Magnus Carlsen talked about choosing poker over chess after making it to Day 2 of the
Norwegian Poker Championship on 🧲 Wednesday.
While Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren
prepare to begin their battle for the World Championship, Magnus Carlsen is currently
in 🧲 Bratislava playing the Norwegian Poker Championship.
The 32-year-old is in the
Slovakian capital due to Norway's strict gambling laws. Last year, 🧲 in Dublin, Carlsen
made headlines as he finished in an impressive 25th place out of 1,050 players, earning
a cash 🧲 prize of around 5,000 Euro.
Before the event today he posted a picture on his
Instagram account: "Norwegian poker championship > 🧲 World Chess Championship".
Speaking
to the official broadcast after Day 1, Carlsen jokingly confirmed that he prefers poker
over chess.
Magnus Carlsen 🧲 was one of 435 players to make it through Day 1 of the Main
Event of the Norwegian Poker Championship 🧲 | photo: official YouTube broadcast
Yeah, but
it does say something about me not liking the World Chess Championship.
Carlsen went
through 🧲 to Day 2, but dropped down the rankings in the last hours of the day.
"It went
a bit astray the 🧲 last half an hour. A lot of strange things happened. Let's try again
tomorrow," said Carlsen. He's left with 47,500 🧲 chips after starting on 100,000.
Asked
if he thinks it's fun, he replied to the official Youtube broadcast.
Yeah, it's fine.
It's 🧲 a bit tiring. I was sitting here for an hour or an hour and a half and I didn't
win 🧲 a single hand. I just folded and folded. That's not very exciting, but when
something happens, it's fun.
Carlsen is one 🧲 of 435 players who made it to Day 2 from
the 1B field in the Main Event, out of 680 🧲 players starting. With players from 1A
joining on Thursday, 550 players are currently competing.
The Norwegian broadcast from
the day:
