Heads Up with Remko – Ali Imsirovic

The 2018 Poker Masters was dominated by Ali Imsirovic who took down back-to-back events to double his career tournament earnings to $2.4 million.

• 2:15 – Ali Imsirovic talks about what it was like winning the Purple Jacket after the elimination of Brandon Adams from the $100,000 Main Event.
• 3:17 – Expectations coming into the series and thoughts on his edge versus the fields at the Poker Masters.
• 5:05 – How did Ali Imsirovic get his start in poker, and how he used $60 he got from his father to fix his guitar to start his poker career.
• 7:55 – How did Ali Imsirovic reach the top in poker and which players and tools did he learn the most from?
• 12:12 – Ali Imsirovic gives advice on how young players in the USA can reach the top these days without an abundance of online poker to their disposal.
• 17:05 – The work ethic needed for Ali to reach the top and stay there, and how important are leaderboards and Player of the Year lists for the young pro?
• 21:00 – Telling his family about choosing poker and the road they traveled from Bosnia to the USA after the war uprooted their lives in the mid-90s.
• 30:00 – Setting goals, confidence and continuing to perform at the highest level.
• 34:10 – Which players has Ali been the most impressed with on the high roller scene?
• 35:15 – How important is winning the Purple Jacket to Ali, and how excited is he to have a chance to play in the 2019 Super High Roller Bowl?
• 39:27 – Ending things with some basketball talk, is Ali Imsirovic the Damian Lillard of poker?

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