You need large amounts of confidence in order to be able to be a good poker player, that is a given for sure and Ryan Riess had loads of it before he had even sat down to play out the World Series of Poker Main Event final against Jay Farber.
His day started with a tweet and finished with him being more than $8.3 million richer come the end of it.
This is going to be the best day of my li-ife
— Ryan Riess (@RyanRiess1) November 5, 2013
After his come from behind win in that session it took him quite some time to get back to twitter, though that is highly understandable considering what he has just achieved. He has finally recently tweeted and will probably be going through all of the messages of congratulations that many others have sent him following a performance that will see his name in the poker history books for all of time.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIENDS
— Ryan Riess (@RyanRiess1) November 6, 2013
Congrats @RyanRiess1 on winning the Main event and to @Jay_Farber_LV for 2nd. Wish I was in Vegas for the partying right now!
— Liv Boeree (@Liv_Boeree) November 6, 2013
@RyanRiess1 Congrats!
— Shannon Shorr (@ShannonShorr) November 6, 2013
Congrats to the new champion @RyanRiess1 Well done kid! @Jay_Farber_LV keep your head up for a nice score! Have fun celebrating boys!
— JC TRAN (@jctran23) November 6, 2013
Roommates!!! @j_lude_obv @RyanRiess1 @KungPhui Preeeesh!!!! pic.twitter.com/jqmP29TVFT
— Loni Harwood (@Luscious_Lon) November 6, 2013
Your 2013 @wsop Champ @ryanriess1
#poker http://t.co/DMnylnOgWw
— Kristy Arnett (@KristyArnett) November 6, 2013
Congrats to @RyanRiess1 played amazing and I am sure will be a great ambassador to poker!
— Gavin Smith (@olegsmith) November 6, 2013
Citing card distribution as the major reason why Ryan won is plain wrong. He dominated Jay and played amazing! Congrats @RyanRiess1 …Enjoy
— David Baker (@audavidb) November 6, 2013
It may take a while for all of what he achieved to sink in but we are certain he will have a great time while it does.