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Share on Twitter Share on Facebook 4 min readLess than two years ago, Poseidon Ho had never played a poker tournament. Today, the venture capitalist is making waves on the high roller scene, notching back-to-back final tables at Triton Poker Montenegro and proving he's more than just another businessman dabbling in the game.
"I only started playing tournaments about a year and a half ago," Ho says. "But this year, I decided I really wanted to be good at it. I wanted to train, to learn, and to be competitive."
That mindset shift began in September 2024, when Ho met Triton co-founder Paul Phua in Asia. Intrigued, Ho approached Phua with a simple question: What does it take to be a Triton ambassador?
The answer was clear. "First of all," said Phua. "You need to prove yourself by getting some titles under your belt."
"I didn't even realize how high-stakes it was. Everyone was a pro!"
"I asked Paul when the next series was, and he said, 'Next year, we'll have Triton Jeju.' I promised him I'd be there."
Ho admits he initially underestimated the level of play. "I didn't even realize how high-stakes it was. Everyone was a pro," he laughs. "I had no tournament training at all, so I played like it exactly like a cash game. I brought a bankroll I could afford to lose and every single hand, I wasn't looking at pay jumps or anything, I just tried to make the most +EV decision on every hand."
That approach led to some near misses, with busted bubbles, mistimed bluffs, and premature exits. "I didn't know how to adjust for soft bubble stage, hard bubble or final table dynamics," Ho says. "I got exploited by some very good players who knew exactly when to pressure me."
Realizing he needed to close that gap, Ho dedicated the following two months to focused tournament training. The results speak for themselves: two final tables at Triton Montenegro, a huge leap forward from his earlier appearances.
"I think it's come about specifically thanks to the training that I have done," says Ho. "But some players still remember the wild image I had from Jeju. I was using pocket sixes to four-bet someone, or shoving light pre-flop. So when I tightened up my range this time, I got paid in spots others wouldn't. Just because of the money I lost in Jeju!"
Ho has come a long way from his first live cashes, which came at the 2024 World Series of Poker. His second-ever live cash came in a $200 PokerNews Daily Deepstack, cashing for $544 in 11th place - a far cry from the five- and six-figure tournaments he plays now.
"It's a kind of foolish bravery," Ho says. "A lot of players thought I was moving too fast, that I hadn't earned my place yet."
But Ho doesn't mind the skepticism. If anything, it adds fuel. "If I came up like everyone else, I might fall into the same patterns. But I'm experimenting, I'm still learning. Whether it's in turbos, The Invitational or in the Main Event, every Triton stop, I try something new."
Ho's professional background is in venture capital, a world of calculated risk and strategic investment that, he says, mirrors poker in surprising ways.
"In early-stage investing, you're often betting on just two things: a business idea and a founder. That's like your hole cards," Ho explains. "As more information comes: founder-product fit, founder-market fit and go-to-market strategy, that's like the turn and river.
"When you bet super early in that pre-seed and seed stage, the upside growth potential is massive. But the risk is also huge."
"You have to evaluate every street — should I bet, fold, raise? In both fields, you're constantly calculating odds and adjusting based on limited information."
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While poker has sharpened his decision-making for investments, Ho believes his VC background also gives him a unique lens at the table.
"Both ways have provided me with insights. Venture capitalist investing has derived me a lot of insights into my way of playing poker. Most pros come up through millions of hands online, following set strategies or mimicking others. I consider myself an outlier — I bring something different to the table."
That unconventional perspective became especially clear during the 2024 WSOP Main Event, where Ho found himself surrounded by fellow finance professionals at the table — a venture capitalist, a few traders, and a chief economist — each interpreting the game through the lens of their own industry.
"The VC mentality is, 'I can afford to get into the pot ten times — I only need to win once or twice big to get it all back,'" Ho said. "People who are traders specialize in their win-rate. They look at the chips they win versus the chips they lose — if their win-rate is 51% or 52%, they can grind it out long-term."
The chief economist, meanwhile, approached poker with a more holistic, top-down view. "He sees that Poseidon loses to Jeff, Jeff loses to Markus, and Markus always loses to Poseidon. So he can intentionally cut off that link and choose to play against Poseidon."
With a hectic business schedule and a sharp learning curve, Ho knows he's still early in his poker journey. But having come a long way, who knows how much further he will go, and how soon a maiden Triton title will be his to savor.
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