Since we were all a bunch of super competitive analytical type students, the school was a hotbed for poker players. From 2010 to 2017, I earned $3 million playing live and online tournaments (online under the name xx23xx). From an outsider's perspective, it may seem glamorous, but poker is also mentally and physically drainingLiu with fellow players at a poker tournament. By 2017, I didn't like the trajectory my life was heading, so after a brief marriage to a fellow player, I left the circuit to live life at a slower pace in Vancouver. Now that live events are back, I'm getting back into poker in different waysI'm doing live poker tournament commentating work in English and Mandarin because there's a broader international audience these days.

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