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Whiplash United States. Jan 30 2015 11:30. Posts 6 | | |
Hello everyone, I am about to go on a great adventure once again, and I figure it deserves a primer. This is the first blog I've posted since my departure from Korea, and I'd like to discuss what I've been up to and where I'm headed. I'll give a quick summary of my previous blogs for those who don't want to read my previous blogs.
Life in Korea blogs, read these if you want a more detailed look on the last 2 years of my life and what has led me to this point:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Finale
TLDR summary for the past ~2 years of my life: I loved Starcraft, went to Korea to cast proleague, it didn't work out. I lost my passion for Starcraft but gained it for Dota 2, and started casting it. Unfortunately that didn't work out as well (but I kept my passion). With no work, I had to return to the United States. I decided that I wanted to peruse a career path as a Poker player following my experiences in Korea.
I wasn't entirely sure if I wanted to post this blog on teamliquid, liquiddota, or liquidpoker. I did start at teamliquid back during the Brood War days, so regardless of where I'm headed I would like to post the first part of this blog here. I'll post a mirror on liquidpoker (this is that mirror) and continue my future poker blogs there.
I'll start with my return to the US from Korea. It was weird readjusting to life in the States, but after about a month things were feeling normal. I moved back to my hometown of Naples, Florida to refocus, re-energize, and prepare for the future. My plan was to get a job and save money for poker, then move to Canada in early 2015 to play full time with friends. While in America I also wanted to get in better shape and eat healthier. I'm proud to say that I accomplished both of my goals; I saved up money for Canada and I lost around 30lbs + gained some muscle. I also put a lot of time and studying into poker over the past few months (surprise). I started playing on Bovada, watched a lot of videos from various poker sites, checked out a few books, and talked to many of my poker friends about the game. I've only begun to scratch the surface of poker but I am having a blast doing it. Naples has been a good place for me; I got to reconnect with old friends, physically and mentally recover from my time in Korea, and enjoy a much less stressful lifestyle. Alas, Naples is boring and I need to move on to grow as a person. It's time to travel to a new county and begin my new journey into poker!
There will be three of us total. Everize, his friend Riddick, and myself. We are moving from the US to Canada because poker laws are much less stringent north of the border. I will arrive in Canada February 1st to join them and we will begin grinding after we settle in. The plan is to play for around 5-6 months, get as good as possible, and evaluate where we stand around mid year. We all plan on playing/studying around 40-50 hours of poker per week. They are both a lot better at poker than me, and with Everize willing to help teach me I feel like this will be a great environment to quickly improve in. I have become fairly confident playing 2/5nl and I plan on moving up to 10nl when I get to Canada. Even if I run into some rocky bumps in the poker road, I have money set aside so I could play for 5 straight months without earning a single cent from poker, and that doesn't include the money I set aside as for poker bankroll. By mid-year I want to support myself entirely from Poker. It won't be easy, but I believe it is possible with a strong mindset and work ethic. If poker doesn't work out for me I can always go back to school, but I honestly can't see myself failing.
I'll write a blog after we've settled into Canada. We're moving to Toronto/GTA so if any fellow liquidians live nearby don't be a stranger! Thanks it from me, thanks for reading this blog, I'll talk to you guys soon.
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flounder44 United States. Jan 30 2015 11:48. Posts 916 | | | |
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PoorUser  United States. Jan 30 2015 11:55. Posts 7471 | | |
| | On January 30 2015 10:30 Whiplash wrote:
If poker doesn't work out for me I can always go back to school, but I honestly can't see myself failing. |
good luck with your first downswing. those are no joke
you couldn't have picked a worse time to pick up poker ( http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-foru...ou_advise_a_new_player_to_start_.html ) but, aside from above quote, you wrote a lot of stuff that sounds good so good luck to you |
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LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Jan 30 2015 13:13. Posts 15163 | | |
read your blogs a while back, you reminded me of boonbag or whatever his name was with his korean adventures 
gl in poker |
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napalm Poland. Jan 30 2015 13:20. Posts 171 | | |
I enjoyed your casts ;d take my advice and play PLO since you are not committed to NLH yet and this game has potential compared to nlh ; P |
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PuertoRican United States. Jan 30 2015 15:02. Posts 13039 | | |
| | On January 30 2015 10:55 PoorUser wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 30 2015 10:30 Whiplash wrote:
If poker doesn't work out for me I can always go back to school, but I honestly can't see myself failing. |
good luck with your first downswing. those are no joke
you couldn't have picked a worse time to pick up poker (http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/1122662/Would_you_advise_a_new_player_...html) but, aside from above quote, you wrote a lot of stuff that sounds good so good luck to you
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Your link sucks. Here's a better one: http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-foru...ou_advise_a_new_player_to_start_.html
| | On January 30 2015 10:48 flounder44 wrote:
how old are you? |
I'd like to know this as well.
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Starcraft > Dota2 > Poker
It seems like you're jumping on each of these "gaming trains" at the wrong time. Regarding poker, it's good that you "can't see yourself failing," but I'm sure you already know that most people who try to become poker professionals end up failing.
Anyway, since you already know that you should go back to school if poker doesn't work out for you, I don't have anything else to add.
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Rinny United States. Jan 30 2015 15:38. Posts 600 | | |
| | On January 30 2015 14:02 PuertoRican wrote:
[QUOTE]On January 30 2015 10:55 PoorUser wrote:
[QUOTE]On January 30 2015 10:30 Whiplash wrote:
Starcraft > Dota2 > Poker
It seems like you're jumping on each of these "gaming trains" at the wrong time..
gL~ |
LOL I was thinking this as well. just learn to code bro, its the new internet hikkomori money maker lol |
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KeyleK_uk United Kingdom. Jan 30 2015 23:12. Posts 1687 | | |
| | On January 30 2015 12:20 napalm wrote:
I enjoyed your casts ;d take my advice and play PLO since you are not committed to NLH yet and this game has potential compared to nlh ; P |
100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000% this.
Two of my poker friends who have played nlhe for 9 years have switched to plo having barely played it in the last year, and are actually making more money playing plo now than they were playing nlhe last cpl of years.
PLO has potential, some spots in nlhe are pretty much 100% solved and many are close. |
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Nazgul Netherlands. Jan 31 2015 19:45. Posts 7080 | | |
I do think your post looks as good as it gets to start with this. However I really wouldn't recommend starting poker at this point unless I'd have a particular read on their future poker abilities. |
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Whiplash United States. Feb 12 2015 10:08. Posts 6 | | |
I'm 25 for those wondering, and I have looked a tiny bit into PLO, maybe its something I will look more into once I get better at holdem. I suppose i should write another full blog to give a bit of an update on what has happened since I moved here.
Thanks for the advice Nazgul, but I think its a bit late to turn around  . Like I said I will go back to college if poker doesn't pan out for me. |
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