Steffen Sontheimer: From the Bottom to High Stakes Poker [Rebroadcast]

At the beginning of 2017, Steffen Sontheimer close to $500,000 in live cashes and flew under the radar of many in the Poker world. But some seemed to notice the rising talent already: "Predicting the breakout year of Go0se.core! Best player in the game right now.", Fedor Holz wrote on Twitter. Well, Fedor was right. The same year, Steffen cashed for $7.052.324 and destroyed the Poker Masters series in the Aria Casino Las Vegas, when he claimed the Purple Jacket and cashed 4 out of 5 high roller tournaments against the best in the world. We cover a lot of topics in this conversation. It's always a pleasure to talk to Steffen, he's one of the smartest people in the poker world. I hope you'll enjoy this rerun (the episode was originially published on YouTube in March 2020)   Also, make sure to check out Steffen's Instagram profile "coachgo0se"You can find it here: https://www.instagram.com/coachgo0se/   YouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/podcast-yt   CONNECT:  Subscribe to newsletter: https://www.runchukspodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunchuksP Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/runchukspoker Coaching: https://bit.ly/bts-coaching   OUTLINE: 00:01:18 Steffen “go0se.core!” Sontheimer Introduction by Toby 00:05:59 What are Steffen current goals 00:08:00 Why Steffen stopped traveling for Super High Rollers 00:16:30 “My biggest freedom that I have is never setting an alarm clock” 00:18:45 Steffen enjoy online poker more than live poker? 00:21:40 Travelling for High Rollers Tournaments 00:23:23 The pressure from investors? 00:24:53 Super High Roller Bowl 00:28:02 Where is the pressure coming from? 00:31:27 Proofing to himself 00:31:58 Insane amount of work for playing Super High Rollers 00:35:05 Natural confidence 00:39:05 Fedor Holz influence 00:40:35 Steffen first High Roller Tournament 00:43:48 First live tournament and Fedor Holz story 00:44:57 Steffen Hand against Nick Petrangelo on first High Roller Final Table 00:46:59 The German High Roller Team lead by Fedor Holz 00:56:43 The Content Hiding Mafia 01:00:02 Crushing without a group and LLinusLLove story 01:02:38 Will Steffen stream again? 01:04:39 Does Steffen plan to move up the stakes? 01:06:33 It will be possible to make 3-4 bb/100 on NL200 Zoom for the next 5 years? 01:08:57 Motivation to keep playing and browser game 01:15:36 The difference from NL2 to NL500 is the same from NL500 to NL10k? 01:18:06 Steffen plan for 2020 and taxes 01:21:14 Decision to settle down 01:23:23 Achieving Super Nova Elite 01:30:37 Multi-tabling now and then 01:37:51 WSOP or UEFA Euro for 2020? 01:40:36 COVID-19 canceling WSOP? 01:44:17 Steffen toughest online opponents 01:50:02 Meeting a poker celebrity for the first time 01:52:54 Meeting Phil Ivey 01:54:05 Meeting Gerard Piqué 01:56:01 Meeting Kevin Hart and Usain Bolt 01:59:15 Runchuks meeting Russell Westbrook 02:00:59 Runchuks meeting Phil Kessel 02:02:20 Becoming a celebrity 02:06:03 And becoming a role model too? 02:07:56 Blackjack Degen stories 02:11:05 Test-drive in Las Vegas desert 02:16:43 Where Steffen is going towards to? 02:19:39 From the bottom to the very top and remaining a down to earth guy 02:23:46 Steffen on social media