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Message: [QUOTE="jop0411, post: 3799711, member: 251875"] Ive had Much success in MTTs-a few live, and many online- mainly during the ol glory days 2004-2006 on Pokerstars, PP, UB, Cake, Paradise. A PS 10+rebuy victory, $33rebuy on UB, $109 PS turbo MTT, anda $30 rebuy on ParadisePoker are my biggest scores-any Vets out there remember that juicy fish pool tournament/site??, a few other memorable tourneys on UB, Cake and PartyPoker as well. Unfortunately, I was only in my mid to late teens, young, dumb, drinking way too much, lavish spending habits, and eventual got hooked to the rush of a gambling high. Betting amounts beyond my means and stakes beyond my roll-playing both Blackjack and high stakes poker online starting age 15 and live starting age 18 in Minnesota occasionally and then frequently once I turned 21 in my homestate of Iowa. Anyways long story shortened I lost almost all of a six figure bankroll from ages 18-21 playing blackjack (mainly live, but some online) 300/600 and 1000/2000 limit poker on UB, and few dumbass sportsbets on a whim with no insight- a very memorable 5k loss on a game back when SHAQ played for the Sun's lol. You don't really realize u have a gambling problem til u lose ur last chip- at least for me...and having so many big scores in the past I assumed they would continue and I'd be okay- but I started chasing the whole bankroll back in one day, play a big 1k tournament or something silly beyond my BR, not to mention the game was getting MUCH HARDER after the initial rush to online poker ( i remember so many soft tournaments initially that I could almost bank that I'd win, or atleast FT, a $5- $22 MTTtournament every few days for a $500- $1000 score) not to mention my whole outlook changed... i was chasing the Dragon like a heroine addict chases his first high. Jobs became hard for me to hold down- I'd win a decent sized tourney and then suddenly not want to have any job outside of poker and gambling and not show up to some crummy job i hated. Flash forward to current day... 12+years since I started in high school with friends and online. I barely played at all for about 5 years-a few successful tournaments and live cash games with nice profits still went sour at the blackjack tables- have been to a casino less than 10 times the past few years. I have luckily been able to hold onto a servers job at a VERY FANCY Italian restaurant (that serves unlimited soup salad and breadsticks) that pays my bills, puts a little into my 401k each week, a little extra spending cash, and some extra $ to put into my etrade account. I currently can say, I trust and now enjoy, investing in companies versus my own wild and compulsive self. I've also won a few BOL freerolls and FT quite a few other Freerolls so watch out poker world 😂. Successful MTTs- yes ++++++ev cash game- live yes, online no =ev sports betting- no ----ev blackjack- no ------------ev video poker = ev 😂 golf +ev scratch tickets----ev investing ++++++++ev [/QUOTE]

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