Meet our Unstack Me If You Can Champion : Norson Saho 0
If you are a Chilipoker player, you must have heard about the Unstack Me If You Can promotion.
Unstack Me If You Can is open to all the players. Play all week to qualify for the final, every Friday. The winner of the final is the challenger who gets to play heads up against the Champion. Win the heads up, and you become the Champion, defending your seat the following weekend. As long as you win the heads up, you keep your seat, and win money for every victory. The concept is simple : unstack the champion… If you can! (for more details, and schedule of the tournaments, please visit our website).
Unstack the Champion… If you can!
Current champion, for the second time in a row, accumulating a sweet $2,250, is player “ lllllillliiiiiiiiiilllllllllll “.
We got in touch with him to find out who he was, and needless to say after speaking with him, that he is a big player!
Norson Saho
Hi Norson, and first of all thank you very much for being kind enough to reply to our questions.
Who is Norson Saho aka “lllllillliiiiiiiiiilllllllllll” ?
- I am a 32 years old professional player from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and I have played poker for a living for about 5 years. I started depositing $20,00 and played SNGs for 2 years, moving from the low stakes to the high stakes. Before that I used to work in the quality control department of a game design company as a beta tester. Before working there, I was already a pro player but not in poker! I used to play the Age of Empires Series, a real time strategy game from Microsoft, professionally. I was the world champion in that game.
“World Champion of the Age of Empires Series”
You play poker for a living. What do you play ?
- After my $20 deposit, grinding the low stakes SNGs, I moved to middle stakes MTT online. Nowadays I play mostly high stakes MTTs online and live cash game, but I also play some big live MTTs from time to time.I play mostly online MTTs from middle stakes to high stakes. I would say anything higher than $10 rebuy and $50 freezeouts. I also play live cash game but not as often such as 2/5 or 5/10.
You are the champion of the “unstack me if you can” promotion for the second week in a row, can you tell us about it ?
- I was invited to the finals because I was one of the top guns in the MTT group that week. Then I played the final freeroll and qualified to challenge the previous champion.The structure of the final heads-up is just really good. I mean, I have very little experience in heads up poker itself but I think overall I am pretty good because I have made so many final tables and gone deep in several tournaments. So even for a guy like me, not a HU specialist, I feel like I can have some sort of edge because of the structure. And of course let’s not forget it’s a freeroll so nothing bad can come from it.
Do you think you can make it several weeks in a row?
- Well there is a lot of variance in poker, specially in one single match so I would say it’s very unlikely but it could certainly happen. Anyone can get there and beat me just like I did. I am a very competitive person so my goal is to win as much as I can!
“Chilipoker looked to be a good promising company”
Why do you play on Chilipoker ? and have you tried Chiliconnect
- Well probably like 3 years ago I was making a lot of research on all the ipoker skins and I came to the conclusion that Chilipoker would be the right pick because of the VIP program and how proactive the management was. When I pick a room to put my money I like to think like an investor in the long run and Chilipoker looked to be a good promising company back then. I think I made the right choice.
I was one the first to give ChiliConnect a try and I really enjoyed it. The idea is great and as more people get to know about it, I am pretty sure it will be a blast. The idea of the last longers is just fantastic. When I play a live-MTT here in Brazil I always make a last longer bet with a friend of mine, whoever goes deeper gets a free dinner.
You also qualified for the WSOP main event on Chilipoker. How are you feeling about this ? have you played such a big event before ? What does it feel like to know you are going to play under the Chilipoker colors along with Liz Lieu ?
- Actually last year I had already won 2 WSOP packages on Chili, a $20,000 package in the WSOP Warrior where I finished 2nd in the league, and a $12,000 one in the super satellite. Last year I played the Main Event and busted at the end of day two, but I got the opportunity to play at the same table with guys like Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Cole “CTS” South ! It was great and a good learning experience. I also played the Main Event the year before. Having the opportunity to play again this year at the WSOP with the Chili patch will be great. Hopefully I have the chance to meet Liz Lieu in person and do some more side bets beyond ChiliConnect
Do you have a final word for all the challengers on Chilipoker who are gonna try to defeat you at the end of the week?
- All I can say is to enjoy the promotion because it is a lot of fun, and if you get lucky enough to win the final freeroll, good luck against me. YOU WILL NEED IT!
Thank you Norson and good luck for defending your seat, and also for the WSOP!
Defeat “lllllillliiiiiiiiiilllllllllll” and win $$$
So you got the message. Norson thinks you will need luck to beat him. Qualify this week for our final on Friday, and prove him that you too are skilled!
Next chance for you to qualify is tonight. You have a freeroll at 8.30pm or a $4 tournament at 9pm -Full schedule here-
You can qualify every day for the final, so don’t miss out, and be our next Unstack Me If You Can champion!
