Formerly working as a piano player at his parents’ restaurant, Denny Man now plays on euro sites regularly between 3/6 and 5/10 NLHE with shots at 10/20 once every so often. Not a bad living for a 20 year old 2nd year Econometrics student from the Netherlands.
Denny started getting into poker during the poker boom while he was in high school. He quickly fell in love with the game and, despite being too young to deposit money online at the time, he started playing freerolls and reading articles to improve his game. He started his bankroll by winning $15 in a freeroll, but quickly busted it at 5NL cash games. The next $5 freeroll he won, he played 2 $2.20 SNGs, won both, and never looked back.
Denny’s game really took off when he discovered a Dutch poker forum, where he was able to meet other good poker players, along with having access to quality strategy posts on those forums. He soon developed a network of friends to discuss poker with. He claims that seeing other people put in a lot more time and effort in improving, gave him motivation to work hard at his game.
Denny says his biggest challenge regarding poker is balancing his real life with playing poker on a regular basis. His dedication to poker requires a huge time commitment and is difficult to keep up with when he is also a full time student with a social life. Denny says “It's very tough to stay focused on your study when you can make so much money with poker. Since I've moved out, I think I'm doing pretty well on the friends and family part. My roommates keep me from being in my room all day long. The study part is the hardest thing now.”
As for the future, Denny plans on getting his diploma and traveling after he graduates. Eventually, he wants to get a job at a large company, but he still plans to continue playing poker for the time being.
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