Wednesday, January 27, 2010

What poker career?????

I love playing poker but I just can't seem to find my direction. Where should I turn? I listen to one podcast and feel like I've figured it out and then I listen to the next one and change my mind. I love tourneys but can't seem to balance the time they take with a full-time job. Should I play cash games?

Great conversation with my friend Carlo today. He plays a weekly game with 20 odd guys. Low stakes. They put $50 in the pot each week. $25 goes to the weekly game and $25 goes to a pool that the ultimate winner must play in a live tourney. Any winnings from that live tourney get split 50/50 with the player getting 50% and the "equity" stakeholders splitting the other 50%. What sounded especially appealling was the fact that they not only play weekly, but they also discuss a lot of poker. Not much booze, no drugs, just poker and poker talk. I guess I'm a bit of a geek, but that sounds PERFECT to me.

Beware my friends, I may try to recruit you.....especially if you have a big basement!!!!!!