Jake Cody
Jake Cody wins big on the roulette wheel
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Most of us who like to gamble have a favourite game, whether it’s a spin on the roulette wheel, craps’ dice or a hand of poker – after all, a leopard doesn’t change its spots, does it? Well, all us creatures of habit like to change up the odds sometimes, although not all as successfully as the world-famous poker player Jake Cody, who decided to break the habit of a lifetime and try his hand at roulette with some spectacular results!
Jake Cody, is a very popular professional poker player from Rochdale, in the UK, is known for his cool demeanour, street style and of course his crazy success at the poker table.
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Jake Cody wins £42k in a tournament & walks straight over to the roulette…
What happens next is legendary pic.twitter.com/h4eawn8NiT
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Fans of the poker demon will know that this one time student dropped out of university where he was studying psychology to pursue a professional career in the sport with spectacular success. He arrived in the gambling world with a bang, after being named Rookie of the Year (2006), and Poker Player of the Year (2010) at the European Poker Awards. Jake is also crazy for online poker. To date, it is thought, that Jake has amassed over £3m in winnings, not including his online playing!
With all the wins at the poker table behind him, none of us expected to find Jake winning a stack of cash at the roulette wheel, but that’s just what this mega talented gambler did, pulling off one of the biggest upsets of recent times at a roulette wheel! It’s not every day that a poker pro gambles his entire poker tournament winnings awarded for the Highest Roller on a single spin of the roulette wheel but that’s what Cody did!
After winning the High Roller trophy at the Partypoker UK Championships in February, rumours had gathered during the event that the pro was willing to do one crazy stunt for fun, it started as a joke but as more people heard about it, then the poker pro decided madly to go through with it and literally place his trophy, representing his £42,000 winnings, on black at the roulette wheel.
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Mobile phone footage captured the tense moment when the stunt took place and this quickly went global, with nearly one million hits, showing the pro, surrounded by a group of excited fans, putting all his winnings, in the form of his trophy, on the table for a one spin gamble.
And it gets flukier still when Jake invited the Dusk Till Dawn casino boss, Rob Yong, to set the roulette ball in motion for the bet instead of the croupier, which he did!
Imagine the reaction of the crowd, Cody and Rob Yong, when the ball lands on 22 black, netting the young gun an eye-watering £85,340- now that’s enough to get any leopard to change its spots – right? So can we expect to see this fun-loving pro back at the roulette wheel anytime soon, after all, he clearly has Lady Luck on his side right?
The past few days have seen some big online poker signings with both Jake Cody and Hans Vogl inking sponsorship deals. Cody was the biggest signing since the UK poker pro is one of only four players to have won poker’s triple crown (WSOP, EPT and WPT title).
What’s truly amazing about this is that Cody’s major titles have come within a two-year span. In 2010, he won the EPT Deauville ($1,213,194) and WPT London ($425,492) tournaments, while 2011 saw him take down the WSOP $25k Heads-up title ($851,192) to complete the triple crown. In all Cody has $2,870,822 in poker tournament winnings.
After signing with PKR, Cody talked about how excited he was over the sponsorship deal by saying, “I’m very excited about joining Team PKR Pro. I’ve been patient with sponsorship, waiting for the right deal to come along.” He also added, “When I spoke to PKR I was really impressed with the whole setup and the ideas that they have going forward, and I knew straight away I wanted to be part of it! It’s a great site to be involved with right now and I think I can help take it to the next level.”
Hans Vogl may not be as decorated as Jake Cody, but Betfair saw enough in the self-taught grinder and poker writer to offer a deal. His best tournament finish is a 5th place effort in the 2007 Aussie Millions ($318,112) event, and his career earnings amount to $412,581.
Vogl started out playing low stakes online poker games, and was fairly average in the beginning. However, in just three short years, he transformed into a pro player through hard work and persistence. The new Team Betfair member spoke about his transformation by saying, “Hard work I would say. Reading books, analyzing hand histories, discussing hands with friends. Then of course playing, playing and playing to get into a routine. It is also important to have self-discipline in order to avoid chasing losses or going on tilt.”
Betfair manager Asko Heiskanen also discussed the signing by saying, “We are always looking for great players who can represent Betfair. Hans has demonstrated time and time again that he is a player of extraordinary skills. We believe there’s much more to come from him and we are delighted he has joined Team Betfair.”