Jared Huggins DENIED by PokerStars Big Game (w/ Negreanu staking offer)
01-29-2011
, 05:40 PM
I felt this news was deserving of a new thread. hopefully it will get noticed by all the 2p2ers who supported Jared.
John
John
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I got an email from PokerStars yesterday informing me that I was not selected to compete as a Loose Cannon on next season’s PokerStars Big Game. I wasn’t given any specific reason why I wasn’t selected, but I was thanked for trying out.
TwoPlusTwo.com, thank all of you for supporting me and showing me love. To be loved was a dream come true for me. I'm convinced that love cures most illness.
I am disappointed that I wasn’t chosen to be on the show, but I never assumed that I would be picked. It was a huge honor to be considered.
I was really excited about the chance to get on the show, win big, then give money away to charity, Barry Greenstein style. Because I come from a low place, people responded very strongly to me, that's my gift. Winning a large sum after being homeless recently, then giving a lot of the $ away, would have been a huge blessing to me and would have caused a lot of positive things to happen I believe.
I wanted to make a thread where we voted on what charities to ship Big Game winnings to, I had it all planned out. I was going to message every person who'd sent me as much as a penny, and start a huge pay it forward campaign where I'd step away from the spotlight and we'd make it so there were a thousand people telling their stories, all getting their chance to shine. That would have been something very special. As played though, still amazing.
I felt this from the beginning a year ago, and I still feel the same way today right now. You guys are the inspiration. You are what I aspire to be. For someone to help themselves, and change their own lives around is admirable, but for one person to reach out and help another person, in their time of need, to give of themselves, that’s the real inspiration.
Thank you guys for making me a better person. Thank you for making me a better friend. Thank you for making me a better uncle.
For the last three months I gave 110% to trying to get on the Big Game. I grinded the freerolls day and night, I worked a ton and got my life totally back on track and moving in a positive direction because it was the right thing to do. After hitting rock bottom and recovering, my life feels richer, and I certainly appreciate little things more.
The last two months I took my effort to the extreme. I read dozens of poker books, watched countless poker videos, and analyzed thousands of hands. Applying everything to the Big Game format. I sweated people, they sweated me, I watched every episode of the Big Game taking notes, until the wee hours of the night when my eyes were sore, deciding what I would do in various situations.
In the last month, many times I’ve been awake 24-36 hours straight working on my poker game. People who’ve been in touch with me insisted I get more sleep, but I’m very proud of the effort I put into my attempt to get in the Big Game. I held back nothing.
For New Year’s I even went to Las Vegas by myself, stayed in a cheap hotel and grinded poker night and day for 5 days straight, no sight seeing, no going out, just improving my game then sleeping, it was a great experience. 28:15 (http://www.pokernews.com/news/2010/1...ggins-9575.htm)
Over the last six months a lot of you guys contacted me. Because I had openly shared my life, some of you guys told me things about your life that you had never told another soul. Whether it was problems with drinking, dealing with abuse as children, depression, anxiety, drugs. For the last year we exchanged emails, and talked on the phone endlessly about our lives and life in general. Poker was our common interest. Some of you guys thanked me for being a good friend to you. I thank you. By being there for me, you guys helped me heal more than you can imagine. I look forward to keeping in touch with you.
Today I shipped a few bucks to Children of the Night, a charity which campaigns to end child prostitution. Plan on sending more, $250 though, is a start. At the beginning of all of this I decided that whether I got on the show or how I did, I was going to try to do positive things with my life and I stand by that. It’s something I need to do for my own sake.
I’m working on several songs right now, 100% of proceeds will go to charity. I made videos of my life when I was down and out. I plan to make some new videos now that I'm doing well and trying to help other people, bringing it full circle. I’ll post an update here, on YouTube this week, and something at JaredHuggins.com.
God bless and thank you a million times.
Jared Huggins
TwoPlusTwo.com, thank all of you for supporting me and showing me love. To be loved was a dream come true for me. I'm convinced that love cures most illness.
I am disappointed that I wasn’t chosen to be on the show, but I never assumed that I would be picked. It was a huge honor to be considered.
I was really excited about the chance to get on the show, win big, then give money away to charity, Barry Greenstein style. Because I come from a low place, people responded very strongly to me, that's my gift. Winning a large sum after being homeless recently, then giving a lot of the $ away, would have been a huge blessing to me and would have caused a lot of positive things to happen I believe.
I wanted to make a thread where we voted on what charities to ship Big Game winnings to, I had it all planned out. I was going to message every person who'd sent me as much as a penny, and start a huge pay it forward campaign where I'd step away from the spotlight and we'd make it so there were a thousand people telling their stories, all getting their chance to shine. That would have been something very special. As played though, still amazing.
I felt this from the beginning a year ago, and I still feel the same way today right now. You guys are the inspiration. You are what I aspire to be. For someone to help themselves, and change their own lives around is admirable, but for one person to reach out and help another person, in their time of need, to give of themselves, that’s the real inspiration.
Thank you guys for making me a better person. Thank you for making me a better friend. Thank you for making me a better uncle.
For the last three months I gave 110% to trying to get on the Big Game. I grinded the freerolls day and night, I worked a ton and got my life totally back on track and moving in a positive direction because it was the right thing to do. After hitting rock bottom and recovering, my life feels richer, and I certainly appreciate little things more.
The last two months I took my effort to the extreme. I read dozens of poker books, watched countless poker videos, and analyzed thousands of hands. Applying everything to the Big Game format. I sweated people, they sweated me, I watched every episode of the Big Game taking notes, until the wee hours of the night when my eyes were sore, deciding what I would do in various situations.
In the last month, many times I’ve been awake 24-36 hours straight working on my poker game. People who’ve been in touch with me insisted I get more sleep, but I’m very proud of the effort I put into my attempt to get in the Big Game. I held back nothing.
For New Year’s I even went to Las Vegas by myself, stayed in a cheap hotel and grinded poker night and day for 5 days straight, no sight seeing, no going out, just improving my game then sleeping, it was a great experience. 28:15 (http://www.pokernews.com/news/2010/1...ggins-9575.htm)
Over the last six months a lot of you guys contacted me. Because I had openly shared my life, some of you guys told me things about your life that you had never told another soul. Whether it was problems with drinking, dealing with abuse as children, depression, anxiety, drugs. For the last year we exchanged emails, and talked on the phone endlessly about our lives and life in general. Poker was our common interest. Some of you guys thanked me for being a good friend to you. I thank you. By being there for me, you guys helped me heal more than you can imagine. I look forward to keeping in touch with you.
Today I shipped a few bucks to Children of the Night, a charity which campaigns to end child prostitution. Plan on sending more, $250 though, is a start. At the beginning of all of this I decided that whether I got on the show or how I did, I was going to try to do positive things with my life and I stand by that. It’s something I need to do for my own sake.
I’m working on several songs right now, 100% of proceeds will go to charity. I made videos of my life when I was down and out. I plan to make some new videos now that I'm doing well and trying to help other people, bringing it full circle. I’ll post an update here, on YouTube this week, and something at JaredHuggins.com.
God bless and thank you a million times.
Jared Huggins
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