About me.

Just wanted to throw together a quick bio on me in regards to my poker life. Basically been a gambler since I was young but not a risk taking throw my money down the shitter type. Was more about finding an edge. Poker came along when I was 18 at an Indian casino my buddy turned me onto it. Then I found a local card room five minutes from my house and started playing regularly when I turned 21. Right away I bought books and started reading and was winning at 3/6 limit hold em. I never took it crazy serious but way more then anyone else I really knew. Dabbled a little online never making a withdrawal and always going busto. At the end of 04 I actually began dealing poker at the very casino where i started playing cards regularly and quickly realuized how great the cash was beaing a dealer but how sad the people around me really were. They stunk at poker and most of them life as well. I made a pretty penny and with that I took several hiatus from the working world. After reading the January Bluff article on Durrr I starting thinking about online poker a little more and decided it was time to dig deeper.

In late Febuary I found Cardrunners and on a $100 deposit on Absolute poker began grinding 25NL 6 max. I went on a heater and turned it into 1k fast. I jumped up to 50NL and did ok. Around this time the July grinders crew started and my game kept improving. I had also quit my latest dealing job and decided online poker would be my income. Fast forward to the present and I am still paying the bills (they are minimal) via poker. My winnings total somewhere around 15K from my play. Of course RB has been huge and the fact I got a table share of a badbeat jackpot for 5.6K was pretty sweet as well.

It hasnt been easy getting to where I have but it has been fun. I honestly think i could be alot further along if my mental strength was better as well as my work ethic. I have logged about 180K hands in that time. Thats nothing. I want to be doing near 50K hands a month this year. Currently I am playing 200NL and have been struggling till recently. Basically everytime I have a rough session I start to doubt myself. This is like the worst possible thing by the way. My latest breakthrough as far as poker goes is personal. Its the simple fact that when I do sit at a table I am making money because every decision I make will be +EV. I also have to realize it isnt money at the poker table just big blinds/big bets/buy-ins. If I can conquer these two things I should be able to continue to improve skills wise with ease.

I am definately playing slightly over rolled for 200NL at the moment but that is due to the fact that I feel I have to improve my mental game prior to stabbing 200NL. My win rate over 63K hands at 200NL is 1.5BB. This must improve as well.