Rags to Riches - Poker and Life
10-26-2013
, 11:31 AM
I don't even know how to start now so I will try to put it into some categories.
General Info:
Hello everybody. My name is Alexander, I'm currently studying International Economics, Management and Finance in Milan, Italy an English program.
I've been into poker for what is it now, 2-3years? (Of course back in the days I wasn't even allowed to play because I was underage)
Poker Career:
- Before I turned 18 I was mainly watching my father play on PokerStars (following no strategies, but he had some very deep and interesting thoughts about the game, even though that some of that I looked at as superstition. I played a lot of live back then with people 2 years older than me and more. I had an edge because I was so young, nobody viewed me as a threat so I managed to take their cash on a weekly basis
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- When I turned 18 I did my big start - deposited 200 or 300$ in Unibet(don't know why I chose it) and lost it all of course because of lack of BRM.
- After my bad start I managed to win some money IRL (both poker and some other things) and deposited regularly and playing with no BRM which resulted the way it was expected... 0$.
- When I hit university(beginning of Septermber 2013) I was very motivated to come here, continue with my workouts and even make them more frequent and focus on poker. Everything was going good, I even had a blog in another poker community(won't say the name as I am not aware of the rules in 2p2), but one night things got nasty, I got drunk with one of the older guys (studying Masters Degree) and eventually we lost all my bankroll + money from his and my VISA in one night. Later on we realized it was some thing we had smoked during our drunken journey that made us completely blackout and remember anything.
- So in the last 2 weeks I've been living poorly on University's Campus with stacks of rice and pasta till the end of October when I will get some financial backup.
- Right now I have 50$ in PokerStars (or will have by the end of the day I hope) because a friend owes me money. I am not sure how I will play them, but I will try to make something out of it, at least not bust it until my $ aid arrives so that I can deposit and give it a shot again (probably for the last time this time - if I manage to be disciplined things will work if not, then I don't deserve to play and waste my money there).
Goals/Dreams:
- I write it as dreams, because I am not sure I can do it anymore haha.
I want to become a regular MTT player and possibly make a living out of this in the long run.
- I won't write short term goals, because I don't know exactly how things will work out ( I have exams till the end of October and after that I will devote myself truly.
P.S. I wonder which movie is this scene from :
General Info:
Hello everybody. My name is Alexander, I'm currently studying International Economics, Management and Finance in Milan, Italy an English program.
I've been into poker for what is it now, 2-3years? (Of course back in the days I wasn't even allowed to play because I was underage)
Poker Career:
- Before I turned 18 I was mainly watching my father play on PokerStars (following no strategies, but he had some very deep and interesting thoughts about the game, even though that some of that I looked at as superstition. I played a lot of live back then with people 2 years older than me and more. I had an edge because I was so young, nobody viewed me as a threat so I managed to take their cash on a weekly basis
.- When I turned 18 I did my big start - deposited 200 or 300$ in Unibet(don't know why I chose it) and lost it all of course because of lack of BRM.
- After my bad start I managed to win some money IRL (both poker and some other things) and deposited regularly and playing with no BRM which resulted the way it was expected... 0$.
- When I hit university(beginning of Septermber 2013) I was very motivated to come here, continue with my workouts and even make them more frequent and focus on poker. Everything was going good, I even had a blog in another poker community(won't say the name as I am not aware of the rules in 2p2), but one night things got nasty, I got drunk with one of the older guys (studying Masters Degree) and eventually we lost all my bankroll + money from his and my VISA in one night. Later on we realized it was some thing we had smoked during our drunken journey that made us completely blackout and remember anything.
- So in the last 2 weeks I've been living poorly on University's Campus with stacks of rice and pasta till the end of October when I will get some financial backup.
- Right now I have 50$ in PokerStars (or will have by the end of the day I hope) because a friend owes me money. I am not sure how I will play them, but I will try to make something out of it, at least not bust it until my $ aid arrives so that I can deposit and give it a shot again (probably for the last time this time - if I manage to be disciplined things will work if not, then I don't deserve to play and waste my money there).
Goals/Dreams:
- I write it as dreams, because I am not sure I can do it anymore haha
.I want to become a regular MTT player and possibly make a living out of this in the long run.
- I won't write short term goals, because I don't know exactly how things will work out ( I have exams till the end of October and after that I will devote myself truly.
P.S. I wonder which movie is this scene from :
10-26-2013
, 11:39 AM
P.S. Just realized that it is in the wrong category, can you please move it to the correct one? Ty
10-27-2013
, 04:46 PM
Today I still didn't receive my 50$ from my friend so I was just reading some strategies and watched some videos on poker mindset. Then I got 2.2$ from a friend in order to make 2$ into 2000$ in a day and surprisingly it didn't work, I messed around on some SnGs up and down but ended up busting the whole 2,20$ 