Introduce Yourself, where you from, etc

[squid300]

I am Thomas, ive been around here for a couple months, but not done this.

Im from East Texas, I currently live in Lousiana.

I started playing poker in early to mid 2005 after watching my boss play Limit holdem on FTP every day for weeks while he was working. I watched him basically win every day and be able to tell me what the villain had almost every time.

Pretty quickly I gave him $100 in cash and he sent me $100 on FTP. Starting off I didn't know if I liked tournaments, or cash, or sngs. so I played around a little bit of all of it. my very first mtt I finished 5th for like $90. I've never been very good at cash games online. Don't know why that is, A lot of it is that I get bored. I've always been a gamer, and MTTs are like a game within a game. I lost $ for the better part of the next year and a half.

In early 2007 I discovered the $4/180s on stars and there were times when I would win 2 of them at a time, take a shot at the Sunday Million and lose, but still had $215 profit. fast forward to may of 2007. My biggest score ever was about $550.

pokerstars was having their 1B hand promotion. They had a $10 tourney with $2500 added. I ended up getting second for $970. In early June, I got out of the air force and went back home. I worked for about a month, and on Sunday July, 9 2007 I played a $11 double shootout to the sunday million, I won it quickly. I unregistered and fired up another, which I quickly won. I decided to play it. In the first hour I hit a flush to put me up to about 14,000 chips and then my internet went out. I called my friend who lived down the street and asked if I could use his computer for the evening. I went over there and managed to chip up quite nicely. cue several hours later, I am still in with 13 left, sitting in 2nd. its folded to the SB who raises, I have JJ, I 3bet. he 4bet shoves I call. he turns over AT and I fistpump. flop is KJ8 turn Q river 2 and I just want to puke! But 13th paid $5,780 and easily the most $ that I had ever had at one time.

2 weeks later I finished 3rd in the $27.50 25k for $3,000
the next week 2nd in the $3 rebuy for $3200
the next week 2nd in $33 10k for $2300.

This is how I got my start in poker.

[SyKoChiller]

Welcome to PokerOwned. Hope to see you at the tables bro

[popay]

Interesting life story ..
Welcome to pokerowned

[crozza3]

Thanks for having me PokerOWned looking forward to spending some time getting to know you all and maybe pick up a few strategies along the way!

[nckheinrich]

Hey just found this site yesterday... forgot where from... but sweetness 1 day later and i already cashed a freeroll

[B00H00Y00]

Congrats

I've not cashed yet

Prolly cos I've not played on though tbh.

[KillerAces]

nice to meet you guys and hope to see ya at the tables . goodluck !!!

[azreal1]

Congrats

I've not cashed yet

Prolly cos I've not played on though tbh.

now the regs know this to be untrue so cut the bs, stop pretending like you are a new user when you are not :|

[Valiantone]

I guess i have to become an established member.. I come from Kannapolis, NC and I've played in a few different casino's hosting WSOP events.. I could get more into detail, but i dont want to give away my poker status.. and Joining smaller organizations and groups of individual poker players, Makes me feel at home... So feel free to message me and say Hi, or ask any questions.. Hopefully ' Zab' or whatever approves me so I can actually play here.. I don't know whats going on..

[tracyrickrobby]

welcome to all the newbies!! nice to see the site growing!!