Age Question......

[Plzr]

[img]/forums/images/icons/diamond.gif[/img] started playing HE at 22 [img]/forums/images/icons/spade.gif[/img] am 47 now [img]/forums/images/icons/heart.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/club.gif[/img]

[mojolang]

Started when I was 18, now I'm 19. I think I'm pretty decent. I obviously am growing all the time but for only a year and a half play, I'm pretty confident. I think at times I don't have the balls or lack the discipline to go with what I should do, but it is quite seldom now. I've played only as high as 4/8 as I don't have $ to go higher. JV is obviously very lucky or has picked perfect games to build up a bankoll that quick. I'm not saying he isn't talented but he obviously stubled upon something good whether that be luck or a damn easy game. After reading Malmuth's GTAOTs, I realized how brutal standard deviation can be. I remember in one session, I dropped 200 in a 3/6 game in one 40 minute period when I got pocket kings snapped twice, queens three times and aces once all snapped at the river. I was ready to go home and puke I was feeling so dejected but now I think that losing is much easier to handle. Now, after playing for longer, and reading GTAOTs, I realize that everyone is going to take some knocks, and as long as your play is opimal, there is nothing to do but get back in there.

Joe

[gonores]

I started around X-mas 2002 after a series of knee surgeries took kept me incognito for a semester and I spent my weekends reading stolen copies of HEP and HEPFAP instead of getting drunk. I decided to learn in November and early December on Turbo THE and finally started playing online for real money over winter break. My $80 buy-in was sufficient, and I am up about $1500 in my first month playing $1-2 and $2-4 (taking lumps on Turbo is way easier than in real life).

I am 21.

[The Claw]

My turn. I started playing in a serious home game two years ago. We play weekly with casino rules: 2-4 with kill; only Texas and Omaha/8. Two of the players (including me) really read and study; another three have read most of the books, but aren't quite as obsessed; one is just a "natural"; and we have a couple maniacs who like to join us. I had been beating that game by about 1.25 BB per hour (4 hours/week times about 40 weeks/year), but lately I've been doing a little worse. Not sure if it's me or a change in the table, or just a long run of bad cards.

I only play free money online, and can't help winning, but I know that's not realistic. I can also pretty easily beat the "average" lineups on TTH.

I play Vegas two or three times a year, mostly 3-6 at Mirage, and have beaten that game (barely) (i.e. less than 1/2 BB per hour).

I'm now 40 and a lawyer. I suppose I could afford much higher stakes than 2-4 or 3-6, but I'm not playing for money, I'm just playing to win. If I really wanted to make money, I'd leave the poker table and bill one of my clients another hour or so.