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LLinusLLove, the best online NLHE player is being accused of cheating by fellow online highstakes pro: poker 88 votes, 93 comments. LLinusLLove opens on the button to $980 with A♠ 9♣. Berry Sweet defends his Big Blind with 8 ♦ 5♣. How has LLinusLLove been crushing the games for the last few years? Everyone has had access to solvers for years and the games have never been tougher, so how has he managed to have a graph like this.
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It has been a long time since we had an unveiling of one of poker’s mystery online crushers –January of 2011 seeing the biggest story of the new year when Viktor Blom was finally revealed as the online beast ‘Isildur1’ – but this week has seen a new star making his first public appearance in his ‘real identity’, Linus Loeliger, aka ‘LLinusLLove’.
It was the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure all those years ago that saw Blom come out of the closet so to speak, and this week it was another PokerStars event, the Barcelona Championship €50,000 Super High Roller, at which Loeliger emerged as a real person - having been spoken about for months as a new big name in the online nosebleeds.
So who is the mysterious LLinusLlove/Loeliger character and why has he kept himself in obscurity until now?
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Linus Loeliger is a 22-year old Swiss pro with a few Hendon Mob results recorded, but no sign that he would be the same person who has worked his way up through the ranks of the online grinders, HSDB.com featuring his 2+2 post which saw him ‘attempting to run his $150 bankroll from NL10 up to NL100 by the end of the year.’
And it was the very same HSDB.com which eventually outed Loeliger, his online ‘challenge’ having been more than completed, although he quickly stopped updating his thread with results and hand histories after a heavy losing session ($200!) back in 2013.
According to Pokernews.com, ‘the mechanics of the transfer system (on 2+2 between high-stakes regs) require the use of his full name, and eventually, he said, someone leaked the info to HighstakesDB.com.’
'I mean, it has to happen at some point,' said Linus of his real identity’s revelation to the wider poker world. 'There's nothing I can do about it.'
In April of this year he gave an anonymous interview to Brad Willis for the PokerStars blog, Willis writing: ‘We know that he is now 22 years old, has moved from Malta to Vienna, and plays the occasional live event. Other than that, he doesn't have much to say about his personal life.’
'I prefer to stay out of the spotlight, because usually there's nothing good coming from it, especially in the poker scene,' said LlinusLLove, who we now know to be Loeliger. No longer able to hide himself from the perils of the public poker world, Loeliger decided that the $50K Super High Roller in Barcelona would be as good a time as any to make an appearance, despite his mainly cash game background.
'I've actually done quite a lot of work in MTTs as well,' he told Mo Nuwarrah of PokerNews, adding: 'I used to play the occasional Sunday. My roommate plays tournaments for a living. I'm feeling very, very comfortable in my tournaments. It's not a big transition.”
Despite being well within his comfort zone, he missed out on the money in Barcelona, but we can certainly expect some big scores in the future now that his virtual existence has a human dimension, although his live appearances may well mirror his online play – big buy-ins and big name opposition.
Despite his amazing run to the top of the poker pile, it may not change people’s opinion of what he does for a living though, as a recent tweet reveals…
| Jonas Mols | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | OtB_RedBaron |
| Born | Belgium |
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Jonas Mols is a Belgian professional poker player who specializes in online no-limit Texas hold 'em (NLHE). Mols plays on PokerStars under the alias OtB_RedBaron.[1][2]
Poker career[edit]
Mols worked on his game by 'reading and analyzing his game' until he improved. He reportedly earned between $4 and $5 million playing online tournaments and cash games at stakes below $25/$50. In 2012 on a thread at Two Plus Two Publishing, Mols documented his goal to play 100,000 hands on PokerStars' Zoom format at the highest stakes and achieve at least a 6 EV bb/100 win rate. He achieved a 3.9 EV bb/100 win rate on his first marathon and a 7 EV bb/100 win rate on his second attempt.[3] Mols has been referred to as an online poker 'boss'.[4] Professional poker player Andres 'Educa-p0ker' Artinano, claimed observing Mols improved his own game play and ranked Mols along with Linus Loeliger and Timofey Kuznetsov as one of the top three 6-max no-limit hold 'em players in the world.[5][6]
Mols played in the 2016 World Championship of Online Poker $102,000 Super High Roller where he was eliminated by eventual champion 'bencb789'.[7]
In March 2018, Mols won a $157,425.70 pot online after getting all the money in preflop holding K♦K♠ against Timofey Kuznetsov's A♦A♣. They agreed to run the board twice. The first board ran out 3♥K♣4♣2♦6♠ and the second board came 6♥K♥9♦7♥3♠ giving the entire pot to Mols.[8][9]
As of 2018, Mols has earned over $2,000,000 playing online poker cash games at stakes $25/$50 and higher. His winnings come almost entirely from no-limit Texas hold 'em.[10] His total live tournament winnings exceeds $50,000.[11]
References[edit]
- ^Glatzer, Jason (2018-05-11). 'Railbird Report: Yong & Kelopuro Win Big in partypoker Trickett's Room'. PokerNews. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^'Jonas 'OtB_RedBaron' Mols quebra par de ases duas vezes seguidas nos high stakes' [Jonas 'OtB_RedBaron' Mols breaks pair of aces twice in high stakes]. Card Player Brasil (in Portuguese). 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^'OtB_Redbaron, #1 NL 6max player in the World • Best Poker Coaching'. Best Poker Coaching. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^'News: Can you exchange blows like OtB_RedBaron?'. pokerstrategy.com. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^Pete (22 February 2018). 'LLinusLLove Wins $112,306 at $200/$400 NLHE vs Otb_RedBaron & Trueteller'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ^'Upswing Poker Signs On Andres Artinano Known As 'educa-p0ker' To Coach New Course - Elite Cash Game Mastery'. markets.businessinsider.com. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^Webjoker (2016-09-11). ''bencb789' Gets It All Back, Busts 'OtB_RedBaron''. PokerNews. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^Teemu (14 March 2018). ''Trueteller' Gets His Aces Cracked Twice in a Row by Jonas 'OtB_RedBaron' Mols'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^Glatzer, Jason (2018-03-16). 'Railbird Report: Timofey 'Trueteller' Kuznetsov's Aces Cracked Twice'. PokerNews. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^'Poker Player OtB_RedBaron'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^'Jonas Mols' profile on The Hendon Mob'. The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 2018-05-31.