Online poker operations at Ladbrokes reported an Irish "pro"
player's success at their tables this week.
Belfast, Northern Ireland mathematics grad Lee-Anne Smyth has managed
to buy a GBP sterling 150, 000 house outright, and a GBP sterling
15,000 car for cash as a result of her success at the tables after
turning up her nose at GBP 40 000 a year banking jobs
Although yet to win a major league tournament, 25 year old Smyth is
now earning a very good living from playing online poker. She plays
poker online at the Ladbrokes site every week, earning on average
a weekly income of GBP sterling 4,500. Should her success continue
she is on target to have earned GBP sterling 243,000 by the end of
the year.
Talking to a newspaper Smyth opined that her maths degree may have
played some part in preparing her for the challenges of online poker,
saying “....hours spent solving algebraic equations sharpened
my poker brain”. Who needs a proper job when I can make what
most people earn in a month in a couple of hours?”