My path Issue 2

Well, so now you are wondering "how did he win money when he didn't konw how to play". Well, a big part of Texas holdem is the ability to reaf your opponent. I was good at this, just natuarally. So when I was playing if I sensed that a player was week I would raise or bet. When I sensed that a player was strong I called or folded. This enabled me to win hands over and over without even knowing how to play or how good my cards were. This ability made the cards I was holding irrelevant. So by this time I was hooked on the game. I figured if I could win money without even knowing what I was doing then, just think how I would do when I learned the game. I continued this style of play for about a year. Then I moved to Seattle, WA where gambling is legal. At this point I have made up my mind to continue playing and I tell myself that I am going to learn this game. So first chance I go out and buy every poker book written and buy all the DVD's I can get my hands on. After burning through those and constantly thinking about the game....I mean I was dreaming poker, sick huh. I would think about the game so much that I would actually play out whole sessions in my dreams and they actually helped me play. I will talk abou that at a later date. So I decide to head on down to pne of the casino's in the area and play in a live game.

For the next couple months I begin playing 2-4 and 4-8 limit holdem about 4 to 8 hours a day when my job permits. I make about 100 a day and things are good. One day the casion shuts down the game for a tournament. So being as addicted as I am I decided to play. To make a long story short, I win. The next day I hear about an earlier tournament, so being all hyped up from my win I drive down and buy-in. I win that tournament so easily that the last 4 player forfeit to me because I have so many chips. Then I jump in my car and race back up town to get in the tournament I played in the the previous day. I make it and then proceed to win that tournament too. So my first three tourney's I win. This is a start to a beautiful relationship.