Cole South to Leave Cardrunners
Cardrunners is one of the most popular and successful online poker training resources. One of its mainstays has been co-owner and lead instructor Cole South. In a poker blog at the Cardrunners website South has written that he will be leaving the company this month, both as an owner and as an instructor. South was quick to point out that there are no differences between him and the other owners of Cardrunners and leaving the company has been a heart-wrenching decision for him. At the age of 22, South has been trying to juggle three full-time occupations for the last one year and has not been able to do justice to any of them. He is a student of economics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and he wants to complete his degree and therefore he could not leave this out. He is also a professional poker player and finally an instructor at Cardrunners. He is an instructor because of his excellence as a poker player and giving that up would mean giving up both vocations. Therefore the axe has fallen on Cardrunners.
One can’t say for sure what his colleagues at the Full Tilt poker tables will think of this decision. Bereft of the pressures of work at Cardrunners South is bound to hit them hard. By mid-February this year South was the biggest winner, up by nearly $3 million in cash game earnings. In March he dropped almost $2.5 million to Tom Dwan, Ilari Sahamies and Isildur1. So maybe South wants to focus on the nosebleed stakes and send a signal that he is still the kind of cash games player that earned the respect of his peers.
In the poker blog that South has titled “Moving On and Good Luck” he gets sentimental about his stint with Cardrunners. He writes, “My favorite part about being here has been the people and the community. I’ve been lucky to make great friends with Taylor, Andrew, and everyone else involved with the business. … I want to give a special thanks to all of the members of Cardrunners for making learning and teaching poker fun. Good luck.”
