Patrik Antonius puts his good friend Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies firmly in his place in an interview with Pokertube, shot recently on the balcony of his home in Monaco. "Ziigmund has no manners, he's the worst of all," Patrik describes his friend with a straight face when talk turns to table etiquette in online games.


"I think his strategy is to get people so pissed off at him that it may affect them the next time they play, but if he did those things live he would probably have some injuries," Patrik continues.

"I'm not upset with him at all," Patrik explains. "He's been beating me consistently for 2 years. Even those days when he plays very bad and I play very good he finds a way to get lucky and win. He's a very good player but I think that at some point he should grow up and start acting properly. It's about big money and business, there's millions of dollars on the line, and he's making people steam for no reason, there's no upside for him."

"I have to say he plays incredible poker considering the way he does all the other things," Patrik sums up with a smile, referring to Ilari's carefree attitude in things other than poker.

In the interview, Patrik also talks about Isildur1, High Stakes Poker, evolvement of online poker, raising children and various other stuff. When talk turns to current online games and the way many people are complaining how difficult it is to win these days, Patrik gets almost agitated.

"Poker is not just maths and stats," he says. "(These players) should pay more attention to their opponents and stay one step ahead. Don't play like a computer. They limit themselves and approach the game in a wrong way. I think any game is beatable; you can always play better and make better decisions. I get pissed off at people who are just looking for easy money; they don't have any heart for the game. They don't even enjoy poker," Patrik says.

Watch the whole interviewbelow (length 50 mins).