Getting into Poker Part 2
by A_Junglen on 11/11/07
I guess I'll continue where I left off when I started writing about how I first got into poker.After I won the tournament at AJ's I went to Border's Books to find some reading material on my newest hobby. I started playing homegames every weekend with friends and had a decent amount of success. It was a lot of fun, every weekend we'd play a tournament or two, usually 2 tables with a buy-in between $10-$15. I ended up making a lot of great friends, and actually quit my job at Gametrader partly due to the money I was making at homegame tournaments. It really wasn't too difficult to make more in those games than $5.50/hr at Gametrader.
Eventually I took my game online. I would have my friend transfer me $50 or $100 at a time on Party. I was underage at the time, so I couldn't deposit myself. For quite awhile I just broke even or lost at the $5 and $10 SNG levels. Poker wasn't my #1 priority at the time, I was interning at Alltel Data Center, and worked for my HS helping teachers with computers, and maintaining the network infrastructure.
Eventually I decided that the computer world just wasn't for me. I didn't like working with the people I was around, and the idea of maintaining computers as a career was very unappealing. Meanwhile I was getting better at SNG's after reading some guides on 2+2. I moved to PokerStars and moved up from the $6.50's to $105+9's during my Junior-Senior year, when I was 18.
Eventually I got bored of SNG's and decided to take on MTT's.
And that's where this entry ends. More to come soon.
-Adam
Comments
lakeoffire says
I know poker strategy has changed over the years, do you recommend any new material on sng strategy. Thanks and good luck today.11/11/07
harlem says
As someone who takes care of a network & client computers for a living, you made the right career call. The job can be at times depressing. Always solving the same stupid user problems. Follow your dream!11/11/07
Anonymous says
Adam, it's great to see someone who is not afraid of following his heart and taking the plunge. It seems you made a really wise decision.11/15/07
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