Hi, I'm Thomas. You may know me from
this thread where I get a tremendous sense of accomplishment from lifting very light weights. Or you may know me from
this forum, where I used to tell people to fold near-nutted hands all the time. Or you may be a past or present poker player in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and met me during your travels. I've been living here for the last seven years.
I played poker for a living from 2006 to 2017, initially online and then live in the latter years. Most of my time in Cambodia was spent playing live, with more than a few "breaks" from playing. Last year, I began to diversify a bit and started some projects with my business partner poker_triad, who many and more of you probably know already. That was a year that was rewarding and challenging by turns for me, but it led to where I am today.
Enter
this country. The poker scene in Cambodia was rapidly petering out for the last couple of years, which is why I was transitioning out of it. Now it it is having a resurgence. It's like four United Stateses were just introduced to Texas Hold'em and they all want to come here and punt. Seeing as none of my side hustles are making me rich any time soon, I've decided to put my poker player hat back on and jump back in it.
I started this thread as a way to be more accountable about playing and to document (some of) my crazy third world life. I've been back at it for the last two months or so, and while I am up money, it hasn't been quite the bonanza that I anticipated. Anyway more on that later. I'll keep the first post short.
Narrator: Renton goes on a diatribe about Chinese poker players.