As I
hope you read in my 'About Me' section, I was attending Kutztown
University in Pennsylvania when I picked up poker online. What began as a
small deposit soon turned into a 5k bankroll within my first month.
That was a ton of money to me(and still is) at a time when I was working
as a waitress while maintaining full-time status at the University.
Without much hesitancy, I left my waitressing job and continued play
online.
It wasn't long before I lost my half of my
bankroll, most likely playing like a fish and getting hit with the
not-so-friendly side of variance. Luckily, I have been doing my
research that month. I scoured the internet to learn more about how to
improve my game, began reading the forums, etc. I wanted to network with
good online pros so that I could get some guidance on how to improve my
game. I got lucky when I stumbled upon Matt Stout, aka Allinat420
(online moniker). Matt lived in Atlantic City at the time... a place I'd
only been to perhaps 3 times in my life at that point (now I
practically live here!). I trekked 3 hours there and back each Sunday to
watch and play among some really amazing players, Matt included. I
learned a lot and took my once completely naive poker logic to the next
level. I didn't push too hard too fast. I played with a few new rules
each week once I was comfortable and adjusted to the ones I had
implemented the week before. My game immediately improved, and within a
month of training with these guys, I'd gone on a 20k upswing. I watched a
lot of sicko online pro's hand histories, which I obtained as a result
of my previous networking attempts.
