Biography of Erik123
jacksup
A good friend of mine (Reamer on PokerStars) is thinking about writing
a biography of Erik123. A pitch for the book follows. My buddy would
like to know if there is interest in such a book among the poker
community, and he asked me to use this post to gauge interest (he's
not an RGP poster himself). So please, let me know what you think.
Matt
"Win or lose, Erik123 is a great player."
Fed-Ex
Sports commentators like to tell how NBA MVP Tim Duncan did not start
playing basketball until age 14. Apparently, he was a championship
swimmer in the Virgin Islands, until a hurricane blew down the only
swimming pool in the area. Otherwise, he may have never taken up the
sport of basketball. Rumor has it the supermodel Claudia Schiffer was
discovered in a seedy disco bar by a magazine photographer who had
just stopped by to make a phone call. Mozart is rumored to have played
piano in front of the emperor of Austria and his court at the tender
age of 5. Tiger Woods was apparently driving the ball more than 200
yards at age 3. One wonders how people close to these individuals felt
as they developed into greatness. I think that I have a good idea. I
have had the privilege of being the first "backer" of my good friend
Erik Sagstrom, known to the world as Erik123, "The King of Ding", and
seen my best investment ever work his way from a play money player and
micro-limit grinder into an icon in the world of online poker in the
course of two and a half short years.
Octo the Genarian
absurd, even if Erik123 is a truly great player, which we can't just assume
outright.
But then pitches are pitches. To answer your specific question, I'm sure a
large percentage of online players on RGP would be interested enough to buy
a reasonably priced book on the guy. It's not like there's a vast literature
on online gaming to compete with.
However I think the book has little chance of making any money. The name
Erik123 means nothing to the average online player, let alone the average
poker player, let alone the book buying public at large.
"jacksup" <mattm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Mike Armour
biography. He is clearly a good player (I have lost quite a bit to him)
but I don't know that I would read his book.
Mike
"NickZack"
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online cheater
TWal289
>From: "online cheater"
>He uses our software!
When are you going to get around to posting some of your huge cashouts?
Gary Carson
About your investment in a poker player? About the poker player?
About the experience of moving from obscurity to fame? About men who
love their childre? About how a swimming pool can be blown down?
wg bradley
I have had the privilege of being the first "backer" of my good
friend
> Erik Sagstrom, known to the world as Erik123, "The King of Ding",
and
> seen my best investment ever work his way from a play money player
and
> micro-limit grinder into an icon in the world of online poker in the
> course of two and a half short years.
I beg to differ. I think I was your best investment ever.
accountant
if that's the same name he was using then on Paradise. He was playing
20/40 holdem at that time, if that's the same person.
I've also seen him at Ultimate Bet in the 80/160 games lately.
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Dann
I think there's definitely potential there. I'm currently working on my
second book (baseball-related, not poker, though) and am somewhat familiar
with the "sports" publishing industry. Because of the growth of poker in
the past few years, I'm willing to bet that traditional sports publishers
would be willing to give poker books more consideration now than in the
past. Or, you could query a traditional poker publishers.
I would highly recommend that you check out a book called the The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Getting Published
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0028623924/qid=1060693047/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/102-6333747-7402521?v=glance&s=books&n=507846).
Don't let the name fool you. It's a great resource that helped me polish
ideas into magazine and newspaper stories I sold, as well as my first
book. It's paid for itself a couple thousand times over.
Best of luck!
AJohn808
>Tiger Woods was apparently driving the ball more than 200
>yards at age 3.
pffffft. i think not. unless he was using that Titanic Thompson frozen lake
trick.
Peg Smith
mattm...@hotmail.com (jacksup) writes:
>A good friend of mine (Reamer on PokerStars) is thinking about writing
>a biography of Erik123. A pitch for the book follows. My buddy would
>like to know if there is interest in such a book among the poker
>community, and he asked me to use this post to gauge interest (he's
>not an RGP poster himself). So please, let me know what you think.
>
It might make an interesting article. I can't imagine that there would be
enough material for a book on a kid who's only 20 and hasn't played long enough
to be reliably ranked as "great". He hasn't even lived long enough for a
biography; other than his school years and poker experience, what's to say
about a 20-year-old kid?
Peg
Larry W. (Wayno) Phillips
I'd certainly pay $5 to read the book proposal.
I think Peg's right-- 20 is a little early for a biography.
If he keeps winning, there might be some interest in a How-To book...
"How To Play Internet Poker"-- by Erik (The Master) 123-- something
like that-- there being a lot of internet players out there.
Chris Senhouse
Also please check out our forums, we're just getting
started.
Thanks,
Chris
Elite-Poker.com
Gary Carson
My agent is one of the authors of that book. She also has some stuff
on her website about how to write a book proposal
http://users.rcn.com/sheree.interport/proposals.html
She doesn't like phone calls and email btw.
OrangeSFO
just about anything. Hey! I took a footlong dump this morning. Put
me on the cover of People.
Warhol had it wrong: In the future everyone will be famous for 22
seconds.
Who the F**K is Erik123 and what the hell has he done that would
warrant A BOOK??
Rich
> So please, let me know what you think.
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Rich
Jester
I posted on the other thread I saw Erik123 take 10k from Phil H heads
up. Pretty amazing game to watch.
--
Jester - River Catcher
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Jim Geary
"Larry W. (Wayno) Phillips" <Larr...@charter.net> wrote in message
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> I'd certainly pay $5 to read the book proposal.
> I think Peg's right-- 20 is a little early for a biography.
Tho this has nothing to do with anything, I am reminded of the time John
Travolta was on American Bandstand in the 70s and Dick Clark asked him about
his ongoing projects, and JT mentioned, "..and I wrote a book which they're
going to make into a novel.."
Dave L
"Gary Carson" <garyc...@alumni.northwestern.edu> wrote in message
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>
> My agent is one of the authors of that book. She also has some stuff
> on her website about how to write a book proposal
>
> http://users.rcn.com/sheree.interport/proposals.html
>
> She doesn't like phone calls and email btw.
That's just what she tells you so you stop bothering her so damn much ;)