Alex Millar

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Alex Millar
Nickname(s)Kanu7
IReadYrSoul
Born (1985-07-29) 29 July 1985 (age 38)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) None
Money finish(es)6
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)None
European Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)None
Money finish(es)1
Information accurate as of 3 December 2014.

Alexander Millar (born 29 July 1985) is a British professional poker player who specializes in online high-stakes heads-up cash games, specifically No Limit Hold'em, playing under the alias Kanu7 [1] [2] on PokerStars and IReadYrSoul on Full Tilt Poker. [3] [4] [5]

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Poker career

Millar specializes in online high-stakes No Limit Hold'em and rarely plays live tournaments. He has earned over $2,600,000 playing on PokerStars and over $1,800,000 playing on Full Tilt. [3]

Millar had studied at Warwick University. [6] He began playing freerolls and $5 tourneys for fun in his 3rd year. In the 4th year, he started to play low buy-in tourneys, SnGs and 50NL. [5] During that year, Alex moved up from 50NL & 100NL to playing 2000NL & 5000NL. After that he decided to take poker as a career.

In 2013, Alex was signed as a part of PokerStars team pro. [7] He resigned from his role stars ambassador in 2015. [1]

Millar considers Doug Polk, Ben Sulsky, and Isaac Haxton to be his toughest opponents. [6]

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References

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  3. 1 2 "IReadYrSoul on Full Tilt poker". HighStakesDB. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
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