Picking up poker at the start of the millennium, which sounds like some kind of new year’s resolution come very good, Swede Mats Rahmn has spent the last decade racking up results and joining the Unibet circuit as a popular professional player. In 2004 he turned pro, and since then has gone on to tally up an impressive string of results, even landing himself one of those most coveted poker accessories, a WSOP bracelet (for the $1,500 No Limit event in 2006).
He’s been in attendance at every Unibet Open event since Budapest 2009, and has high praise for the London leg that year: “The production was the best by far and the tournament was run smoothly which made for a good experience.” However, “Locationwise, Algarve was the best with perfect weather, plus a really nice hotel and bay area.” He’s probably going to favor the beachside location of the Golden Sands event, then, as the casino has a glass wall with views out over the ocean… His best result at a Unibet Open has been 15th, in Budapest this year, where he took down €5,520 in sight of the final.
We asked him what makes a good poker player, and he responded, “Something that´s really important which people tend to forget, is a genuine interest in the game. If you really love poker you are more likely to improve your game because you will be more interested to learn, both from playing and by talking with others about poker, than a player who just sees poker as an opportunity to make a quick dollar.”
Taking his own advice, he admits to enthusiastically taking up another game which somehow has inexplicably captured the imagination of poker players from Phil Ivey to Patrik Antonius, and spawned prop bets galore.
“I´ve just started playing golf and I really like the game. Although it´s frustrating to be really bad at something I´m hopefully improving my game rapidly and eventually end up somewhere on the fairway from time to time!”
