OK I'll give it a try....List format
- Learned poker at 8 years old
- Was introduced into hold'em poker after the boom 15 years later
- Wanted to play more to get better so my girlfriend bought my very expensive suited 11.5 gram chip set, and aquired the foldout poker table top.
- After a year of home games, got a little confident knowing a little bit of odds, watching tv and by reading books by Greenstein and Doyle, made a trip to a local card room and my first live poker was 7 cards. Lost $20 in first hand.
-Went over to an indian casino and played hold em for the first time and lost $200 in 30 min.
- Learned a bunch from my losses and re-figured my tactics.
- Started playing online poker in combination with home games, trying new methods re-reading the books. Getting info from other successful friends.
- Went back to the casino a year later and actually started winning more.
- Checked out the mad scientists book on tells and advanced my game to a new level.
- Played my first tournament at the Tuscany and hit quad 10's on my first hand.
-Saw live pro poker being played with scotty and hoyt. (Pic below)
- Everyone now in my Family plays, so I needed to step up my home game arsenol......worst thing that could have happened to my wallet. Chiptalk.
- Been a member for a year and a half now and poker has been a lot better, people to chat with about poker and gear.
- Currently I've just been trying to focus on the zen part of poker, I've found myself going on tilt too much and need to calm down a bit, I don't want to be Helmuth all the time. So now my books aren't even in poker it's in philosphy, 48 laws of power and comic books.
To sum up my career, I don't think I'll ever get to a professional level of poker or even to an ameture level, I'll play tournaments at casinos with cash games as well, no problem. My game is at home with good people and great chips. Plus poker is an early grave, too much stress. If my bank roll gets bigger I might reconsider, but right now I'm pretty happy with my position....plus poker and chips is not everything
Here is my girlfriend, me and scotty last year at the bicycle club
