Poker Pros And Playa Del Carmen – The Non-Stop Party of Poker’s Elite Expats
Play poker, go diving, go clubbing, go drinking. Repeat.
Meet the poker elite of Playa Del Carmen.
In the new article on Business Insider, go inside the fraternity of poker bros who are grinding all day and hooking up every night in the Mexican hotbed of Playa Del Carmen. From cashing in on SCOOP to scooping up Norwegian coeds, these 20somethings have found a poker sanctuary outside of the United States’ post-Black Friday crackdown.
Word quickly spread around the expat poker community. Playa was cheaper than Canada, safer and more convenient than Costa Rica, and more fun than Rosarito on the west coast of Mexico. There’s fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving, golf, paintball, beach volleyball, soccer, and other activities within easy access. Living on $1,000 a month isn’t difficult, and $2,000 is more than enough.
In a piece that pulls back the party curtain on the roughly 150 or so young grinders we follow Seth & Nick Davies and Gus Voelzel as they chase poker greatness from outside of borders of home.
“We’re not playboy gangster helicopter guys, but we have freedom. There are kids who I think could run Fortune 500 companies and there are kids who I wouldn’t want watching my dog.” Players of all sorts are welcome in Playa.
