My name is Claus Nielsen and I will be writing about my views on various topics ranging from Poker to a complete historic perspective on the American political process and provide you with a comprehensive analysis of the term Due process. This first post, however, is just a brief introduction to who I am and why I have been invited to write about my thoughts on this website. First a little about why I have been invited to join Vegasvikings. I fulfill the only three requirements of Vegasvikings, I am Danish, I reside in Las Vegas and I have a very strong opinion on just about every subject imaginable.

Who am I? I was born in Copenhagen long time ago, in what seems to be a previous life. When I was 20 years old, I moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the Film Industry. I graduated from Film School, but never made the big impact on Hollywood that I had daydreamed about since I was a little boy, sitting too close to the Television watching and analysing Citizen Kane. I then decided that if I could not control the creative process, I would try to control the financial side of movie making. I realized that Hollywood was run by lawyers, so if you can’t beat them, join them. I graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in New Jersey and moved back to Los Angeles. There I worked as an entertainment attorney for 6-7 years before I ended up back in Vegas (I lived here for a couple of years after film school, playing poker at The Mirage and working as a bartender at The Sands). I returned to Vegas in 2003, and made a living grinding fixed HE at Bellagio for 3 years.  I then got hired as a consultant by Martin Deknijff and ended up running his internet pokersite, Martinspoker, for a couple of years. I left that job in March 2008 and have since then been trying to figure out what to do with my life. I am currently working as an advisor for pokerplayers, where I help them with the business aspects of their career.

I really appreciate that I am allowed to write here and I am sure that it will save me thousands of dollars in Psychiatrist Bills that I now have a place to let my frustrations out, Thanks Vegasvikings.