In the beginning...

Now, as of this moment I have never posted in these forums. To be honest, I've never posted in a poker forum ever. But I do realize the merits.

Right now, as a person, I'm not whom I would like to be. To be honest, I think I'm pathetic because I've come nowhere close to reaching the potential I once showed in my earlier years. Even my brother, who has become successful in his own right,visited me from Japan, and from the look he gave me, I could tell he was disappointed.

I'm not lucky by no means. I have to play through luck. My mom has told me in the most serious of conversations..."If it weren't for bad luck, you would have no luck at all." Not to turn the tide, but I do welcome the challenge. How can I become great, if I don't overcome great obstacles?


Now, with my deepest desire, I would like to become a great poker player, right now I have been spending all the time I can to improve everyday. Everyday I'm telling myself, I'm 100x better than I was yesterday, and it's true. I'm improving at an exponential rate...but as this continues...I realize how bad I must have been the week before, I really can't be that bad right now, but the more I give meaningful thought, I really have a long way to go. This is going to take work, even labor.

Now...there's more to this story, but this Saturday, I start from the gutter...





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Strong story.

Your brother is probably caught up in this material world and judge people on their material successes.

When the universe approves of your choices, there will be tremendous amounts of energy available for you to achieve greatness.

In order to succeed, I think it is vital for you to state your reasons for achieving greatness in poker.

For me poker is just something I enjoy to contemplate about. Its like crosswords for some people- it stimulates, but it is not the end result that matters, only the satisfaction of successfully develop strategies/counter strategies.

If your soul is already advanced, poker might not be the path for you. For me, I found it hard to spread as much happiness as I wanted when spending too much time playing this wonderful game.

When you are not happy about the state of where you find yourself, it is difficult to contribute to the accumulation of universal happiness. Start with yourself and then let it shine.

I am a happy lunatic, dont take me seriously- just laugh!

Spread dat sunshine!

Must be nice, having passion

Well, It's 3:08 Saturday morning. I've just finished another day of busting my ass, but only this time, I was on my "A" game. I'm a former bartender, but having just moved from San Antonio, Texas, I've had to move back down to a cocktail server...in what I would call a very bad area to be a cocktail server, downtown Jacksonville Florida.

The day started off good enough, I was more then excited about this Saturday, about to begin my first real attempt at building a bankroll, feeling like I was finally really going to begin my life. I mean, how can I not help but to be excited, the way I had arrived to this point, to me it almost feels like this is where I was meant to be.

Well, the day started off good enough, I was able to get a $70 tip off a $170 tab, than a $40 tip off a $130 tab. The next tab was only $20, but I still got 30%...that wouldn't last though. I had those guest who couldn't be satisfied no matter how hard I tried, and believe me, I tried...but still, you couldn't break my spirits, as tomorrow, I was going to be what I wanted to be. A poker player, grinding it out. So I was everywhere, I am more than positive nobody worked harder than me today, as it's been a while since I have felt like this.

Luckily, as ironic as that sounds, I won't be starting this journey by my lonesome...

good luck man, seriously!

well, so far not so good. I've been taking some pretty terrible beats. In the last 30 minutes here's what has happened...

(playing tourneys)

I've seemingly got some great starting hole cards...

I got JJ twice
Once, I bet 3x the bb from CO with one caller...had an overpair..so i cbet a little less than the pot...fold

Second time, was able to get my opponent to go all in preflop...he had JJ as well.

I got pocket 10s
One over card, I make a tester bet and I turn the 10, but the 10 made a backdoor flush draw possible, I once again, have to bet the opponent out of the pot..for the slim chance he could runner runner his flush....he rivers it.

I get A3 suited from the bb and limp in with 2 callers. I pair my 3 and I get 1 to a flush draw. I call a decent bet, Turn is a 3. So I have trip 3s with a nut flush draw, I get bet into All in. I take it. River I hit my nut flush with a J...He has pocket Js...

but I have cracked Aces 4 times in the last 8 hours.

One thing I will say though, is that even though I have read tons on poker...there is nothing like experience.