For many people, working one job in crypto is more than enough — let alone working two crypto jobs and finding enough time to win a poker tournament on the side. 

Yet that’s the position Selini Capital founder George "Jordi" Alexander found himself in last month when he beat out heavyweights like Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu to claim a bracelet at the World Series of Poker and his first-place prize of $282,000.

“For me, it meant a lot,” said Alexander in an interview at ETHCC in Brussels. “Being one of those lifelong checklist items you have and accomplishing it at a later stage can make you reflect upon your entire life and your journey of trying to improve yourself and do better every time, not just in poker, but in everything that you do.”

“When it actually happened, it was …