The Lady Across the Table-Introduction Thread
11-21-2011
, 09:59 AM
Quote:
Hey all,
I'm Adrienne or 'talonchick', 32, Canadian, been playing poker along side my day job (Occupational Therapist) for the last 9 years. Played primarily as a leisure activity but now have obviously taken a more serious look at my game. Making big changes in how I approach poker and learning!
For an 'active' member of 2+2, you can tell by my post numbers that I am not the best at getting into these. I have finally taken the time to read through some of the forums and it is certainly nice to read all the posts!
Hopefully, I will be more able to be an active member of the community.
Happy Sunday!
I'm Adrienne or 'talonchick', 32, Canadian, been playing poker along side my day job (Occupational Therapist) for the last 9 years. Played primarily as a leisure activity but now have obviously taken a more serious look at my game. Making big changes in how I approach poker and learning!
For an 'active' member of 2+2, you can tell by my post numbers that I am not the best at getting into these. I have finally taken the time to read through some of the forums and it is certainly nice to read all the posts!
Hopefully, I will be more able to be an active member of the community.
Happy Sunday!
11-21-2011
, 07:00 PM
Quote:
Hi everyone,
I'm Kami, drkamikaze1 on stars and drkamikaze on various other sites. I play both live and online. I started as a live player around 10 years ago, and I prefer it in a lot of ways, but now that I don't have access to local live events any more I am playing only online unless I travel.
I see a lot of people here have just finished grad school or are looking to start. I'd love to hear what people are studying. I am particularly interested in ways to apply learning and skill from non-poker related fields to the game.
I am a SNG and MTT pro, and I play all the games. I am more known for playing anything besides NLHE, but I did win a LIPS NLHE event this spring and final tabled 2010 ladies WSOP event. Online I grind nlhe hypers and PLO8 turbos, as well as playing MTTs (I mostly only play the MTTs on the weekends these days). While I am mostly playing lower limits these days to grind up my bankroll, I have also been playing high stakes non-nlhe MTTs for a few years now, mostly HORSE (and the individual limit games) and PLO8.
I've been meaning to hang out more in this forum, so I wanted to introduce myself. I really love the ladies poker leagues, and I am all for creating an "old girl's network." As we are so fully outnumbered in the larger poker community, I think it is great to build some community of our own.
Thanks to whomever had the brilliant idea to open this forum!
I'm Kami, drkamikaze1 on stars and drkamikaze on various other sites. I play both live and online. I started as a live player around 10 years ago, and I prefer it in a lot of ways, but now that I don't have access to local live events any more I am playing only online unless I travel.
I see a lot of people here have just finished grad school or are looking to start. I'd love to hear what people are studying. I am particularly interested in ways to apply learning and skill from non-poker related fields to the game.
I am a SNG and MTT pro, and I play all the games. I am more known for playing anything besides NLHE, but I did win a LIPS NLHE event this spring and final tabled 2010 ladies WSOP event. Online I grind nlhe hypers and PLO8 turbos, as well as playing MTTs (I mostly only play the MTTs on the weekends these days). While I am mostly playing lower limits these days to grind up my bankroll, I have also been playing high stakes non-nlhe MTTs for a few years now, mostly HORSE (and the individual limit games) and PLO8.
I've been meaning to hang out more in this forum, so I wanted to introduce myself. I really love the ladies poker leagues, and I am all for creating an "old girl's network."
As we are so fully outnumbered in the larger poker community, I think it is great to build some community of our own.Thanks to whomever had the brilliant idea to open this forum!
11-21-2011
, 08:34 PM
Hi!
And hi to Talonchick. We've been at the same table a few times lately, pretty sure in either the $215 PL or NL O8 this week. What part of Canada are you in? I recently moved to Toronto myself. And congrats on the stars deal ldo.
And hi to Talonchick. We've been at the same table a few times lately, pretty sure in either the $215 PL or NL O8 this week. What part of Canada are you in? I recently moved to Toronto myself. And congrats on the stars deal ldo.
11-22-2011
, 01:45 AM
Hi Kami,
I am in Edmonton. Must have been the NLO8, thanks very much for the well wishes, pretty happy with my new job.
Did you relocate countries or always around TO?
A.
I am in Edmonton. Must have been the NLO8, thanks very much for the well wishes, pretty happy with my new job.
Did you relocate countries or always around TO?
A.
11-22-2011
, 04:47 AM
Welcome, Adrienne! I enjoyed the Stars vid about you and congrats!
11-22-2011
, 02:05 PM
I had pretty much shifted to only playing live for almost a year before BF just because of all the difficulties. I miss being able to easily play live here in TO, but I am very happy to be back on stars
Can I ask about your poker history before becoming a stars pro? How long have you been playing etc. And obv you are playing NLO8, do you have a primary game or play them all?
Most of my major successes have been in the limit games and PL/NLO8, with the exception of 2 major live NLHE ladies events cashes (5th in ladies WSOP in 2010) and I shipped a LIPS event in march before I moved. Continually working on my NL game tho.
12-11-2011
, 09:44 AM
12-11-2011
, 06:36 PM
Quote:
Hi!
I have been on this site for a while but havent posted much and today saw this thread and wanted to introduce myself and get to know the girls in this community.
My name is Deb and I have been playing online for around 5 years or so. I started with party poker, then the UIGEA came and I went to stars. I played as riptidebsi until black friday.
I now play on merge as groogruxqueen7. Black friday hit me pretty hard as I was playing full time to supplement my income. I was also a supernova on stars which had some great perks :-(.
I mainly play pl08s HU games and some mtts. I like mixed games more then holdem. I have some live success making a FT at wsop ladies a few years back, i think 08? The year Gromakova won it.
I grew up and lived most of my life in south florida, however I live in cental florida now and the only poker rooms close are hard rock tampa and ocala jai alai which I sometimes frequent. I usually travel to vegas for wsop but didnt the last two years.
So nice to meet you all and holla if anyone is in the area and wants to meet up at one of those rooms or discuss hands or any of that good stuff.
Peace, Deb
I have been on this site for a while but havent posted much and today saw this thread and wanted to introduce myself and get to know the girls in this community.
My name is Deb and I have been playing online for around 5 years or so. I started with party poker, then the UIGEA came and I went to stars. I played as riptidebsi until black friday.
I now play on merge as groogruxqueen7. Black friday hit me pretty hard as I was playing full time to supplement my income. I was also a supernova on stars which had some great perks :-(.
I mainly play pl08s HU games and some mtts. I like mixed games more then holdem. I have some live success making a FT at wsop ladies a few years back, i think 08? The year Gromakova won it.
I grew up and lived most of my life in south florida, however I live in cental florida now and the only poker rooms close are hard rock tampa and ocala jai alai which I sometimes frequent. I usually travel to vegas for wsop but didnt the last two years.
So nice to meet you all and holla if anyone is in the area and wants to meet up at one of those rooms or discuss hands or any of that good stuff.
Peace, Deb
12-11-2011
, 10:33 PM
12-11-2011
, 10:44 PM
12-12-2011
, 04:22 AM
Quote:
I played the dania tourney most fridays, the isle, HR, gulfstream, mardi gras, all over really. i hate having to drive almost an hour now. i really like online better but would mix in live a few days a week. i come down often to see friends so maybe next time we can meet up at the rock or somthing.
same thing if I hop over to Tampa for the weekend.
12-12-2011
, 01:58 PM
Thanks DonkeySlayer! Great news! Hopefully this will translate into more live Ladies events in Canada.
Hi Gwyneth! Nice to hear form you!
Hi Gwyneth! Nice to hear form you!
12-12-2011
, 03:49 PM
Welcome, Deb and Gottaget to our forum
01-10-2012
, 07:28 PM
Hi girls, saw this forum a little while back, though I opted to set up a different account to post here.
I joined 2+2 in 2005 and have just over 250 posts, but online and on 2+2 had gender neutral screen names.
I am a professional gambler, started w BJ in 1996 (not as a pro), moved to video poker a year or so later, left my job/business in 2002, quit casinos in 2005, started playing online went back to traveling in 2010 working the casinos.
Spent most of my youth and then some as a dancer (stripper) with the exception of about 4-5 years in a sales job. Worked as a dancer until I was close to 40, that would have been late 90's. Went to school and became an aesthetician and had a successful business/clientele as an independent contractor in a few different salons. I was working the casinos at the same time, most years my gambling income exceeded my business income. Once I had a really safe bankroll and a house purchased outright I pulled the trigger and went full time as a pro gambler.
OK, poker. When I played video poker in AC, I had friends tell me that I should learn to play poker, this was before the big poker boom, smoking still allowed in poker rooms.......I never did devote any time to it because I was doing so well that I was unwilling to make the time.
In 2002-2005 I was working in CT, but that dried up and I didn't feel like going on the road so I started playing online NLHE SNGs and did really well. I studied and read and had the various aids, can't even remember the name of them now.
However the games kept getting more difficult, and I switched over to cash NLHE which was also difficult and I never considered myself a success in the online games.
I got married for the first time in 2007 to a really sweet guy. We have no kids, will not be having any (I'm 50 now, he's 43
). I am pretty busy with what I'm doing now and he helps.
I play live poker once in a blue moon, here in PA or in Vegas or NOLA when I was going there regularly.
I would like to play more live poker and of course be a winning player, which should be much easier than it was online. Finding time to play is the biggest obstacle. Next obstacle is having people with whom to discuss hands. My husband has no interest in poker.
Any of you gals in PA/NJ? Play Philly/AC/Sands?
I do travel to Vegas once or twice a month.
And that's my not so brief introduction, LOL.
I joined 2+2 in 2005 and have just over 250 posts, but online and on 2+2 had gender neutral screen names.
I am a professional gambler, started w BJ in 1996 (not as a pro), moved to video poker a year or so later, left my job/business in 2002, quit casinos in 2005, started playing online went back to traveling in 2010 working the casinos.
Spent most of my youth and then some as a dancer (stripper) with the exception of about 4-5 years in a sales job. Worked as a dancer until I was close to 40, that would have been late 90's. Went to school and became an aesthetician and had a successful business/clientele as an independent contractor in a few different salons. I was working the casinos at the same time, most years my gambling income exceeded my business income. Once I had a really safe bankroll and a house purchased outright I pulled the trigger and went full time as a pro gambler.
OK, poker. When I played video poker in AC, I had friends tell me that I should learn to play poker, this was before the big poker boom, smoking still allowed in poker rooms.......I never did devote any time to it because I was doing so well that I was unwilling to make the time.
In 2002-2005 I was working in CT, but that dried up and I didn't feel like going on the road so I started playing online NLHE SNGs and did really well. I studied and read and had the various aids, can't even remember the name of them now.
However the games kept getting more difficult, and I switched over to cash NLHE which was also difficult and I never considered myself a success in the online games.
I got married for the first time in 2007 to a really sweet guy. We have no kids, will not be having any (I'm 50 now, he's 43
). I am pretty busy with what I'm doing now and he helps. I play live poker once in a blue moon, here in PA or in Vegas or NOLA when I was going there regularly.
I would like to play more live poker and of course be a winning player, which should be much easier than it was online. Finding time to play is the biggest obstacle. Next obstacle is having people with whom to discuss hands. My husband has no interest in poker.
Any of you gals in PA/NJ? Play Philly/AC/Sands?
I do travel to Vegas once or twice a month.
And that's my not so brief introduction, LOL.
01-10-2012
, 07:51 PM
Quote:
Hi girls, saw this forum a little while back, though I opted to set up a different account to post here.
I joined 2+2 in 2005 and have just over 250 posts, but online and on 2+2 had gender neutral screen names.
I am a professional gambler, started w BJ in 1996 (not as a pro), moved to video poker a year or so later, left my job/business in 2002, quit casinos in 2005, started playing online went back to traveling in 2010 working the casinos.
Spent most of my youth and then some as a dancer (stripper) with the exception of about 4-5 years in a sales job. Worked as a dancer until I was close to 40, that would have been late 90's. Went to school and became an aesthetician and had a successful business/clientele as an independent contractor in a few different salons. I was working the casinos at the same time, most years my gambling income exceeded my business income. Once I had a really safe bankroll and a house purchased outright I pulled the trigger and went full time as a pro gambler.
OK, poker. When I played video poker in AC, I had friends tell me that I should learn to play poker, this was before the big poker boom, smoking still allowed in poker rooms.......I never did devote any time to it because I was doing so well that I was unwilling to make the time.
In 2002-2005 I was working in CT, but that dried up and I didn't feel like going on the road so I started playing online NLHE SNGs and did really well. I studied and read and had the various aids, can't even remember the name of them now.
However the games kept getting more difficult, and I switched over to cash NLHE which was also difficult and I never considered myself a success in the online games.
I got married for the first time in 2007 to a really sweet guy. We have no kids, will not be having any (I'm 50 now, he's 43). I am pretty busy with what I'm doing now and he helps.
I play live poker once in a blue moon, here in PA or in Vegas or NOLA when I was going there regularly.
I would like to play more live poker and of course be a winning player, which should be much easier than it was online. Finding time to play is the biggest obstacle. Next obstacle is having people with whom to discuss hands. My husband has no interest in poker.
Any of you gals in PA/NJ? Play Philly/AC/Sands?
I do travel to Vegas once or twice a month.
And that's my not so brief introduction, LOL.
I joined 2+2 in 2005 and have just over 250 posts, but online and on 2+2 had gender neutral screen names.
I am a professional gambler, started w BJ in 1996 (not as a pro), moved to video poker a year or so later, left my job/business in 2002, quit casinos in 2005, started playing online went back to traveling in 2010 working the casinos.
Spent most of my youth and then some as a dancer (stripper) with the exception of about 4-5 years in a sales job. Worked as a dancer until I was close to 40, that would have been late 90's. Went to school and became an aesthetician and had a successful business/clientele as an independent contractor in a few different salons. I was working the casinos at the same time, most years my gambling income exceeded my business income. Once I had a really safe bankroll and a house purchased outright I pulled the trigger and went full time as a pro gambler.
OK, poker. When I played video poker in AC, I had friends tell me that I should learn to play poker, this was before the big poker boom, smoking still allowed in poker rooms.......I never did devote any time to it because I was doing so well that I was unwilling to make the time.
In 2002-2005 I was working in CT, but that dried up and I didn't feel like going on the road so I started playing online NLHE SNGs and did really well. I studied and read and had the various aids, can't even remember the name of them now.
However the games kept getting more difficult, and I switched over to cash NLHE which was also difficult and I never considered myself a success in the online games.
I got married for the first time in 2007 to a really sweet guy. We have no kids, will not be having any (I'm 50 now, he's 43
). I am pretty busy with what I'm doing now and he helps. I play live poker once in a blue moon, here in PA or in Vegas or NOLA when I was going there regularly.
I would like to play more live poker and of course be a winning player, which should be much easier than it was online. Finding time to play is the biggest obstacle. Next obstacle is having people with whom to discuss hands. My husband has no interest in poker.
Any of you gals in PA/NJ? Play Philly/AC/Sands?
I do travel to Vegas once or twice a month.
And that's my not so brief introduction, LOL.
Welcome buttercup!
02-02-2012
, 02:51 PM
Hello laddies.
I thought I'd introduce myself as Iv been reading this forum alot, and plan to post here alot. I am an 18 year old M2F transgenders person. Im living as a male right now and have not began my transition yet, however I see myself as a female. I am a female, just not genitally yet. Probably will mostly be posting in here, except for the odd trolling in bbv or something as this is the only place I feel comfortable. Iv made a few posts in twss, and hope to meet some nice people here.
Good luck girls
I thought I'd introduce myself as Iv been reading this forum alot, and plan to post here alot. I am an 18 year old M2F transgenders person. Im living as a male right now and have not began my transition yet, however I see myself as a female. I am a female, just not genitally yet. Probably will mostly be posting in here, except for the odd trolling in bbv or something as this is the only place I feel comfortable. Iv made a few posts in twss, and hope to meet some nice people here.
Good luck girls