I wrote up this bio 2 years ago (2009):
I first started playing online poker about 7 years ago after I saw an episode on the Travel Channel about the Party Poker Cruise. The next morning, I logged on and started playing the $25 satellites for the next cruise. Early on, I played mostly satellites and SNG's. I dont really remember how I did other than the fact that I had made several small deposits over the next couple of years. No major wins or losses to report.
After I saw the movie Rounders, I started to get more serious about poker. I purchased Super System and started to read. When I first started playing, I thought I knew what I was doing but I actually had no clue. However, the more I played, the more I learned.
During the mid 2000's, I started to make some big cashes in both Tournements and cash games. My preference was to play cash games. It was a quick way to win big cash. Twice I turned $500 into over $12,000 within a couple of weeks. I started playing 1/2 NL and moved all the way up to 20/50 NL. Unfortunately, I lost my entire roll both times. Once, I even lost it after I withdrew $8,000...only to redeposit it and give it back. The bigger my bankroll got, the bigger games I played. So it is easy to see how I lost my entire bankroll.
As far as tournments, I have never placed in first of a field larger than 27. However, once I took third in a $35,000 guarantee for $3,600 and third in another big tournement for about $1,800.
After, giving back my huge roll twice, I tried to recapture the magic several times only to flush it away against better players. Looking back, I was better off playing the lottery. I probably lost close to $10,000 of my own money over a 2 year period playing mostly cash games. Sometime in 2007 I stopped playing almost entirely.
For the next year or year and a half I only played here and there for small stakes. It wasnt until, December 2008 that I decided that I wanted to quit my part time job (dont worry, I still had a FT job that paid the bills) and try to supplement my income with poker. I only needed to make $100 - $150 a week. I thought that with my new found friends at BBP, a commitment to BR management, and an improved game, that I could realistically obtain the modest goals I set for myself.
Like I said, I have commited to BR management (for the most part) and turned my play from (very)Loose-Aggressive, to Tight -(? not sure what my post flop style is yet). During my first month back I noticed much better results. I figured that 2009 would be my break out year.
This brings us to today, February 16, 2009. So far I am still waiting for my breakout. I am playing 80% tournies and 20% $10 NL and occasionally $25 NL cash games. I am reading Winning Poker Tournements One Hand at a Time, watching a few videos from Deuces Cracked, subscibed to Sharkscope HUD, and purchased Poker Tracker 3. I have all the tools that I should need to turn this ship (Titantic) around. I am down about $700 YTD, but I am keeping my head up because some of the best from BBP are also off to slow starts. My last step is to hire a coach. I am considering Jennifear from Pocket Fives. Her price is very reasonable, $300 for 4 hours. However, her stats are not spectacular (around 29 ROI) but not bad at all. I have to expore all possible avenues before giving up. But then again, I do have to draw the line somewhere.
