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Message: [QUOTE="Bozovicdj, post: 3975295, member: 250145"] Very interesting thread, would probably fit into "learning poker" as well :) First contact with poker was with my older brother, when I was 15 he already won some solid money in poker (winning few tournaments online cashing over 1000$). So eventually I started playing with several friends, same as you, 5$ home game, and just as you, was regarded as best player since I won most of the time, and was always in profit. As soon as I turned 18 (legal age in my country) I went to a local underground casino to play live, the game was 0.1/0.2 with a 30$ buy in. I remember making it to about 75$ in the first 30 mins, just to lose it all in the next 15 :D After that, I was encouraged to play more, thinking I can play just fine against more experienced players. For the next year, I didn't go play there, only with my friends (in the meantime I found some new buddies to play poker with), and was also watching a lot of poker on Youtube, mostly WSOP events, Highstakes poker, Poker After Dark etc. After the year had past, I went to that underground casino again, cashed in round 30$, then few days after cashed again, and again and again. I was on a great roll, cashing round 100$ a week. Unfortunately, since I started studying at the university, I wasn't able to play as much as when I was a teenager. I was going occasionally, up until a point where that casino started making tournaments once a week. On the day of the tournament, I went online, Youtube-Tournament advice- went to the casino and won (200$ 1st place). I fell in love with tournaments instantly, after which I found another casino with tournaments only, where I also won the first time I went there (that's 2 out of 2). Since my studies are kinda hard, and time expensive, I had to stop playing for about half a year, and when i started again I wasn't nearly as good as before. Made bad plays, mistakes, playing out of position with bad cards etc. Eventually I started playing online, cash games at first where I had some success, but nothing of importance, and only after a while started with SnGs and tournaments. Today (23yrs old) I make around 1000$ a month on poker, playing both live and online but not every day. However, my game is currently not improving, because again, I have no time to play constantly cause of my studies. I even had some offers from ppl to stack me, and split the profit, which I had to turn down. To sum it up: watching brother play and watching online - 5$ homegames - one attempt of playing in a casino - year of playing with friends and learning strategy - 2 years of grinding and winning both cash games and tournaments - year of pause due to studies - this year, and probably the next few just playing as a hobby, not improving, being in profit but with a feeling I can do much better if not for all the commitments outside of poker. :) [/QUOTE]

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