Swedish pro and Unibet Ambassador Micke Norinder is a fixture on the live circuit, a gregarious and universally friendly figure at the table but also a player to be reckoned with. His results over the last few years (he’s been playing professionally for five years, and for Unibet for three) have been in a variety of disciplines, leading to an equally wide variety of currencies being given back to him as he made, among other finishes, a fifth place at the Amsterdam Masterclassics in 2007, an EPT final table in Prague the same year, a WSOP Limit Hold’em shootout 11th place and 6th in the Pot Limit Omaha Event in Stockholm in 2009.
Norinder maintains that the most important factor in becoming a good poker player is, “Management, both money and feelings,” and this concise advice seems to have stood him in good stead. His well-managed globetrotting has earned him over $300,000 in tournament winnings, however he’s yet to top the field at one of the Unibet Open events at which he’s a constant fixture.
When asked about this in particular, he said, “I’ve participated in every Unibet Open event since the start. But my statistics for day two are so bad. I think it´s better that I comment in the live-stream.” He is a welcome addition to the live-stream commentary booth, a born talker and regular blogger, with a straight-talking attitude which makes him just that little bit more unpredictable than many pundits. However, despite the Swedish action-generator’s willingness to explain the action on TV or comment on the poker world, it’s hard to imagine him keeping off the felt in Bulgaria for long. Although he reminisces fondly about the 2009 Portugal leg of Unibet Open: ” I think Algarve was very nice. We had a lovely boat trip and a lot of sun,” he admits to, “Looking forward to Golden Sands and Valencia this year.”
Speaking of boats, his personal passion outside of the poker arena is, unusually, just that. “My big hobby is my boat (ship). It´s a big 43 feet Azimut with flybridge. I will spend the most of the Swedish summer in it. I like to fish. I will try to catch a lot of fish this summer, both in the sea and at the poker table.”
