Late last month, xtheWall(pictured), who calls Sweden home, was part of a four-way chop of the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up. His reward was the largest amount given out in the chop, $75,000, which also was his largest online tournament cash to date. “I feel great about it,” the Swede told us in an exclusive interview. “I was inspired by ImDoneCallin, who reached the final table the week before.”

He described the negotiations as “very smooth” and, in the end, a chip-chop was reached. Luckily for xtheWall, he was the pace-setter at the time, which meant the largest payday of the group. The payouts ranged from $47,000 to $75,000.

His wedding is less than a year away, so the $75,000 will surely go to good use. “The engagement was this fall and we plan on marrying in Uganda where she is from originally,” the chopper told us. “I hope a lot of people can make it, at least our closest friends and family, but I’m sure won’t be a 50-50 split between our guests.” It’s almost 12,000 kilometers between the two countries, so his guests are in for quite a trek.

How will a $75,000 score affect his poker career? “The win will make me sit down and think about what average buy-in I should aim for, not too high though. Live tournaments are fun, but I haven’t played that many big events. I see this cash as more of a plus life-EV thing.” He is closing in on $500,000 in online tournaments.

As he said, he was inspired by ImDoneCallin(pictured), who final tabled the same tournament one week prior. “He’s a great player and I was heads-up with him a year ago in a tournament on Svenska Spel,” xtheWall said. “After that, we added one another on Skype. This Sunday when I was semi-deep in the Warm-Up, I really wanted to get as deep as he did the week before.”

If you’re curious, ImDoneCallin took fifth the week before for $26,000, so xtheWall bested him in both prize money (by a factor of three) and place finished (by three spots). xtheWall is currently the 48th ranked player in Sweden and #6 in his home city of Uppsala.

He started in poker when the World Poker Tour was on television and “thought the game was so exciting.” Currently, the Swede works full-time as a television editor and says he has no plans to drop anchor in the poker world as his sole source of income: “I’m enjoying both things so much right now.”

The Sweden poker community on PocketFives has just over 1,000 members, including several former #1 players. Sweden is currently #3 in PocketFives’ Country Poker Rankings with a combined PLB score of the top 20 players of 105,166 points.

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