If you read 2+2, you've probably seen the Poker Goals and Challenges section on the forums. There's a ton of threads by players trying to reach their goals, get better and move up in stakes or just beat their current stakes. Some titles are pretty funny, I remember seeing Moving Out of My Mom's Basement (part 2)..I guess part 1 was a failed attempt lol. But some are serious and actually very good. One that I've been following is from a guy who plays at Winstar in Oklahoma. He quit his job that he hated in February to take a 1 month shot at grinding live poker for a living. Well it's August and he is still going strong, crushing it actually, at about $70/hr over 850 hours in 2/5 NL.
He did get a backer within a few weeks to take some of the pressure off his bankroll and moved up from 1/2, which he really wasn't doing that well in, to 2/5 and it took off from there. He posts hand histories, lots of chip porn pics and some life pics, which makes for a pretty interesting blog. I've enjoyed reading about his progress so thought I'd share it here. Here's the link to the thread if you'd like to check it out, too. It's pretty inspiring if you've ever thought about doing the same.
... if you can get past all the d-bag comments that are everywhere on 2+2. I tend to read info from the the brick & mortar poker venues thread, but little else.
ReplyDeleteI usually skip most of the comments and just read the OP's posts on these goal threads ;) I remember Al Can't Hang saying that reading 2+2 made him want to kick a cat LOL. It doesn't bother me tho, I just scroll thru the troll comments. I love 2+2.
ReplyDeleteI posted a few times there, but found some of the commenters condescending and rehashing old news as if it were something special. Finally gave it up, but maybe I should relook at it.
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