“Feruell” is near the top of poker’s food chain. A professional from Russia, he makes a living gambling anonymously on GGPoker, Americas Cardroom and other sites, sometimes using Darth Vader as his avatar. Fellow sharks and smaller fish with money to lose are his prey. Feruell keeps his emotions in check during games, but he’s outspoken in poker forums when he sees something he doesn’t like.
In 2013 another player caught his eye. Vyacheslav Karpov, aka Performer, was posting lurid tales in a Russian-language chatroom about prostitutes and card tricks he’d learned from “gypsies.” To the cerebral Feruell, Karpov’s boasting ...
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