More About Me

For people to become more familiar with my blog, I would like people to become more familiar with me. I am a Sport Studies Major at the University of New Hampshire. I love sports, especially basketball, soccer, baseball, hockey, and poker. I watch sports as often as I can because it really entertains me. I love the games themselves and all that surrounds it, the politics of the game, the business, the fame, the fortune, and the players. In the future, I hope to become involved in sports, whether it be in a front office of a college or pro team, working in the media, or working at your local YMCA.

As far as poker goes, here's my story. I grew up a huge sports fan, watching ESPN every second I could. When I say every second, I mean every second. My parents would wake up in the middle of a school night to find me watching bass masters. In 2003 ESPN began showing the World Series of Poker and I got really into it. At the time I was only 13 years old, far to young to fully understand the game, but I became addicted. I watched every single episode eventually witnessing Chris Moneymaker take down the 2003 WSOP Main Event title. After watching this, I started trying to play at home with my family and friends. We bought a poker set with chips so that we could get the "real" feel of the game. The home games were sloppy and nothing like what I saw on tv because no one understood what it was like to wager thousands of dollars on a game of cards.

After 2003 I watched the WSOP every year. I watched it every time it was on tv because the game fascinated me. I watched the circuit events and the World Poker Tour, just to get more and more familiar with the game. The years went by and every August-September I tuned in and watched Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Joe Cada, and Jonathan Duhamel win the title hoping that one day it would be me. Yeah thats kind of corny, but if you are a fan of poker you can understand wanting to win that $9 million top prize and the gold bracelet.

So when I turned 18 I started playing online. I was a broke college student at the time, so I wasn't one of those people that threw $10 grand on and played until I lost it all, but I put $20 here and $40 there so that I could better understand the game. At first I lost a lot. My lowest was probably around $300 (a ton for a broke college student). But once I played the game, I started to understand it. I learned odds and outs, pot odds, and the strength of position to help me better understand poker. This better understanding really helped me improve my game, and my bankroll. Eventually I brought my bankroll from the red back up to positive/even. I'm still a broke college student, so I don't play for high stakes, but I love the game and if you wish to watch me in action you can find me mostly in $2.20 tournaments on PokerStars under the username: burnin4110.

Every poker player's goal is the same, to take down the WSOP Main Event Title. I have the same goal, but I understand that it is a process and that if I wish to fulfill that goal it will take time. I hope that one day that dream will come true, but for now you can find me playing $2.20 tournaments on PokerStars... See you there!