EP #88: Shyam Srinivasan - Canadian Professional Poker Player Who's Won Millions

Shyam Srinivasan (@shyam990) is a professional poker player who's won millions of dollars playing both online and in tournaments all over the world.He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss foregoing a career in criminal law to play poker professionally and how his parents reacted to this decision, the different countries he’s gotten to play in, running into celebrity poker players throughout the years, why cash games involve more skill than tournaments, misconceptions about poker and much more.Follow Shyam:- Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/shyam990/) Timestamps00:19 - Ara introduces this week’s guest, Shyam 00:52 - His life before poker; studying to be a criminal lawyer01:19 - How his parents reacted to him pursuing a poker career01:53 - The moment Shyam knew a poker career “was in the cards”02:19 - The benefit of online poker versus traditional poker03:01 - His day-to-day schedule as a professional poker player03:31 - Growing up competitive04:24 - His favourite places to play poker; Australia, Macau, etc.05:01 - Running into other Tamil professional poker players05:34 - Being bankrolled to mitigate the risk versus using his own funds06:24 - Getting recognized in public06:50 - His poker friends and running into big name players07:37 - How he manages his money without having a stable income08:50 - When will he walk away from poker? What will he do?09:11 - Misconceptions about poker09:41 - Advice for people who want to play professional poker10:17 - Why cash games revolve more skill than tournaments11:10 - Does Shyam remember his best fold or best call?11:31 - His biggest failure/learning lesson?11:53 - Where he seems himself in the next 3-5 years12:08 - What his friend circle looks like12:29 - Advice he would give his 16-year-old self12:45 - How he would describe his poker style13:12 - Biggest differences of playing online versus in-person13:18 - Creator Confessions23:07 - The Wrap UpIntro MusicProduced And Mixed By:- The Tamil Creator- YanchanWritten By:- Aravinthan Ehamparam- Yanchan Rajmohan        Support the show