SCOOP 2020: ‘Come on, Pistol!’ – Patience pays off for Paul ‘pistolp999’ Kroezen in #16-L win
It was last Sunday night. After a long day of poker Paul “pistolp999” Kroezen had been thriving in the “Mini-Kickoff,” one of a few events he was playing.
Then suddenly he wasn’t.
“I was going pretty well, then at the very end of Day 1, I went out on a two-outer,” says Kroezen. “I was disappointed and angry, but I also had the Mini-Million and the PLO left.”
The 32-year-old player from the Netherlands explained how when he was younger, he might have let his emotions get the best of him and just tilted off his remaining stacks. But he’s grown over the 14 years he’s been playing poker. He’s learned ways to handle such misfortune.
“On a break I went for a little walk,” he says. “I said to myself, ‘Come on, Pistol. Come on, Paul,'” he adds with a laugh.