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

[sirio11]

I made this post about 6 months ago, and it had a very good response from the forum; you can find it here

Since the forum has grown big time since, I thought it would be a good idea to hear from all the present regulars to the forum.

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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.

Well, I know that this kind of information is so secret for some people, but it'll be nice to know some of you.

David C

[sirio11]

Im 35 (Jan-29)
El Paso, Texas
Married, 2 children (2 years and 4 months)
My 1st occupation is poker, and my second Im a University Math Professor (UTEP)
Some of my favorite movies, The Godfather 1-2, Dances with Wolves, Dead Poets Society, Pulp Fiction, Amadeus, The Hours.

Internet, a 2nd in the PP Quarter Million. Live Casino, cashed 4 times in the 2005 WSOP. (Played 13 events). The best, a 3rd in WSOP#11 $2K Pot Limit Holdem.
Been playing since 1997, internet since 2003.
Here is a picture

Wow, it's interesting to compare these answers from the ones 6 months before.

Nice to meet you all.

David C

[ZimbuTheMonkey]

I'm 20 (19th Jan)
Montreal, Quebec
GF of 2 years

I'm a full-time student (semester starting soon) and I play poker as a hobby, but I love the game. I'm in Computer Science, it'll be my first semester, I switched around in programs that I didn't really like. Major waste of time, but hopefully I'll enjoy Comp. science.

Here are some of my fave movies: The Usual Suspects, Godfather I and II, Terminator 2 (best action movie, period), Pulp Fiction, etc. (you know, the usual list of great movies)

Started playing online about a year ago. I got interested in poker watching WPT with friends, so I deposited 100$ in PP and went from there. In a few months I was playing 3/6 and NL100, until I went on tilt and nearly destroyed my roll. Took a break for a few weeks and restarted back from square one, now I'm playing NL100/200 and going strong. At least I'm more disciplined now, too bad I had to learn the hard way. I'm currently trying to improve my tournament game and have started playing the 10+1, 20+2 and 30+3 tourneys at Party. Impressive poker accomplishments soon to come, hopefully. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Pics:

Newly bought Puppy misses his mommy

Aboard the Carnival Destiny with my brother-in-law and sister

I enjoy the scruffy look. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Rickyroodido]

My name is Eric and im 24 (april 4). I live in Sweden and study history at the university of Uppsala.
I love dogs and is thinking about getting one, and my favorite movie is "Rare window" (Hitchcock).

Im playing way to much poker and I have to cut it down so feel free to tell me to go and study if I make some stupid post.
I have been playing for two years and covered all forms av holdem. Lost alot on everything except MTTs and S&G.
I have been trying really hard to beat the NL25 at Party, but I cant stand minraises so I often put minraisers allin just because they minraise.

My biggest echeivments is a win at the 25K re&ad 10+1 at Prima, and 3 runner up finishes.

My favorite poker player is Tuan Lee.

My name is Chris (surprise surprise).

I am 26.

I live in San Diego.

I have a BA in Economics and manage a small-cap, small minimum investment hedge fund for a business I started 2 years ago (rather not post my website, don't want to get banned for advertising or something, although pm me if you are interested [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img].

I play poker and read these forms to relax, I don't play poker for the money but I'd rather not suck, thus why I am here.

I've FT'ed about 5 times, but my main accomplishment is that I have a good time every time I play cards.

[DonT77]

Hi David, I enjoy your posts - and great job over the last 6 months!

I'm 43 (but a young 43 [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img])
Married, 2 grown kids out of the house (22 & 19) - aspiring poker players of course
IT Consultant by day - poker player whenever I'm not doing "honey dos" or working
Favorite Movies- Rounders (of course), Star Wars, Good Will Hunting, any Action/Drama flicks, and Team America - World Police to name a few.

I started playing poker in July '03 with $300, my playing BR now is about $13K just 24 months later (backers anyone?).

Since May I've taken down-
A $130 B&M MTT with 33 players - $3000
A $20+2 on PS with 629 players - $2700
A $40+4 on UB with 232 players - $2400

I've finished in the top 11 in 7 of 31 MTTs this week (1-UB, 7-PP, 8-UB, 9-FT, 9-FT, 10-FT, 11-UB) which is an incredible run for me - almost making 7 final tables in one week.

I hope to start qualifying and playing in some of the larger events. The $1500 NL WSOP Event #2 is my high-water-mark buy-in so far. I finished ~750th (of 2305) when my 77 short stack push got called and beat by A2s.

-Don

I don't post much but I'm a serious lurker...

- 20
- Live in Dundee, Scotland
- not just now
- I'm a student studying English literature
- been playing about 3 or 4 months, played SNGs to build my bankroll but have a serious MTT addiction despite not being very good (Mike Matusow blow ups anyone?). Had quite a few FTs with no wins. Biggest was 2nd in a 20+2 for $1050 (should of won though).
- I do film studies as part of my uni course so I like all different kinds of movies. David Lynch stuff, old film noir, City of God, Amorres Perros, Tarantino, Big Lebowski, lots of others I forgot.

This forum is an absolute goldmine and has taught me so much so quickly. The best bit for me is knowing I don't have to wait tables or answer phones anymore for some idiot boss just to make some money. Thanks guys.

[KingMedicine]

I'll give it a go:

I'm 30 (april 11th).

I live in San Francsico with my girlfriend and basset hound.

I play a lot of poker and will be full time in 10 more days. Besides that, I've been working on 2 screenplays.

I graduated with a BA in English from UC Berkeley in 2000.

My favorite movies are Bottlerocket, Goodfellas, Magnolia, Training Day, Welcome to the Dollhouse and some other stuff.

I've been playing poker for about 5 years - the past 2 years fairly seriously. I've had a lot of 4 digit online mtt scores, but nothing higher yet.

Here is a picture of me and Pynchon (my basset hound)

[SossMan]

dude, you look like a young phil gordan....here's to having a phil gordan sized bank account soon!

[sirio11]

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Here is a picture of me and Pynchon (my basset hound)

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That dog needs some sleep. Does he play poker?