It's so hard to resist the urge to make my first blog an all out, entertainment filled, action packed, adrenaline fest... but I know that what's really needed here is some kind of introduction. So I guess that's what I'll do...
The name's Rich... but everyone calls me Yout. I'm 29 years old, and live in the beautiful, picturesque City of Wolverhampton (What??).
Right - Now that necessity is over and done with, I can move on.
I remember as a young boy... maybe 13 or 14 years old, watching Late Night Poker on Channel 4. I would sit up until 3am on Friday nights, making sure not to miss a second (and considering Friday was swimming day at school, that's quite a commitment (yawwwwwwwwwn)). I was instantly hooked. Over the next four years, I watched as much poker as I could... read about as much as I could... talked to anyone that would listen about it... Until that magical day... My Eighteenth birthday. I could finally put all my expertise into action!
I deposited $50 onto PartyPoker... found a cash table and sat down with my entire bankroll. 10 minutes later, I had $62 and felt ontop of the world... 30 minutes later, I had nothing other than a thought of "Where did I go wrong?".
And to be quite honest - not a lot has changed for me since then. Sure, I've improved as a player - learned new tricks, gained experience... but I'm still just as willing to take my whole, or vast chunks of my bankroll to a table.... even though I KNOW I SHOULDN'T.
Sounds crazy I know.... Why would you do something you KNOW you shouldn't do?
Well... I smoke - and I know I shouldn't do that. I don't take regular exercise... and know I should. In fact, I do a lot of things that I know I shouldn't do... but change is so hard (Just ask Mr Obama how that's working out for him).
Poker is very much like real life... and real life very much like poker. There are lessons in real life than can (and should) be applied to poker... and vice versa.
So over the weeks, I intend to bring you all up to date with how my poker journey is progressing (and hopefully it IS progressing), as well as poker lessons I've learned from life and life lessons learned from poker.
Join me if you will Ladies and Gents,
Yout
