a. Real name: Ryan Laplante (have facebook n mysapce)
b. Where I live: Minnesota
c. What I do with my time outside of poker: (job, school, etc…): Currently work 30 hours a week at subway, trying to become a full time grinder so i can move my hours down to 15hours per week for food/rent
Hours I play poker: As i work usually till 4-6pm weekdays i play 5-midnight or 6-midnight mon-thursday, friday i hang out all night with ppl, saturday i play from generally 9-10am until 5pm or so, then hang out with ppl. Then on sundays i play usually 10-noon until about midnight.
e. Stars/FTP name and links to OPR pages
Stars: Protentialmn
FTP:Protential
UB/AP: Protential
cake: heart4thewin, theniceboy, da playr, (few others, changed alot on there as you are allowed to change every week).
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4$ 180's: Protentialmn : 635 $3 $4 63% $1,658 Super Tilt N/A PokerStars E50-180 S2.5-5 SNG Only
All sngs< 5$ buy in: PROTENTlALmn : 1,646 $2 $3 51% $2,605 Tilt N/A PokerStars E>=50 S<=5
Overall : PROTENTlALmn 2,932 $1 $4 29% $2,153 Tilt 71 PokerStars
http://www.officialpokerrankings.com...33276.html?t=2
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MTT stats: PROTENTIAL 1,443 $0 $7 18% $445 Tilt N/A FullTilt S<=200 x
FT'd the 22$ 200k, played tons of 26's n such, had many deep runs, mostly ran bad.
http://www.officialpokerrankings.com...0C16E.html?t=2
f. References – . Jschnett, zedvron, ssnyc, Brad2002tj, halsted, olycrawford, kolotoure.
Currently running a stake on cake for halsted over the past 3 months i have played well over 1k games (1100-1600) on a site with low volume playing mostly 1-55$ mtts, i have profited 2200$ on the stake playing mostly nlhe/plo8.
How long I have been playing: I started studying when i joined 2+2 1yr and 9 months ago and have taken it seriously ever since.
Why I would like to be staked: Trying to build up a roll, have life expenses that must be taken care of and thus unless i am backed i can never move up to the limits i desire to play at. Also while i feel i have a good preflop and postflop game the coaching aspect of the stake (you maybe going over the rare session or strat discussion) would be cool and help me make the transition from a micro grinder to a mid stakes grinder.
What My long term goals in poker are: Make enough so i can travel the world while i play, 20-40kyr+.
j. What games I would like to play: I'd like to play 2$ 90's, 2$ 180's 3$ 90's 4$ 180's, 1-11$ mtt's, at first. and eventually get backed for 1-200$ mtts on stars/ftp, while i grind 2$-12$ sngs on my own dime on stars and grind bodog/cake on my own dime. This will allow me to have a steady stream of income and play larger field mtts while having lesser variance. For the original stake i'd perfer to have it be 50-50+sb+mu as i have played large volume in the micro limits and have proven stats, as i move up we can work it to 60-40 if desired...
My games/hours a month:
As of right now i dont have a computer at home, however im still able to play about 40 hours a week, as i generally 4-16 table (8-12 as an average but will play less/more depending on my mood and what im playing). I should be able to put in easily 500-1k games per month, and if i do well enough to buy a laptop/pc then i'll prolly be able to play an extra 20 hours a week, so i could play as much as 1500 games a month.
How many tables i usually play: 4-16 usually 8-12
Email address:
pr0tential@yahoo.com.
Aim: silvarshark
msn:
Pr0tential@hotmail.com
Past staking arrangements:
Halsted, Olycrawford, pokerbytrade.com.
Halsted: currently getting backed by on cake, their aim is brianpokeremail.
olycrawford: Have been backed by him previously, and am getting backed by him for some micro volume on ftp to cover some MU owed to him. His aim is olycrawford.
www.Pokerbytrade.com : 6 months ago i was running a small stake on stars for 250$, and due to some life issues+running bad with poker, i went into life tilt, played 2-4nlhe and blew the roll. I have since then paid back the player. Outside of that if you check my staking history on there i have profited over 2500$ for my backers on there, i have treated all of my backer's money with the utmost care, and have done my best to clear MU if i owed, and to use bankrolls wisely. I made a mistake, and have dealt with the consequences, i am not perfect, but i do my best to treat my backers and their money with the respect they deserve for putting their faith and money into my hands.
I have delt with multiple 500$-1k+ stakes dealing with large volume and understand the amount of variance involved in poker.
Tilt controll: I wrote an article recently and put it up in BQ, 5 star thread that every1 loves....
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/13...-enemy-699690/
Here's why you should stake me:
While i have made mistakes in the past, i have done all that i could to right my wrongs, i am not perfect, i ****-up but i'm willing to man up to it and face the consequences, and do what it takes to make things right.
I am constantly working on my game and trying to get better (most of my posts come from the MTT section) and have the drive and dedication it takes to become one of the better mtt'ers. I can put in the volume, i am willing to start at the micros, and i desire to run as high of games as you are able to stake me (as long as i feel i am +EV in them and they dont have toooooo much variance. I.e: i wont ever get more then a K or 2 into MU, muchless 200k ).
I am also a multi-skilled player, i am happy playing nlhe (hu, 4max, 6max, fr), plo8, razz, plo, horse, sngs, mtts, cash. I have made many plo8 rebuy FT's on cake, and nearly ft'd the 11$ scoop plo8 (7k runners i busted in like 15th) and the mini ftops plo8 i took 18th outa 2600 runners, i have also ft'd the 11$ horse mtt on stars multiple times. Also i have won, hu mtts, 4max, 6max, FR, nlhe, plo8, flo8 mtts. I am a diverse player and have tried to become a good poker player, not just a good nlhe mtt'er.
Thank you for your time. Gl with your staking endevors.