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Old 09-05-2009, 01:49 PM   #16
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Re: What happened to Thomas Wahlroos?
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Damn, so no more Walrus avatar :-(
It's still in your Full Tilt Poker folder on your computer somewhere if you miss it.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Full Tilt Poker\Graphics\Table\Avatars\Pro\61
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Old 09-05-2009, 01:58 PM   #17
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Re: What happened to Thomas Wahlroos?
For those who don´t know his father is Björn "Nalle " Wahlroos, one of the richest men in Finland, a banker.
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Old 09-05-2009, 02:43 PM   #18
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Re: What happened to Thomas Wahlroos?
he works for a Finnish hedgie as a portfolio manager and equity analyst.
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Old 09-05-2009, 02:47 PM   #19
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Re: What happened to Thomas Wahlroos?
I´m working as a fold equity manager.
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Old 09-05-2009, 02:47 PM   #20
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I´m working as a fold equity manager.
hahahaha +1
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Old 09-05-2009, 02:55 PM   #21
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Re: What happened to Thomas Wahlroos?
I played with him in the WSOP 5k shootout and he said that he was running his own kinda investment/fund/stock kinda **** and didn't play much poker at all. Said he was running like god too
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Old 09-05-2009, 03:08 PM   #22
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I played with him in the WSOP 5k shootout and he said that he was running his own kinda investment/fund/stock kinda **** and didn't play much poker at all. Said he was running like god too
Running his own book I guess, not a fund. The fund is up ~7% year to date, prolly the other guys are bringing the results down and counterweighting his run like god...
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Old 09-05-2009, 05:54 PM   #23
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oh boy. Didn't see that coming. wp.
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Old 09-05-2009, 06:53 PM   #24
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He didnt want to renew his contract with full tilt as he didnt want to fullfill all the duties. He's playing under an alias now...he told me what it was. Something like margones or maranas, i dont remember it.

He's rolling in money anyway because of his family connections, so he never really needed a sponsorship deal.
nice level.
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Old 09-05-2009, 07:19 PM   #25
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does anyone have a link or the date of the prr episode he was on?
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Old 09-07-2009, 12:39 AM   #26
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how do you become a banker??? i'll be the next andy beal or bjorn wahlroos, just a couple years of college?
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:52 PM   #27
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bump, seems to have left the hedge fund business for now.
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Old 06-17-2010, 01:51 PM   #28
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bump, seems to have left the hedge fund business for now.
Details?
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