Payday Loan Shark Also Proves to be Card Shark
For at least a few days, Knoxville's Robert Isakson didn't care about controversy of payday loans in Tennessee.
The owner of Always Payday Cash Advance turned what started out as an online hobby into $47,006 in poker winnings this weekend. Isakson finished 160th out of 8,773 competing in the World Series of Poker Tournament at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas.
"I'm looking forward to going back out there and trying it again next year,'' said Isakson, who won his entry fee and hotel stay through an online poker Web site. "On any hand luck can be involved, but over the long run, skill outweighs luck.''
Perhaps dealing with numbers and percentages via the instant payday loan business also paid off.
Isakson said he's been playing online for three years, but about 18 months ago decided to get more serious and better at the game.
"I read books and got into some online poker discussion groups,'' he said. "I decided I wanted to do more than be entertained.''
By earning more than $50,000 over the two weeks he was in Las Vegas playing - Isakson also placed 148th out of 2,803 to earn $4,591 in another poker tournament - he has certainly done that.
We doubt he'll need a faxless payday loan any time soon!