My First Year as an Underage Poker Player (Long)

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I think that this have a lot to do with the 5 figures
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March 15th was different. I entered a $30+3 MTT with 1100 entrants at 7pm and by 11:30 I was $7,000 richer. I took first of 1100

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But it is still super nice

[gamblore99]

nice. That is some serious cash for a jr. high school student. As you grow older the money will be less and less significant as your peers get better jobs and such. obviously you should save some, but have fun. Be a big spender.

[A_C_Slater]

This kid is already light years ahead of his peers. In terms of financial security and verbal aptitude. Don't take the money and blow it on crap that you don't need. If I could go back to your age knowing what I know now (i'm 25) I would want to make sure my bankroll could keep growing so that I could play in bigger games (though I wouldn't keep it all in the online account, leave only 200BBs, and put the rest in the bank to possibly withdraw if you have to endure a big swing.) By the time he graduates High School, he could be multitabling the $100/200 on Pokerstars!

And that would just be sick.

[NLSoldier]

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So how long until you're making more than NLFish? <*(((><

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Too late.

I've already given Dave [censored] for this too, haha. Maybe Ogre can teach him a thing or two about winning.

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Just because Ogre is a hot running little n00b doens't mean you guys gotta be playa hatin [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[Forbin]

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This statement alone leads me to believe that everyone in this thread is under 21.

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I'm primarily a lurker, but from most of the posts I see, the median age of people here on 2+2 sure seems to be 21 or lower. I know some places allow gambling at 18, but the ages here still seem awfully low.

If I owned this forum I'd be concerned when I read something like this and see that a 13 year old was encouraged to gamble by his also-underage brother, and that he was even given money to play with by other members of the forum. You may not agree with the current gambling age limit laws, but they are the law. Couple this with the fact that online poker legality is still a fuzzy area and it gets even worse. Stories like this are perfect for anyone trying to make gambling and online poker explicitly illegal or to enforce any existing laws that would "sort-of" prohibit it. I also doubt the publishers at 2+2 want their forum to be known as the one where all the underage players hang out and where it's easy to get yourself hooked up and playing. That just seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

If you want to play poker with your friends, by all means do so. Read and learn all you can. But don't flagrantly break the law/rules by playing online while so very underage and don't sneak into legitimate casinos. You gain a small amount financially, but when you're busted you wind up making things harder on everyone else.

[Ulysses]

This has nothing to do with you or your post. I just think it is pretty pathetic that people are so impressed that a high schooler can string together a few sentences. That's all.

[David04]

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This has nothing to do with you or your post. I just think it is pretty pathetic that people are so impressed that a high schooler can string together a few sentences. That's all.

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I don't know if people are particularly impressed, but personally I think that his writing is at a higher level than that of the average high-schooler.

[NLSoldier]

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This statement alone leads me to believe that everyone in this thread is under 21.

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I'm primarily a lurker, but from most of the posts I see, the median age of people here on 2+2 sure seems to be 21 or lower. I know some places allow gambling at 18, but the ages here still seem awfully low.

If I owned this forum I'd be concerned when I read something like this and see that a 13 year old was encouraged to gamble by his also-underage brother, and that he was even given money to play with by other members of the forum. You may not agree with the current gambling age limit laws, but they are the law. Couple this with the fact that online poker legality is still a fuzzy area and it gets even worse. Stories like this are perfect for anyone trying to make gambling and online poker explicitly illegal or to enforce any existing laws that would "sort-of" prohibit it. I also doubt the publishers at 2+2 want their forum to be known as the one where all the underage players hang out and where it's easy to get yourself hooked up and playing. That just seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

If you want to play poker with your friends, by all means do so. Read and learn all you can. But don't flagrantly break the law/rules by playing online while so very underage and don't sneak into legitimate casinos. You gain a small amount financially, but when you're busted you wind up making things harder on everyone else.

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The gambling age in Minnesota is 18. When I was staked for a short time by a 2+2er I was 18 and was playing on party poker legally.

I think you are overreacting. But I do appreciate your concern because you do bring up a good point about how we are, in a way, playing right into the hands of the anti-gambling activists. And online poker becoming explicitly illegal would really suck.

[Ogre]

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If you're a pimply faced 15 year old you should get outside and run a couple laps around the block. You're going to get fat from sitting at a computer desk all day. 15, fat, pimply does not equal chicks.

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I am 6'2" 130lbs with clear skin.

[Ogre]

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I think that this have a lot to do with the 5 figures
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March 15th was different. I entered a $30+3 MTT with 1100 entrants at 7pm and by 11:30 I was $7,000 richer. I took first of 1100

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But it is still super nice

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I would be close to 5 digits without that win.
But winning that got me into the 100s and allowed me to win more money.