£200,000 poker salary for failed school student

2007-12-04 14:54:21

A 20-year-old who failed his college courses is now making £200,000 a year playing poker, it has been reported.

Dan Carter, from Prestbury, has been playing for two years and has gone on to be ranked 18th in Europe, according to local paper the Gloucestershire Echo.

Once ranked as high as seventh, Carter has won £400,000 in the past two years, including £90,000 at the World Heads-up championship, where he was runner-up.

"I'm quite a risk-averse person. I don't really gamble," he said.

"I don't play the lottery or scratchcards. Poker takes five minutes to learn and a lifetime to master."

Carter says that he picked up poker from his stepdad who he saw playing it one day, although he says that his stepdad was not particularly good.

His online name is lucky_scrote and his favourite poker game is Heads-up, according to his profile on Pokerpages.