So what does it take? Hard work through persistence & defeat. For the last three years I put my work in on the study of a game called Texas No Limit Hold Em Poker. I remember as a child there was a high stakes poker game on T.V. & even though I didnt understand what they were doing my Father told me thats what I should get into. I then asked him why. He replied, you see all them chips in the middle of the table? Thats enough money to pay for a house in one hand. A few years later as a child I had a vivid dream I still remember to this day about me winning the World Series of Poker Tournament even though I didnt know what poker was at the time. As I was growing up I used to play five card draw poker with the Old Man. We would end up playing all night long. & after I had won most of his change we were playing for, he would always convince me to go all in on one last hand. & every time I did I would lose all that I had won in hours of effort in just one hand. Lessons learned the hard way. I must admit at first I kinda sucked & didnt know shit about the game. But I got lucky as hell more than once beating some of the best players out there. Upon looking back I dont even know how I did it. Luck I guess. But the game seemed to ignite a passion in me for some funny reason. All the ironies involved with the game seemed to include the facts of life. The deception involved to make & take the pot always intrigued me as well. From the heights of the angels to the depths of the devil are all the emotions one feels when playing this game. I remember I used to feel guilty for bluffing as it was a mark against my character & integrity to lie about anything. I had to reform myself in order to learn how to win. A bluff isnt a lie when the other player believes their hand isnt the best hand to win the pot. Ive also have an uncanny gift as an clairvoyant. After years of dealing with criminal minded individuals I have the ability to read peoples energy & body language. So I pushed myself into further studies on the game. I wanted to learn what the other great players did in order to run deeper in poker tournaments. & how to get max value for the hands I was playing. I wanted to make some of the money that was out there being gambled. After all I figured my half crippled body wasnt any good for much anyways. & I was also seeing a lot of other famous players making millions at it just sitting at the table playing a game. So I played until I went crazy on myself. I was putting myself through grueling sessions of 16 to 18 hours a day for two years without a day off. & sometimes even 24 hours straight while falling asleep at my PC playing online against the world. After watching numerous tutorial videos from the pros about the game & reading a few books about the game as well. I also analyzed the pros & their play in what types of hands they were playing & how they were playing them in the position they were in. I learned the math involved with such a game including pot odds, hand equity strength, & the power of position. Along with the percentages of hand strength compared to how many heads were in the hand. & variable outcomes from what your opponent may have by the way they gamble with the size of their bets. As well as studying the tells people give off. Almost like reading a story. The dynamics of the game always seemed endless. I started out small by winning a couple little tournaments at the Elks Lodge with all the old timers. I even used to host small home games until no one would come around after losing their money to me all the time. After winning online a few times. I then stepped up my game by entering small casino tournaments & cashing out in a few of em, even though my game wasnt as tight as it is right now. But in order to be the best you have to play the best & get beat by them in order to learn. People sometimes ask me how I got so good. I simply tell them you have to be willing to lose a million hands in order to learn. Some say its the toughest way to make an easy living. The stresses & rushes you feel from the game are both crushing & exhilarating to say the least. Now I feel Im at the pinnacle of my game. Its time to step into a bigger arena. After wondering where I should go in order to establish myself as a poker professional, I had to decide from a few different places. Vegas, Reno, Denver or Seattle. After much deliberation Ive decided Seattle would be the best spot for me to start out. I think its the climate & legal weed along with all the highly rated casinos in the area that tilted my interest in starting out there. & with any luck I hope to capture the W.S.O.P. title along with the kind of cash involved with such an arena in the future. So what does it take? Im about to find out. NEMASTE
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:36:35 +0000