Anyway, there was a time where we actually had some competition, it was known as the Svensson Era. The Kristian Svensson Era, that is.
Kristian Svensson
Kristian was the Live Event Manager of Bwin and has been in the poker business for many years. He was extremely well liked by the players and i would go as far as saying he was the biggest profile of the GSOP series. How ever, everything that has a beginning, has an end, as the Matrix Oracle poetically puts it and last autumn Kristian decided that he wanted to pursue new adventures and left Bwin after a life on the road the past two years.
For many events, Kristian was the one who always made the day a little more colorful with the craziest bets imaginable. My personal favorite is when Kristian challenged BetssonErik at a game of Ninjump on the iPad. Erik who had never played the game wanted some sort of edge, and Kristian accepted to only play with his foot. You had to see it to appreciate it I guess, but the sight of Kristian playing ipad games for money, with his foot, was one to remember.
GSOP Prague in December was Kristians official good bye event, and he did it as a Betsson player. Some of Kristians most loyal ex players wanted Kristian to go out with a bang. They bought the smart looking Kristian a Rolex watch. But they didn't want him to get the present that easily. They also bought a fake one and came up with a plan...
In Prague, they took Kristian out to dinner where they eventually gave him the present, the fake present that is. Kristian who loves expensive brands and clothes was overwhelmed with joy of receiving what he believed was a real Rolex. He made several statements during the dinner to show his appreciation.
After investigating the Rolex carefully, he put it on his wrist and concluded "I know quality when i see it". And thus was his new nick name born. Kristian "I know quality when i see it" Svensson.
The players had a good laugh during the next 24 hours when Kristian proudly wore his watch, showing it off to everyone that he met.
The next day, the players told Kristian to meet them in the hotel lobby bar for one last surprised. Kristian was very excited and humbled by the nice gesture and came down to the lobby bar were about 15 people had gathered. Once there, Kristian again showed off his watch to the few that hadn't seen it yet. The players explained that they had one last gift, and gave Kristian another box. When he opened it, he found another box which had "Rolex" all over it. Now Kristian was really confused. He opened the Rolex box and found another watch, which of course was the real one. "Another one?!" Kristian said confused, and everyone started laughing hysterically. The players explained what was going on and how hard of a time they had had to not start give anything away during the dinner the previous night when Kristian "I know quality when i see it" Svensson had investigated the clock carefully and made several remarks what good quality the watch was.
Kristian also admitted that the watch had actually broken the very first night, but didn't have the guts to tell anyone about it.
I hope Kristian will return to more events, he is already missed!
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