British entrepreneur Talal Sharkechi who is in Las Vegas was interviewed by PokerListings after his win at the Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event. Anyone would have take the money and travel all around the world but no Talal who had very important things to do.

«I didn’t have time to celebrate. I had a lot of work to catch up on because of SCOOP. As soon as the tournament finished, I got stuck into some e-mail. Then I had to prepare for some meetings so I got my head down and got on with that.» Yes, he went on to sleep after winning over a million dollars.

A few years ago, I won a SCOOP event with over 5,500 entrants. In many ways that one was more satisfying because although the average player wasn’t as strong as this one, it’s tougher to win a tournament of that size. I felt as happy with that win as I did with this.”

Altough he is not a professional poker player Talal takes his game pretty serious. «When I do things, I want to do them well. When you play online you can get a lot of volume in and I also spend a lot of time studying the game. Even though I won that tournament, I’m still feeling bad about playing the river poorly on one final-table hand against Scott Seiver.»

If you want to read the full interview click HERE.