European Poker Tour Madrid Q&A -- Surinder SunarSurinder Sunar Talks Good Vibes And Good Results |
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One player that has been getting the poker community talking lately is British pro Surinder Sunar. Sunar, a long-time face on the international circuit, has been in flying form of late with a second place in the 2011 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open, and now he’s among chip leaders going into day 2 of the PokerStars EPT Grand Final main event.
Card Player caught up with him at the end of day 1B to discuss what has been going on with him, and if he has the same good feeling he had heading into the Open.
Rebecca McAdam: You’ve had a pretty good day, finishing in the top 10, how was it?
Surinder Sunar: I was comfortable all day today, the table wasn’t that good at the beginning but I worked up some good action on it anyway.
RM: Is the Grand Final field any more difficult than regular EPT fields?
SS: It’s all the same, same players more or less.
RM: You must be feeling pretty good about your game after the Irish Open?
SS: I had forgotten about that one [laughs]. It’s just a new tournament. Once you finish one tournament you look to the next.
RM: Do you not feel very strong after such a good performance?
SS: I do actually feel stronger but I think it’s just my time has come for something to happen.
RM: You’ve had quite a tight image in the past, are you using that to your advantage?
SS: Well, when I had a tight image, I was forced to have that because sometimes in poker you have to play the way the cards dictate. Now the cards are coming my way, and I think it is my time.
RM: How do you feel about being so high up the chip leader board so early in the event?
SS: I was really expecting to go higher than I did. I’m not trying to say that I’m a show-off like “Devilfish” or anything [laughs] but when I have those feelings, something more or less always happens. As soon as I play one or two rounds, I know whether I will get anywhere or not.
RM: Luck, superstition, and gut feelings are a big part of the game for you…
SS: I just get power from upstairs. I feel it or I don’t feel it, I just get the message straight away.
RM: You must have got the message pretty strong at the Irish Open then?
SS: Yeah, I just cannot believe I didn’t win the Irish Open because I told Jessie May two days before that I was going to win it, and he said, “Surinder, you don’t talk like this!” And I said, “I’m sorry I want to win this, it’s for Terry Rogers!” And I can’t believe I didn’t win it, I must have miscalculated my judgment along the way somewhere.
RM: Is there anything you regret about it?
SS: No, no, I came second, I played the best I could, and if I played the best I could and came second then that was what I was suppose to do.
RM: What do you think of Niall Smyth, your heads-up opponent and the eventual champion?
SS: He’s a good player, maybe he wasn’t that experienced but he played well.
RM: It was a very long final, was it really draining?
SS: No, when I’m playing, there is no tiredness, I could play for 10 more hours like that. He just turned things at one stage. He had 9 million in chips and I had 3 million and I got him down to 4 million while I had 8 million, but then there was one hand, A-K versus pocket nines, and everything turned after that. I felt after that I had lost the tournament.
RM: Are you mixing your game up a little more than you normally would these days?
SS: I always mix things up, it’s just that when you’re not on form it’s hard to do. You have to just sit there and play like a mannequin. I got most of the chips today without any cards. You need cards, but it’s not all about them.
RM: What do you think of Madrid as the new location for the Grand Final?
SS: I like it here, I think it’s beautiful. It’s much better than Monte Carlo.
RM: Why?
SS: There’s a great atmosphere, you don’t just have to come and play, you can still have fun here. You can have some fun in Monte Carlo but it’s expensive. Madrid is more open, more fun.
RM: What’s the plan now for day 2?
SS: That will come when I sit at the table [laughs].
RM: But you’re feeling good…
SS: I’m feeling great!
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