Recently the WSOP online client as started doing a step system to earn entry to the WSOP main event in Las Vegas this year. In order to win, as far as I understand, a player would have to win 5th place in the first step, as well as high seats in another 4 steps to get a golden ticket. That means an individual would need to win 5 multi table tournaments in order to get anything out of the process.
It's a long shot to say the least, but for a guy like me it's a dream. There is no way I would be able to scrap together enough cash to enter the WSOP main event, and if I could even get to the 5th step in this promotion I would be ecstatic. Not because I would actually get anything, but it would really kinda validate my desire to put a lot more effort into this year long Something from Nothing venture.
The promotion is either going to be amazingly great for me and my project, or it's going to be a complete waste of time... Only time will tell at this point I guess.
I've only been able to play two of the Step 1 events, and the first one I washed within the first ten mins, but I wasn't paying attention. I played more like I would if it were a fake chip cash game, but on my second attempt I legitimately tried and got 44th out of 233. That isn't great I know, but it's worth mentioning I think.
If you're a praying person, put a prayer in for me because it's going to take a miracle to actually make this happen.
Thanks for reading, and again; Good Luck in The Rings!
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Monday, March 28, 2016
Fall Seven Times Stand Up Eight
I haven't given up on the "Something from Nothing" project at all. As a matter of fact I've won a few of the free rolls putting me at $13.03 in total winnings, but I've had to back off the bloging / vloging because of some personal issues. I would write about it here, but I covered it as best I could on my personal blog. If you're interested here's the link. My Road to Happiness - Medication Advice
Still going, just with a few more hiccups. Next week if everything goes well I'll start some sit-n-go's or maybe some micro cash games... Anyway - thanks for reading, and good luck in the rings.
Still going, just with a few more hiccups. Next week if everything goes well I'll start some sit-n-go's or maybe some micro cash games... Anyway - thanks for reading, and good luck in the rings.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Farcical... That's All I Can Say at the Moment
Farcical is a fancy word that sounds like "fart," but means 'resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.'
While it is a big, funny sounding word, it's the only thing I could come up with to described how this entire project has become...
From really cool highs (winning a few bucks, and actually making progress) to almost unbearable lows (mostly in the technology department; but also the striving for balance between doing this and remaining family focused.)
The latest setback - all but 3 of the YouTube videos have disappeared from the channel. I've requested assistance from the YouTube support department, but dealing with them for just the past few hours has helped me to accept the reality that those videos are gone. I have kind of an interesting video I finished today for the YouTube channel, but after I post it I think I'm going to step away from that for a little while. Too much headache, very little payoff.
All that aside there is good news - I placed in the cash for two of the free rolls I played today. Just a few cents for the first one, but I came in 5th for the second one, and bumped the bank roll up a couple of bucks. As of this afternoon I'm sitting on $10.25
It's not much, but it's getting there! I'm thinking about giving a few of the $1 sit and goes a try next week, but I'll have to wait and see how the schedule works out.
Anyway - thanks for reading the update! Have a great night, and good luck in the rings!
While it is a big, funny sounding word, it's the only thing I could come up with to described how this entire project has become...
From really cool highs (winning a few bucks, and actually making progress) to almost unbearable lows (mostly in the technology department; but also the striving for balance between doing this and remaining family focused.)
The latest setback - all but 3 of the YouTube videos have disappeared from the channel. I've requested assistance from the YouTube support department, but dealing with them for just the past few hours has helped me to accept the reality that those videos are gone. I have kind of an interesting video I finished today for the YouTube channel, but after I post it I think I'm going to step away from that for a little while. Too much headache, very little payoff.
All that aside there is good news - I placed in the cash for two of the free rolls I played today. Just a few cents for the first one, but I came in 5th for the second one, and bumped the bank roll up a couple of bucks. As of this afternoon I'm sitting on $10.25
It's not much, but it's getting there! I'm thinking about giving a few of the $1 sit and goes a try next week, but I'll have to wait and see how the schedule works out.
Anyway - thanks for reading the update! Have a great night, and good luck in the rings!
Poker Player NV - YouTube Channel
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Not Just Killing, But Murdering Time!
Today was a waste of a day. I played 3 different tournaments, and busted out before the cash in all three. Two of them were within the first 30 mins.
Honestly I'm getting board with it. With everything going on in my life it's really difficult to get motivated about pocket change, but I also knew that this is what I was getting into when I started the series.
In the last 7 days I think I've placed once, and that was for 0.08 cents. That means the bank roll is standing at $8.83 - just under $10.00...
I hate how I know that I have to remain grateful for everything little bit, and I am when I stopped and think about what I'm doing on the grand scheme of things, but on ruff days it's easy to look at the accomplishment as worthless...
All things considered I think it's really important that I make note of how depressed I've been over the past few days. It isn't because of anything going on outside of me: it's completely internal, and that has always been a source of serious negativity in my life.
Right now it's a matter of ridding the wave out, and not making any sudden changes in an attempt to "cheer myself up."
I've earned $8.83 - Keep looking up and moving in that direction until you're standing up, or at least until your head is off the ground.
Honestly I'm getting board with it. With everything going on in my life it's really difficult to get motivated about pocket change, but I also knew that this is what I was getting into when I started the series.
In the last 7 days I think I've placed once, and that was for 0.08 cents. That means the bank roll is standing at $8.83 - just under $10.00...
I hate how I know that I have to remain grateful for everything little bit, and I am when I stopped and think about what I'm doing on the grand scheme of things, but on ruff days it's easy to look at the accomplishment as worthless...
All things considered I think it's really important that I make note of how depressed I've been over the past few days. It isn't because of anything going on outside of me: it's completely internal, and that has always been a source of serious negativity in my life.
Right now it's a matter of ridding the wave out, and not making any sudden changes in an attempt to "cheer myself up."
I've earned $8.83 - Keep looking up and moving in that direction until you're standing up, or at least until your head is off the ground.
Monday, February 22, 2016
What goes up...
It's been my experience in life that you can only run hot, be on top, or have things seem to be going your way for so long. Once the cosmos, karma, or lady luck have decided that things need to be difficult again for you, and then everything becomes an up hill battle all over again.
I posted a video on the YouTube channel, but for anybody that is purely a blog reader here's the lowdown. On the afternoon of the 19th my computer crashed. I then spent the following 48 hours straight trying to restore, recover, or at least figure out a work around for the error so that I could get back to "work" so to speak. It was all for not, and I ended up spending another ten hours reinstalling Windows 10, and downloading / installing all of the updates. It was tedious, and frustrating because I really REALLY didn't want that to happen at this point in the whole "Something from Nothing" series.
Since getting the system back up and running I've only played two of the free rolls, and didn't do well in either one. In the second tournament I was still trying to get my broadcasting software running, and while trying to focus on the game as much as I could I was railed by another bullshit river situation.
Hole Cards: KQ spades
Flop Q, 8, 5 diamonds.
Turn 4 clubs
*we both push ALL-IN*
River's a 5 of hearts,
and he's holding K5 off.)
I know that it's a free roll, and that kind of stuff is to be expected from time to time, and especially within the first 45 mins. The hands wouldn't be that big of a deal if it weren't for the other problems. I'm okay with the crazy stuff that happens at the tables, but it's a lot harder to let it roll of my back when it seems like the things that I really want to excel at just wont materialize.
Thoughts of giving up constantly flood my mind when I contemplate what the future looks like at this rate, but at the same time I don't want this to be another undertaking abandoned because of complications, and setbacks... and so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
I posted a video on the YouTube channel, but for anybody that is purely a blog reader here's the lowdown. On the afternoon of the 19th my computer crashed. I then spent the following 48 hours straight trying to restore, recover, or at least figure out a work around for the error so that I could get back to "work" so to speak. It was all for not, and I ended up spending another ten hours reinstalling Windows 10, and downloading / installing all of the updates. It was tedious, and frustrating because I really REALLY didn't want that to happen at this point in the whole "Something from Nothing" series.
Since getting the system back up and running I've only played two of the free rolls, and didn't do well in either one. In the second tournament I was still trying to get my broadcasting software running, and while trying to focus on the game as much as I could I was railed by another bullshit river situation.
Hole Cards: KQ spades
Flop Q, 8, 5 diamonds.
Turn 4 clubs
*we both push ALL-IN*
River's a 5 of hearts,
and he's holding K5 off.)
I know that it's a free roll, and that kind of stuff is to be expected from time to time, and especially within the first 45 mins. The hands wouldn't be that big of a deal if it weren't for the other problems. I'm okay with the crazy stuff that happens at the tables, but it's a lot harder to let it roll of my back when it seems like the things that I really want to excel at just wont materialize.
Thoughts of giving up constantly flood my mind when I contemplate what the future looks like at this rate, but at the same time I don't want this to be another undertaking abandoned because of complications, and setbacks... and so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Nice Bump!
I wasn't able to make it into the cash yesterday on any of the free rolls, but the entire day wasn't a wash. I know that two blogs ago I broke down how my bank roll management would ideally work for this project, but I chose to deviate from the course a little bit.
I sat down at a micro limit (0.01/0.02) for a little over an hour, and at first I thought I was doing well. About half way into the session I realized that I had "auto recap" on, which is an option that will automatically refill the chip stack you brought to the table to the max amount allowed. I didn't want that, and didn't realize that I had it turned on until too late.
I told myself not to take any money to the table unless I was willing to lose it, and while I was holding firm to that I also had it in the back of my head that I really didn't want to lose any of my meager bankroll. After checking my bank roll at the main screen I noticed that I was down 0.60 cents! Chump change to a pro, but in perspective of what "Something from Nothing" is all about that's huge!
I figured out how to turn "auto recap" off, and started in on a grind I didn't expect to endure at 1 am. After about half an hour of waiting patiently for decent hands to regain my 0.60 cents I ended up reeling in more than I had expected!
I sat down at a micro limit (0.01/0.02) for a little over an hour, and at first I thought I was doing well. About half way into the session I realized that I had "auto recap" on, which is an option that will automatically refill the chip stack you brought to the table to the max amount allowed. I didn't want that, and didn't realize that I had it turned on until too late.
I told myself not to take any money to the table unless I was willing to lose it, and while I was holding firm to that I also had it in the back of my head that I really didn't want to lose any of my meager bankroll. After checking my bank roll at the main screen I noticed that I was down 0.60 cents! Chump change to a pro, but in perspective of what "Something from Nothing" is all about that's huge!
I figured out how to turn "auto recap" off, and started in on a grind I didn't expect to endure at 1 am. After about half an hour of waiting patiently for decent hands to regain my 0.60 cents I ended up reeling in more than I had expected!
I know that I keep mentioning the fact that it isn't really a lot of money, but I can't emphasize enough how grateful I am for every little bit!
I got the 0.60 back that I was aiming for, and then some, which brings the bankroll to: $8.75
I got the 0.60 back that I was aiming for, and then some, which brings the bankroll to: $8.75
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
A Family Sick Day
It sucks that right after doing really well during a live stream things started falling apart in the family. Without divulging too much I'll just say that it's new marriage stuff. This last September we will have been married for 3 years, so I think that still qualifies as "new marriage."
How that rolls over into "Something from Nothing" is that it has been my experience that if any aspect of an individuates life is out of wack than the rest of their life suffers... Or at least shows some kind of evidence.
Perfect example is that tonight during the live game I knew the other guy had the straight on the turn, but I kept playing as if I actually thought a pair of aces would do anything. Then once the 3 hit the river (giving me two pair) I almost instantly called their all in bet. I knew from the turn that I was done, but I didn't care. In that very moment I was honestly trying to figure out how this weekend will play out once my wife goes out of town to a "spiritual retreat" with her friend.
Speaking of which, I have to get back to worrying about that.
Thanks for reading, and until next week - good luck in the rings!
How that rolls over into "Something from Nothing" is that it has been my experience that if any aspect of an individuates life is out of wack than the rest of their life suffers... Or at least shows some kind of evidence.
Perfect example is that tonight during the live game I knew the other guy had the straight on the turn, but I kept playing as if I actually thought a pair of aces would do anything. Then once the 3 hit the river (giving me two pair) I almost instantly called their all in bet. I knew from the turn that I was done, but I didn't care. In that very moment I was honestly trying to figure out how this weekend will play out once my wife goes out of town to a "spiritual retreat" with her friend.
Speaking of which, I have to get back to worrying about that.
Thanks for reading, and until next week - good luck in the rings!
Saturday, February 13, 2016
5th Out Of 580+ Players & Where To From Here?
Last night had completely different results compared to the rest of the week. Instead of busting out of the free roll in less then half an hour I finished in 5th place. I was really gunning for first, but I'll take what I get gratefully.
The take home from 5th in the 6:45 W.S.O.P. free rolls is $5.40 which normally isn't worth 5 hours of my life, but considering the objective of this project it's amazing! That brings the bank roll to $6.47, and with an original deposit of $0 with 322 days left to see how far it can go.
As far as the plan goes from here; the original hope was to get at least $10.00 or more together before seeing how well I can do at some $1.00 Sit and Goes, or one or two M.T.T. (Multi Table Tournaments) but being mindful of the fact that $10.00 doesn't last long if I'm busting out of 5 Sit and Goes a night, or 5 M.T.T.'s a week. That being the case I will limit the Sit and Goes to 1 per week, bank roll permitting, and continue the nightly 6:45 free rolls until I get to about $150 *God willing* at which point I think it'll be safe to discontinue those.
Getting to the $50 mark would be amazing because it opens up the ability to start buying into the micro (0.01/0.02) no limit cash games with $2. If I do well in a few of those sessions, and I end up getting to the $100 mark I'll start trying some M.T.T.'s if they ever happen. The $1 tournaments are rare. I suppose it is because the juice isn't really worth the squeeze, but if it happens, it happens.
Anyway that's where my mind gets to when I start considering the possibilities of this thing working out, but I am also very mindful of the fact that none of that happens if I don't get into the cash for the free rolls a few more times.
This 5th place win was a blessing that I am so thankful for, so I am going to go ahead and cut this blog short before I start getting into what my life as a poker pro looks like...
I am currently editing the 5 hour video down to just the big plays that were huge ups, and downs for me, but it might be sometime on Sunday afternoon when that happens. I know how lame it would be to sit and watch a recording of somebodies play by play for 5 hours to win a few bucks.
THANK YOU FOR READING! - Remember; if any of this interests you at all, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel Poker Player NV where I live stream all my 6:45 games, Monday - Friday.
Again, thank you for you're time and Good Luck in the Rings!
The take home from 5th in the 6:45 W.S.O.P. free rolls is $5.40 which normally isn't worth 5 hours of my life, but considering the objective of this project it's amazing! That brings the bank roll to $6.47, and with an original deposit of $0 with 322 days left to see how far it can go.
As far as the plan goes from here; the original hope was to get at least $10.00 or more together before seeing how well I can do at some $1.00 Sit and Goes, or one or two M.T.T. (Multi Table Tournaments) but being mindful of the fact that $10.00 doesn't last long if I'm busting out of 5 Sit and Goes a night, or 5 M.T.T.'s a week. That being the case I will limit the Sit and Goes to 1 per week, bank roll permitting, and continue the nightly 6:45 free rolls until I get to about $150 *God willing* at which point I think it'll be safe to discontinue those.
Getting to the $50 mark would be amazing because it opens up the ability to start buying into the micro (0.01/0.02) no limit cash games with $2. If I do well in a few of those sessions, and I end up getting to the $100 mark I'll start trying some M.T.T.'s if they ever happen. The $1 tournaments are rare. I suppose it is because the juice isn't really worth the squeeze, but if it happens, it happens.
Anyway that's where my mind gets to when I start considering the possibilities of this thing working out, but I am also very mindful of the fact that none of that happens if I don't get into the cash for the free rolls a few more times.
This 5th place win was a blessing that I am so thankful for, so I am going to go ahead and cut this blog short before I start getting into what my life as a poker pro looks like...
I am currently editing the 5 hour video down to just the big plays that were huge ups, and downs for me, but it might be sometime on Sunday afternoon when that happens. I know how lame it would be to sit and watch a recording of somebodies play by play for 5 hours to win a few bucks.
THANK YOU FOR READING! - Remember; if any of this interests you at all, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel Poker Player NV where I live stream all my 6:45 games, Monday - Friday.
Again, thank you for you're time and Good Luck in the Rings!
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Keep Moving! It Is One of the Only Differences Between Us and the Dead.
So yeah, sadly it seems like every bit of momentum I had getting ready to start this endeavor is dissipating for reasons I hadn't anticipated. I'm using big words because I feel stupid at the moment, but I'm willing to snap out of it for the sake of trudging forward.
I couldn't have expected my abilities of entertaining, managing, and focusing to be so lacking, but I am learning slowly that the people that make this kind of stuff look easy had to start somewhere... I like to imagine that somewhere being at least in the ballpark of where I am at the moment.
Moving forward - I am not giving up. The wisdom from every banal poster with a quote about not quitting, every Facebook meme about success, and the standard words of encouragement that anyone could expect from a friend is more then enough to keep me going.
I still have hope, and I honestly do believe that the difficulty of getting this off the ground isn't a sign that I shouldn't be doing it, but rather a question of how bad to I want it?
I couldn't have expected my abilities of entertaining, managing, and focusing to be so lacking, but I am learning slowly that the people that make this kind of stuff look easy had to start somewhere... I like to imagine that somewhere being at least in the ballpark of where I am at the moment.
Moving forward - I am not giving up. The wisdom from every banal poster with a quote about not quitting, every Facebook meme about success, and the standard words of encouragement that anyone could expect from a friend is more then enough to keep me going.
I still have hope, and I honestly do believe that the difficulty of getting this off the ground isn't a sign that I shouldn't be doing it, but rather a question of how bad to I want it?
Monday, February 8, 2016
Update, and Format Changes.
I haven't given up on this project all together. I want to believe that this is just a turbulence phase that'll pass as long as I keep going.
Between having to devote all of my attention to family matters, and completely missing the noon tournaments because of other stuff I haven't been able to produce any new videos, nor any profit.
At this point my wife and I have come to the conclusion that recording multiple tournaments in a day, and editing those, but still live streaming the 6:30pm $100 free-roll is the best option.
I'm hopping to start that process by Wednesday at the latest, but I can't promise anything at this point unfortunately. As of right now what I am going to be able to produce are recordings of tournaments that I am able to play, but they will not be live stream.
I am aware of the fact that unless profits start to grow exponentially than there's really no reason to keep this going. So as always check out the videos, and if nothing else wish me luck!
Thanks for your attention, and good luck in the rings!
Between having to devote all of my attention to family matters, and completely missing the noon tournaments because of other stuff I haven't been able to produce any new videos, nor any profit.
At this point my wife and I have come to the conclusion that recording multiple tournaments in a day, and editing those, but still live streaming the 6:30pm $100 free-roll is the best option.
I'm hopping to start that process by Wednesday at the latest, but I can't promise anything at this point unfortunately. As of right now what I am going to be able to produce are recordings of tournaments that I am able to play, but they will not be live stream.
I am aware of the fact that unless profits start to grow exponentially than there's really no reason to keep this going. So as always check out the videos, and if nothing else wish me luck!
Thanks for your attention, and good luck in the rings!
Videos of Tournaments: Poker Player NV
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Cadillac Problems - Preparing for the Launch on February 1st.
So I know I haven't been putting a lot of information out there in written, or typed for that matter, format. Reason being is that I have been COMPLETELY swamped trying to get things ready for this projects office launch on February first.
I know that at this point it seems a little ambitious to refer to the start of this project as a "launch," or giving it an "office" start date, but I think those words are more of a motivator for myself then anything else.
Lots to do - still learning about how to be a successful blogger, and well as a YouTube contributor, all while trying to keep my eye on the prize... After all, wouldn't all of this effort be for nothing if I don't preform well at the tables?
So no video again this week, but at least there's a legitimate reason why.
Till next week, good luck in the rings!
I know that at this point it seems a little ambitious to refer to the start of this project as a "launch," or giving it an "office" start date, but I think those words are more of a motivator for myself then anything else.
Lots to do - still learning about how to be a successful blogger, and well as a YouTube contributor, all while trying to keep my eye on the prize... After all, wouldn't all of this effort be for nothing if I don't preform well at the tables?
So no video again this week, but at least there's a legitimate reason why.
Till next week, good luck in the rings!
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Weekly Update #1
I haven't been focusing on this project nearly as much as I had hoped to in the beginning. It doesn't help that at the same time I started this endever I also decided to embark on three other projects, but after some soul searching I've come to the conclusion that the other projects have to go. I am okay with just writing the extra ones off as "faulty new years resolutions" as I walk away from them.
Although I haven't been 100% focused... Or even 50% focused on playing the free rolls, I have been able to turn a micro profit in the past week.
So like I said, not completely inactive, but not really playing with as much commitment as I think needs to be applied in order to actually do anything.
I'm okay with the rate at the moment, because like I've said other places - Once Jessica gets back to school, and the kids are back into a routine then I will have the ability to actually schedule time for games.
Until next week - forward (slowly) into the future!
No Blog This week, but check out the last live stream:
Status:
Friday, January 8, 2016
Round Two:
I know I just posted something yesterday, but it honestly took me a week to get that entire thing together. I'm just getting this started, so I guess the time it takes to produce a blog/vlog needs to be addressed.
I won a few of the free rolls over the past few days, but nothing really that big. A few of the early bubble seats, so they only paid some change. It has been really difficult to actually sit down and focus on doing my best because of the family situation, but once the winter break is over and my wife is back in school I will be able to dedicate a little more time to this.
The vlog for this week was done before the blog was written, so there might be a little more information in that than there will be written, but there really hasn't been a lot to write about so it is what it is.
Next week should be better, and I hope to cover a bit more of the "Christian poker player" aspect of this. I haven't said a lot in that area because I'm just getting started in this.
Until next week!
Stats
I won a few of the free rolls over the past few days, but nothing really that big. A few of the early bubble seats, so they only paid some change. It has been really difficult to actually sit down and focus on doing my best because of the family situation, but once the winter break is over and my wife is back in school I will be able to dedicate a little more time to this.
The vlog for this week was done before the blog was written, so there might be a little more information in that than there will be written, but there really hasn't been a lot to write about so it is what it is.
Next week should be better, and I hope to cover a bit more of the "Christian poker player" aspect of this. I haven't said a lot in that area because I'm just getting started in this.
Until next week!
Here's the Vlog:
Stats
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Opening Post - What's Going on Here?!?
I suck at opening posts. I normally end up either giving too much information which is easy to get board, or I don't post enough information and people are left in the dark about important background stuff.
Here's me attempting to aim for a middle ground, as well as relying on anybody interested in more information checking out the YouTube videos I am going to make to accompany each blog. (link at the bottom)
A little background about me: I'm 32 years old, married to a beautiful wife with 4 amazing kids, and I'm a follower of Jesus Christ. That's what I feel is important to know about me, and everything else is just filler. College student who's studies have been put on hold for financial reasons, but I'm okay with that because it affords me the opportunity to focus more on raising our children without having to use the services of a daycare, or any other "child care" facility / service...
Okay, on to the main event; the reason I'm doing this. There are 3 key motivating factors that have given me the courage to actually attempt this. Inspiration, innovation, and desperation.
Why poker? It is because of the fact that I have always had a closeted love for poker. I remember my dad teaching me five card stud at a very young age, and my mother being frustrated with him for doing so. I also remember when I started playing poker in the 8th grade with fellow for candy, and negative reaction from the teachers. I loved the game, but was conditioned to believe it was a bad thing... I don't believe that anymore.
As for the motivational factors:
1. Inspiration: Reading Doyle Brunson's Supersystem and finding out that poker is just a game, but it could be played with a winning strategy. Before that I honestly thought that it was all a matter of chance.
Another factor was Chris Moneymaker winning the WSOP in 2004. It didn't really effect my life, but it opened my eyes to the possibility of making the choice to go from a typical 5 to 9 white collar worker to a successful professional poker player. The reason I've decided to go about it with full disclosed of my life as it is now, and as it's unfolding is the result of watching Chris Sommerville, or "J Carver," produce his YouTube series Run-It-Up. All of the examples have proven to me, if nothing else, that it is possible. With hard work and dedication professional poker playing is a possibility.
2. Innovation: This factor is more based on poker as it has evolved over the years than anything on my part. Because it has become legal to play poker online in Nevada I have the opportunity to play at times that are convenient to my family. I don't have to be downtown stalking the rooms in the hopes of finding a table that may produce profit. Before I was married with children that was an option, and I enjoyed doing it for a time, but I don't have it in me to be away from my family for long periods of time on a expedition that may or may not prove valuable. Being with my growing family however is invaluable.
3. Desperation: We are living in poverty. I know that in America there's the mentality of "you don't know what poverty is! Do you have any idea what life is like in (blank)?" followed by a procession of facts about non-industrial advanced cultures around the world. I don't believe that because we live in a country that can provide a different quality of living for non-wealthy, or even below average... or even below the below average (us) family, but that isn't a reason to chastise anybody not being completely satisfied with where they land on the financial scale of their society. I don't like the feeling of trying to raise a family while $22,000 dollars in debit, and having to take out more loans to get my wife through nursing school. On top of all of that there are logical reasons for us not to work (even a part time) while she is in school. That's something I'll go into detail about in the vlog as this post is already getting longer than I had intended.
Those are all the reason in a nut-shell as to why I'm doing this. Another important fact that I need to touch on before I end this post. I will be doing this entire venture without investing any cash out of pocket. Mostly because we don't have the money to invest, and because it adds to the miraculous aspect of the whole ordeal. I haven't discussed anything about God thus far because I'm trying to avoid the religious argument as long as I can. Honestly I believe when this works out it'll be a result of God's will, and not anything that I could solely take credit for. Even if there's an opinion of skill I would testify that it's only skill provided by God.
So... That all being said. Here we go!
Here's me attempting to aim for a middle ground, as well as relying on anybody interested in more information checking out the YouTube videos I am going to make to accompany each blog. (link at the bottom)
A little background about me: I'm 32 years old, married to a beautiful wife with 4 amazing kids, and I'm a follower of Jesus Christ. That's what I feel is important to know about me, and everything else is just filler. College student who's studies have been put on hold for financial reasons, but I'm okay with that because it affords me the opportunity to focus more on raising our children without having to use the services of a daycare, or any other "child care" facility / service...
Okay, on to the main event; the reason I'm doing this. There are 3 key motivating factors that have given me the courage to actually attempt this. Inspiration, innovation, and desperation.
Why poker? It is because of the fact that I have always had a closeted love for poker. I remember my dad teaching me five card stud at a very young age, and my mother being frustrated with him for doing so. I also remember when I started playing poker in the 8th grade with fellow for candy, and negative reaction from the teachers. I loved the game, but was conditioned to believe it was a bad thing... I don't believe that anymore.
As for the motivational factors:
1. Inspiration: Reading Doyle Brunson's Supersystem and finding out that poker is just a game, but it could be played with a winning strategy. Before that I honestly thought that it was all a matter of chance.
Another factor was Chris Moneymaker winning the WSOP in 2004. It didn't really effect my life, but it opened my eyes to the possibility of making the choice to go from a typical 5 to 9 white collar worker to a successful professional poker player. The reason I've decided to go about it with full disclosed of my life as it is now, and as it's unfolding is the result of watching Chris Sommerville, or "J Carver," produce his YouTube series Run-It-Up. All of the examples have proven to me, if nothing else, that it is possible. With hard work and dedication professional poker playing is a possibility.
2. Innovation: This factor is more based on poker as it has evolved over the years than anything on my part. Because it has become legal to play poker online in Nevada I have the opportunity to play at times that are convenient to my family. I don't have to be downtown stalking the rooms in the hopes of finding a table that may produce profit. Before I was married with children that was an option, and I enjoyed doing it for a time, but I don't have it in me to be away from my family for long periods of time on a expedition that may or may not prove valuable. Being with my growing family however is invaluable.
3. Desperation: We are living in poverty. I know that in America there's the mentality of "you don't know what poverty is! Do you have any idea what life is like in (blank)?" followed by a procession of facts about non-industrial advanced cultures around the world. I don't believe that because we live in a country that can provide a different quality of living for non-wealthy, or even below average... or even below the below average (us) family, but that isn't a reason to chastise anybody not being completely satisfied with where they land on the financial scale of their society. I don't like the feeling of trying to raise a family while $22,000 dollars in debit, and having to take out more loans to get my wife through nursing school. On top of all of that there are logical reasons for us not to work (even a part time) while she is in school. That's something I'll go into detail about in the vlog as this post is already getting longer than I had intended.
Those are all the reason in a nut-shell as to why I'm doing this. Another important fact that I need to touch on before I end this post. I will be doing this entire venture without investing any cash out of pocket. Mostly because we don't have the money to invest, and because it adds to the miraculous aspect of the whole ordeal. I haven't discussed anything about God thus far because I'm trying to avoid the religious argument as long as I can. Honestly I believe when this works out it'll be a result of God's will, and not anything that I could solely take credit for. Even if there's an opinion of skill I would testify that it's only skill provided by God.
So... That all being said. Here we go!
VLog:
-= STARTING BALANCE =-
The $0.65 is the result of two payed wins from free rolls played last month.
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