 450k.
