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How old are you? 28

Birthday? Aug. 19, 1976

Where do you live? Madison, Wisconsin. Actually, I live in a small town outside of Madison called Evansville, but it's just easier to say Madison.

Are you married? I am married to a cute red-head named Katie. We've been married for about 5 years, and we were together four years before we tied the knot. We have one child - a 10-month-old boy named Maxwell.

Occupation besides poker? I am a copy editor at the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper. Formerly the sports editor of a newspaper in Key West, FL.

Favorite movie? Too many to name - but I'll throw out The Godfather I & II, The Big Lebowski and Scream for starters.

Best poker acomplishment? This will seem pretty weak for a lot of you, but I won the Stars $20 MTT one Friday night in February for about $3,600. Also took 19th in the Stars $11+R once. Long term, after playing $10 SNGs at Party and Stars for about 1 year, my ITM is at about 41 percent, which I am proud of.

How long been playing? a year and a half

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I'd like to know about some of the members in the forum.

How old are you? 40 Birthday? 9/6/64
Where do you live? Gilroy, CA (Garlic Capitol of the World)
Are you married? Yes Children? Two boys (21 and 18) and one daughter (12)
Occupation besides poker? I work in sales for a small software company
Favorite movie? Usual Suspects, The Godfather
Best poker acomplishment? Winning my WSOP ME seat in the very last Stars Super (immediately after bubbling in InterPoker's Super for the St Kitts Tourney), several online wins of around ~5k. Still waiting on my first 5 figure cash though.
How long been playing? 2 Years

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I'm 24. Born December 8, 1980 in Liverpool, England. I was born the same exact day John Lennon was shot and I was born in the Beatles' home town. Strange eh?

I live in Arlington, VA (Ballston). Currently single. Ain't no girl lucky/crazy enough. No children that I know of.

I just started a job as a mortgage broker but I don't like it so I might quit and go back to the grind.

2002 graduate of James Madison U. in Harrisonburg, VA. B.A. in Political Science. I wish I had majored in Finance.

Some of my favorite movies are Swingers, Made, The Boondock Saints, American Beauty, Happy Gilmore, Clerks, etc.

My best poker accomplishment? Just look at my location!

I've been playing for three years.

Here's my pic: i'm on the far right in my trademark Speaker City hat

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23 years old
Seattle, WA
Single
I luv play pokah
Graduated from University of Washingtonin Dec O4 with Biology degree
Favorite movies are anything Wes Anderson/Owen Wilson
Been playing poker for 4 years or so, but seriously for about a year.
2nd place in EPT French Open. 263rd in ME 05. Several 5 figure cashes online including 1st place in UB Sunday 100K guaranteed. TLB winner for the week on stars(beat McEvoy HU). TLB winner for May on stars.

colson10

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How old are you? Birthday? 37, Dec. 13

Where do you live? Center City Philadelphia
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? Single, no kids
Occupation besides poker? Marketing for Medical Publisher
If studying, what and where?
Favorite movie? Godfather I and II, Apocalypse Now, Big Lebowski
Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing? Started in October, 2004. My biggest accomplishment is sticking it out and working on my game, because I am NOT a natural poker player. I took 2nd in a $10 Stars MTT for $1,200 a month ago, and things are finally starting to click.

Feel free to add any other information or pictures about yourself you want to share.

I've been studying an old-school kung fu style regularly for almost 9 years.

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25/February
Orange County, Cali
G/F...no kids
banking full time poker part time
BS degree in business admin
hoosiers
3rd in party quarter mil....and quite a few other 4 figure cashes

playing poker for 4 years, online for 2

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22, june 3 1983
from middle of nowhere, IL but live in vegas now
no female presence in my life
um, sleeping? yeah the whole college thing is done and I'm not employed.
hmmmmmm. I'll got with Kill Bill 1/2 on fav movie.
first in stars 100 rebuy for 10k, 2 runnerups in the 200k sat tourney on party for ~30k each.
Been playing for 4 years, seriously for 2.5

I'll have a decent picture uploaded later, somewhere, hopefully.


for the record, when soss runs around tourneys he has a goatee going, coupled with the LA hat, that makes him look like Eric Gagne more than anyone else.

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How old are you? Birthday?
19, Feb 24
Where do you live?
Texas
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
Girls come and go like good cards, I play em when i get em
Occupation besides poker?
Construction for my dad, and a student
If studying, what and where?
Business/Accounting, who knows really, Texas Tech
Favorite movie?
Too many to list, right now though i gotta go with anchorman i guess
Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?
started playing poker end of senior year, small cash games and the like, 20rebuys ~20 ppl, started playing online spring break(so only a couple months), and my 2nd day was at a bad beat table for around $1200, other than that, 5 straight b&m 20rebuy cashes for 100-400, no big online cashes, a little noise on the small pr tournies

edit: http://ttu.thefacebook.com/profile.p...p;l=27b6a21949



looking for a mentor, or someone who wants to coach me?!?! pm me

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How old are you? Birthday? <font color="red"> 41 years old </font>

Where do you live? <font color="red"> Beautiful Wisconsin </font>

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? <font color="red"> Married for 11 years and have three lovely daughters ages 8,6,4 </font>

Occupation besides poker? <font color="red"> I own homes for disabled adults </font>

If studying, what and where? <font color="red">I graduated with a degree in chemistry and math </font>

Favorite movie? <font color="red"> LOTR, Breakfast Club, Planes, trains and automobiles, Shark boy and lava girl.....kidding, took the kids to see that one and it was absolutely terrible </font>

Best poker acomplishment? <font color="red">Took several top fives in the $162 and $215 on Party, largest cash I believe was $8500 </font>

How long been playing? <font color="red">i have been playing for over 20 years. Started to get serious and study the last two years </font>

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How old are you? Birthday? 28 - November

Where do you live? Toronto, Ontario

Are you married? Children? Married 5 years. Baby girl on the way any day now [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Occupation besides poker? VMS and AS/400 Tech

Favorite movie? Leaving Las Vegas

Best poker acomplishment?

1st in Party 1/4 mil
2nd in Party Friday Special
Three wins in Stars 11R
Multiple wins in smaller Party MTTs

How long been playing? 1.5 Years

No pic, sry.

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How old are you? Birthday?
Where do you live?
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
Occupation besides poker?
If studying, what and where?
Favorite movie?
Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?
Feel free to add any other information or pictures about yourself you want to share.

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26
In a house
Divorced with a girlfriend and a beautiful daughter
employment other than poker? None at the moment, I think I better go on strike until my PC gives me better benefits.
Fav movie: Fight Club, American Beauty and Office Space

best poker accomplishment: winning the party super I am in right now.
been playing a couple years.

PG

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19 years old
Los Angeles
Single
Poker is my job
It's 9 inches long
Not in school
American Beauty
I'm the youngest player ever to make a TV final table. I've been playing for a little over 2 years

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I'm the youngest player ever to make a TV final table. I've been playing for a little over 2 years

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thats awesome man which one?

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thats awesome man which one?

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search a torrent for EPT Deauville

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How old are you? <font color="red"> 21 </font>
Where do you live? <font color="red"> New Hampshire</font>
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? <font color="red"> Girlfriend of almost 6 months. She doesn't like my poker addiction...</font>
Occupation besides poker? <font color="red"> Cashier at a supermarket. Intern at insurance company. Studying to become an actuary </font>
Favorite movie? <font color="red"> Goldeneye. Bond fanatic. </font>
Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing? <font color="red"> Few accomplishments. Came in 2nd in a $10 PS tournament netting about $800 or so. That basically has funded my poker roll which I've built up over the last few months by playing the $55 SNGs. I'm not a very good player, in my opinion. I play well PF, which works well in SNGs but my postflop play is weak. I'm a very low variance type of player in tournaments. I'll money often, but won't make many final tables.</font>


My picture is in my avatar. It's a good one. I know.

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First, my name is Dan Gordon, and although I am not a big poster here, I lurk all the time. I am hoping to improve my MTT play and hopefully post here with the rest of you real soon.

I am 21 years old, and my birthday is November 18th.
I live in Coldwater, Michigan, but I am currently attending Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

I am not married, but my girlfriend and I have been together for over four years, and we will likely get married after we both graduate from college. Also, I have no children, but would like to have a couple when the time is right.

I am studying Accounting at Michigan State, and hope to one day become a Certified Public Accountant. I should be graduating in the next couple of years, but I am in no hurry to get out into the "real world" yet.

Hands down, my favorite movie of all time is The Usual Suspects, but Boondock Saints gives it a run for its money.

Favorite band is The Strokes, but I also enjoy listening to Bright Eyes, Belle and Sebastian, Interpol, The Libertines, and others.

Favorite authors are Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time), Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Trilogy, among others), Stephen King, and... J.K. Rowling (of Harry Potter fame).

I have only been playing poker for about ten or twelve months now, so my poker accomplishments are not as lofty as some of the others in this topic. I have finished 11th/221 in a Limit Hold 'Em tournament, and 21st/579 in a Limit Omaha High/Low tournament. However, in my opinion, my best poker accomplishment is turning $50 into (currently) over $600 at the micro-limits. I only hope that this bankroll continues to grow so that I can play in more tournaments with the rest of you.

I know you guys are thinking "Who is this guy?" but I hope that sometime in the near future I can be a solid contributor to this board.

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Me:

-29, January 11
-Eugene, OR
-Girlfriend of around 6 yrs (oy). 1 dog, 3 cats
-Computer security (breaking software and networks)
-BS back in 1997, working on my MS in CS now
-So many movies - Godfather, Scarface, Cool Hand Luke, Tommy Boy, Red Dawn, etc.
-Have been playing poker for many years, seriously for about 4-5. No super acheivements in MTTs. Won a few small ones. I'd say my best poker accomplishment so far was taking $11,000 off the table after a 14 hour session on the $2/$5 blind NL table at Turning Stone after buying in for $400.
-I play banjo, guitar, ukulele. Like to run, hike, snowboard, etc.

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thats the right attitude, welcome!

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I'd like to know about some of the members in the forum.

How old are you? Birthday?
Where do you live?
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
Occupation besides poker?
If studying, what and where?
Favorite movie?
Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?
Feel free to add any other information or pictures about yourself you want to share.

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26, single. I live in Nyack, NY.

Best poker accomplishment: 17th place in WSOP $1500 pot limit this year ($10K).

I was a losing player for four years. Since I found 2+2 and some good blogs, my game has improved tremendously. I am now well into positive territory.


Here is a pic:

me

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Im 18, 11/18/86

I'm from New York City, but I go to college in Montreal.

So far this summer poker is my only occupation.

Finished my first year at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.

Poker Accomplishments: 2nd in the 100 rebuy on stars. 1st in 50 rebuy on party. 6th out of 1700 in the party sunday 250k. Been playing almost 2 years now.

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I'm a newb here, but what the heck.

I'm 32, live in Oakville (outside of Toronto), married with
one kid (19 mnths)

At the moment I work, and my bills are huge so I likely need to keep doing so. Really love to take down STT's like zee or raptor, but way too much lack of skill at this point.

I am studying various things at all times from stats to trying to do an mba to career stuff (i'm in IT)

Favorite movies are guy ritchie types like lock stock and two smoking barrels, and brad pitts best movie ever, snatch.

I've been playing online for a little over a year now with any type of seriousness, and can 2-3 table 20+2s and 30+3s at Party for low, but ok ROI which funds my MTT habits. Best mtt's aren't great, but 7th/2000 and 6th/1400 in 30/20+ mtts on party.

My PIC is here for anyone who got this far ;-)

http://www.certificationzone.com/cis...p;id=25#author

Pete

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How old are you? Birthday?

24, 9/17

Where do you live?

Currently Davis, CA

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?

None of the above.

Occupation besides poker?

Own a small marketing firm. Decided just yesterday to pretty much put it on hold while pursuing poker full-time. Follow my progress here!

If studying, what and where?

Applying to Grad School in Communication for fall of 06. ASU, MSU, Cornell are my hopefuls. Earned BA In Comm from UCSB in 04.

Favorite movie?

Very bad things, Colateral, Get Shorty, Swingers

Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?

3 years. 1 year as a winner. 2nd in Super Monday couple weeks ago. FT at Bellagio 500+40 couple days later.

My Space Pic's

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- 24 years old
- I'm an Aries
- Live in London, Ontario
- Not married, been with my girlfriend for about 4 years
- Poker is my current occupation. I'll be starting graduate studies at Waterloo Univ. in the fall (computer science)
- Favorite movies are Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, Beautiful Mind, Gladiator
- Playing poker about 1 year now. Best single accomplishment is probably mastering the material in SSHE. Also, winning my first MTT this week, $20 tourney at full tilt.

Me pimping a gold medal (validictorian in undergrad) last month

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How old are you? Birthday? <font color="red"> 19 ~ September 27, 1985 </font>

Where do you live? <font color="red"> Grand Forks, North Dakota (currently the most worthless state in the USA according to 2+2ers in the OOT polls)
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Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? <font color="red"> No, No, No </font>

Occupation besides poker? <font color="red"> Just poker </font>

If studying, what and where? <font color="red"> Electrical Engeneering (for now) @ the University of North Dakota </font>

Favorite movie? <font color="red"> Rounders </font>

Best poker acomplishment? <font color="red"> Won 2 live tourneys at the most local casino for like $600 and $500, about 5 final tables online (for now) i did not used to play a lot of multis, Best online was a 3rd in a Stars Omaha H/L $5 rebuy for like $300some, another big accomlishment for me is to track SnGs and see how well i really am doing and how much better i am becoming </font>

How long been playing? <font color="red"> I started playing my Junior year of HS on hockey trips we played for dimes [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] </font>

College Students Facebook me!


[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Kasey [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

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How old are you? 18 (November '86)
Where do you live? New Jersey
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? Nope.
Occupation besides poker? Student at Ramapo College
Favorite movie? Runaway Jury was good
Best poker acomplishment? 1st in a $5 rebuy on PP. ~$3650
How long been playing? Seriously (online) for about 18 months. With friends for 2-3 years.

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I love these threads! Thank you all for contributing and adding "flesh" to our somewhat skeleton-like virtual community!

Here's me:
Turned 46 on July 12, where I played my very first WSOP event (#44, $1,000 buy-in), busted Varkonyi out and finished in the money! Best birthday since I moved to the US!

Living in New York City - moved here from Copenhagen, Denmark, 6 years ago and have yet to look back.

Married the Mouse (Crazy Mouse) 2 years ago; unless I win a major event there's just not going to be money for raising children in Manhattan!

Working as self-employed geriatric Social Worker (the least) and office manager in Architectural firm (the most).

Technically I'm still trying to finish the final thesis for my Industrial Psychology degree at the University of Copenhagen. Could still happen, although it's probably not going to land me any jobs on this side of the Atlantic.

Films: Blue Velvet or Reservoir Dogs - can't really make up my mind.

Won a PStars $10 buy-in MTT (1,100 players), finished second in a $50 buy-in (300 players), 15th in a $200 buy-in (2,000+ players).

Played my first hand of Hold'em in AC 1997, my first limit-SnG on Paradise in 2000, my first No-Limit tourney on PSO 4 years ago.

I'm a slow learner, working 40+ hours a week and mainly playing when I'm really too tired doesn't help, but I've steadily been booking progress over the years, and I know I'll get there eventually.

Ambition: To win the WSOP Senior's event! No cocky 21-year olds with baseball caps and sun glasses! Can't wait to turn 50, lol!

Oh, and here's my WSOP picture: Vegas, baby!

Best,

McMelchior (Johan)

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31; Sept 25th
Las Vegas, NV
Girlfriend; one child on the way
Spent 11 years in the Air Force; now A Poker Dealer at Bally's
Rain Man;
Won numerous online and B&amp;M tourneys, but nothing over 5K
Been playing for 6 years.

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OK here goes -

30 years old
I live in the frozen tundra that is Rochester, NY
Girlfriend of 2 years - thinking about proposing
Corporate Finance
B.A. Psych Cornell Class '97, MBA Univ. of Roch 2002
Favorite Movie - Scarface
Best Poker Accomplishment - won Pokerroom $20K guaranteed and took home $5K

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-I am 23. April 16th 1982 is my birthdate.

-I live in Seattle Washington.

-I am not married, but have saved $10K of $14K for an engagement ring for my girlfriend of almost 2 years.

-I graduated as an IS major from the University of Washington in December of 2004.

-I work for the "IT Department" for Safeco Insurance. I put it in quotations because we basically do everything. (related to IT at least)

-My favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption

-My best poker accomplishments are winning a $33 MTT on Party for ~8K (after 8 months of playing) and making the final table 2/3 times I have played in the Thursday night Mirage tourney ($225 + $200 rebuy). I took first last month on June 2nd for ~8K and a year before that I took 7th. The first time that I played in it I busted near the bubble in 13th (top 9 paid) on an outdraw (KK vs. 77) and the lucky guy hit his set on the turn. I swore I'd be back each year to dominate that tournament, and I have.

Also, for my last 6 months of college, I played poker "professionally" as in paid 2 quarters tuition, books, rent, gas, "party money" and food. I ended up playing more than I was originally working though (to make money, and also as part of an addiction...heh)

-I've been playing for 2 and a half years. I've been "gambling" for 5.

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How old are you? 30

Birthday? 12/74

Where do you live? near Evansville Indiana, left of the corn field.

Are you married? yes 8 yrs

Girlfriend/Boyfriend? yes / I am not like that (just kidding on both)

Children? no 2 dogs

Occupation besides poker? Mortgage loan officer

If studying, what and where? n/a

Favorite movie? ahh , Super Troopers is about the funniest. Saving Private Ryan, and many others

Best poker acomplishment? Couple wins on UB , 1 live 4 digit.

How long been playing? about 2.5 yrs but, starting to get much better over the last 6mths to a year..

I cant get a picture to go, I will try to add that later...

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hey could i have 5 bucks on poker stars?

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How old are you? Birthday?

I'm 23, April 6.


Where do you live?

Just moved to the Seattle, WA area.


Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?

None at the moment.


Occupation besides poker?

I'm a civilian Nuclear Engineer for the Department of Defense


If studying, what and where?

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Montana State University, 2004


Favorite movie?

Office Space, Dumb and Dumber


Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?

1 $10k+ cash and 3 $5k+ cashes including 2 wins and a 2nd in regular party tourneys and 5th in a super weekday.

I learned the rules of the game about a year ago and found a free $15 promotion on gamingclubpoker.com... Built it up from there and have been playing seriously for about 6-8 months.

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How old are you? Birthday?
19, 10/21/85

Where do you live?
San Jose, CA in the summer(yet another bay area native on this board). Madison, WI during school.

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
Big negative.

Occupation besides poker?
Donkey hunting.

If studying, what and where?
Will be a junior at Wisconsin, majoring in econ/biochem.

Favorite movie?
Tons, but some are A Clockwork Orange, The Godfather(I and II), Raging Bull, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Dr. Strangelove, Taxi Driver, and American Beauty

Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?
Played my first hand of poker in October 04 in the dorms and been playing seriously since January 05. Started out as an NL cash game player but have switched over to SNGs/MTTs to try something new(for now)

Accomplishments:
- 3rd in Bodog 100k for a $10k cash(my 1st $100+ buyin tourny ever)
- Just today fresh off a 2nd place in Bodog 10k for a $1600 cash

Bodog is definitely rigged in my favor. No such luck on Party or Stars.

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How old are you? Birthday?
34, April 1971

Where do you live?
Coventry, England

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
Single

Occupation besides poker?
Programmer for Video Game Developer

If studying, what and where?
Computer Science Degree, 2000

Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?
Been playing less that 2 years, won a $5 rebuy on PokerRoom

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I am 21, birthday is April 18th.

I live in Oklahoma.

I have been married for almost a month now.

I was a student but I gave that [censored] up.

I don't really have a favorite movie right now, I like alot of them [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I have been playing poker for about 2 1/2 years now.

My best accomplishment would probably be winning the Friday Special for $38,000 3 weeks ago. I am also pretty proud of the day that I started 4 multis (109 on party, 110 10k on empire, 215 o8 on stars, and 11r 25k gtd on stars) and bubbled in the party one, won the 110 empire for 3000, won the 215 o8 for 7000 and won the 11r 25k gtd for 11000. Winning 3 tourneys all at the same time felt pretty good.

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I am also pretty proud of the day that I started 4 multis (109 on party, 110 10k on empire, 215 o8 on stars, and 11r 25k gtd on stars) and bubbled in the party one, won the 110 empire for 3000, won the 215 o8 for 7000 and won the 11r 25k gtd for 11000. Winning 3 tourneys all at the same time felt pretty good.


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Wow.

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How old are you?
Younger than some, older than many

Where do you live?
Everywhere and nowhere, many homes around the world.

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
Engaged

Occupation besides poker?
Professional

If studying, what and where?
The studying never stops. All that changes is the topic and the priority. Technology, international affairs, foreign language, game theory, mathematics, poker, whatever.

Favorite movie?
Too many to list. I'm a bit of a movie buff.

Best poker acomplishment?
Now this one I like. I find it very interesting that the other respondents have put down all their big wins. I also have some wins, but they aren't what I feel are my best accomplishments.

I think my best accomplishments are a couple of tournaments where I had absolute garbage preflop cards for the vast majority of the tournaments, yet managed to optimize gains of the few hands I did make, and then do enough stealing, semi-bluffing and outright bluffing to survive and make it into the money. I think anyone with a little talent and luck can make a final table or even win a tournament when Jupiter aligns with Mars. But it is the rare person who can make something from nothing and I'm proud that I did that in a couple of cases.

Another example was playing in a ring game this week. I was getting turned and rivered so much, if I didn't get tire tracks on my face on the turn, then I got my head dunked on the river. I was stuck somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-70 big bets. But I knew this was a good game and urged myself to hang in there and stay confident. I managed to dig myself about halfway out before I became just too tired to play. I was really proud of the way I trusted my instincts and stuck it out to play more.

How long been playing?
Kind of a loaded question. For poker, I've been a serious student on and off for about 15 years, but only started playing a lot again recently. But before that, I was an expert in casino blackjack and did fairly well as a part time card counter. The casino industry has also been a serious hobby of mine for almost 20 years.

Feel free to add any other information or pictures about yourself you want to share.

No pictures, thank you very much, not a pretty sight. I love what poker represents over and above the money. It is mano a mano competition. It represents the best and worst in people.

It is a search for the answers to questions. It is a search for the truth (even if the truth is a lie). It is a study of human beings and human nature.

It has exposed my own weaknesses and frailties and allowed me an opportunity to improve upon them. It has shown me what my strengths are and how and when to use them to my advantage.

Everything that I have learned from poker, I have been able to apply in other parts of life, especially at work and in negotiations. It is becoming second nature to study a person for a minute or two and be able to tell how they are feeling, if they are worried about something, if they are trying to pull the wool over my eyes, etc.

Re: How old are you? Where do you live? Best poker achievement?
 

is it too late to edit?! oh well. new accomplishment. Another $5 rebuy for ~$5200. woo.

Re: How old are you? Where do you live? Best poker achievement?
 

I'm new to the MTT forum but I hope to be posting a lot here in the near future. Most of my posts have come from Micro LHE, SSHE, and to a lesser extent HUSH. So mostly I've played LHE for my whole career and am trying to learn MTTs for various reasons.

By the way I love AIM as a resource to discuss hands, concepts, strategies and everything else dealing with poker. If anyone feels like having a conversation about a hand they just busted out on, some MTT strategy or theory or just whatever, please AIM me at josh1slim. I really enjoy it, even if it's just "how's this hand?" "nh, looks good".

I'm 19, my birthday is May 13, 1986.

I live in Alabama, but I will be living in Fukuoka, Japan for the upcoming school year (September-May) to "study".

Totally single, no kids.

No occupation besides poker ATM. I am looking into taking up sports betting though.

Well my major currently is Computer Science, but I might be changing that to Asian Studies or Business or who the hell knows what. I have no idea what I want to study, just trying to enjoy myself and life at the moment. Over the next year I'll be concentrating on Japanese language and culture.

I don't have a specific favorite movie. Among my favorites are Dr. Strangelove, Rushmore, and to throw in something more recent I also enjoyed Zoolander.

My best poker accomplishment is beating Party Poker 5/10 6max for a respectable rate over 150K hands. Second place is beating Party Poker 10/20 6max for a smaller but still respectable rate over 30k hands (is that even an accomplishment? I don't know.)
I've been playing poker for about a year and a half, been playing seriously online (started at .5/1 LHE) since about December.

Some of my goals in the future:
Beat mid/high NLHE games.
Beat mid/high LHE games.
Beat mid/high buyin MTTs.
Play in some WSOP events at some point, and hopefully do well.

Re: How old are you? Where do you live? Best poker achievement?
 

How old are you? 19
Birthday? 5th August
Where do you live? Stoke-on-Trent, England
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? Single
Occupation besides poker? None
If studying, what and where? Just dropped out of a Maths degree at Keele Uni. I'll go back, one day.
Favorite movie? Clerks
Best poker acomplishment? 2nd in the first VC Student Poker Championship last month, for £5k ($9.1k), its scheduled to be shown on TV before the VC Poker Cup coverage this autumn
How long been playing? About 3.5 years, only seriously for the last 18 months

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