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Originally Posted by NeverScaredB
It takes like four words to say "I am <first name> <last name>." If you've written strategy for three separate publishers it shouldn't be that hard for us to find out. Instead of rambling about your qualifications in vague, unverifiable terms, just give us some reason to suspect you're qualified. You haven't so far.
Sorry, didn't know I had to verify myself to not be treated like a joke. I never claimed to be one of the worlds elite, just that I know what I'm doing and have a few accolades. Happy hunting, the name is
Donovan Doust
I'm not a 40 year old BTW, I'm 34.
I started playing every week when i was in junior high school and by high school i was regularly playing $1-$2 NLH before most people knew what it was. The first book on poker I ever read is sitting in the shelf next to me among dozens of others. It's scarn's guide to modern poker published in 1980. I bought and read it when I was in junior high and I've been chewing thru them ever since.
I have, in fact, written for several sites and was actually staff on one. I also sold the rights to my book and will tell you the publisher if admin doesn't mind but its a strategy site and competitor of two plus two. If you poke around you should be able to figure it out. I never claimed to be a top pro or authority on theory, just that I'm not a small stakes fish who's making random moves. I have no WSOP experience and really I've only got a couple $500+MTT wins to my name.
For what it's worth, I have back to back Toledo Poker league player of the year awards and multiple cashes as well as two final tables and one second place finish in $500+ tourneys at the Bellagio and I've been to Vegas exactly two times. Sorry, that's about it.
I wrote/played pro for just a couple years up until the first smash the online poker world took during the Bush admin. I've played with, practiced with, and beat the best in my area and there are a few pros out here. Most the card rooms in Toledo are underground so it won't do any good to tell you too much about that.
I'm not sure what else I can tell you.
I'm not lying or exaggerating. I never claimed to be one of the worlds elite. Just a seasoned player with professional strategy writing experience and legitimate full time pro playing past (albeit years back and only a couple years) I just mean to say that I'm no noob/small stakes player/fish/poser/etc. I really think that a lot of the confusion comes from the fact that I learned poker by crushing thru every major publication on the market years ago and most of the players on here don't think about the game in the same terms I do.
So, there you go. Knock yourself out.
Last edited by Donovan; 12-13-2011 at 09:31 PM.