Johannes Turunen
Editor-in-chief
Johannes is the Editor in Chief at Beasts of Poker and is an expert in both live & online poker. Johannes played online poker semi-professionally for 5 years while completing his Master’s Degree in Technology. He has also worked as a trader for a private sports betting syndicate and consulted numerous affiliate companies in finding new revenue sources.
Johannes takes care of all writing and research being of utmost quality here at Beasts of Poker. He is also closely in touch with poker operators on a weekly basis to ensure the players have the latest promotions and bonuses readily available.
As a recognized expert in the field, Johannes has published his work on numerous industry publications like PokerNews and Poker.com and was nominated in the Hacker Noon’s annual awards as a candidate for Contributor of the Year in Gaming in 2020.
Finding Equilibrium
Players, Grinders & Pussies
Let’s cut right to the chase: The Player What kind of person is a player? We can define a player as a person who enjoys
Aim for Great instead of Good
64 Squares Robotic grinders make good players, but we’re mostly interested in what makes great poker players. From what I’ve observed, I think it’s mostly
The Las Vegas of Europe
Oh boy, the sail is set – King’s of Tallinn, here we come! Less than 14 hours to the departure – hoping we go on an
Smooth Sailing
Song & narration playing in my head: Rounders intro scene It’s Day 15 of live poker in a row. I’m running above expectation, most sessions have
Theme of the Year 2020
”Practice like you’ve never won. Perform like you’ve never lost.” Song playing in the background: Dire Straits – Money For Nothing It’s 2020 and the
The Showdown
“Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” -Batty Koda Last night it was the same circus of poker, karaoke & dancing again,
Tampere Midnight Express
“I woke up early and took the first train to take me away from the city” -Charlotte Eriksson Early in this case means before 10
Patient grind, crazy games
‘No gamble, no future’ -Anonymous Californian It’s been many weeks since I last had the taste of soft games of London. Now I’ve been mainly playing
The Final Countdown
”The best is yet to come.” I’m taking the morning run around Chelsea Harbour’s finest areas, as good memories come back to my mind from
Triple Range Merging
”Now, I wanna see someone who has that much heart!” -Tony G Monday starts off again with a morning run and a late breakfast/early lunch
Sunday Grind
“Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.” After a breakfast ad a morning run I take a cold shower, pack my things and
How to Crush Live Poker?
“The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play.” -Chris Moneymaker Becoming a winning player in poker requires you to be confident
Where I like to play live poker in London
“A place is only as good as the people in it.” My go-to spots in London for live No-limit Texas Holdem (also known as the
The Journey Starts
‘Everything I ever needed to achieve the Final Level was within me all along…” Searching for that life-changing fortune cookie must end at some point. It’s up
