Va Shon Watkins is probably someone that the most people haven't heard off before? The ones that find his name a bit familiar maybe associate him with winning FTOPS Main Event and $450 000 last year at Full Tilt poker. In an interview with a big poker magazine he speaks out about the not so easy life before the big win...
Va Shon Watkins parents were very strict with him during his growth an[...] Read more » Va Shon Watkins went from unknown and broke to one of last year's biggest winners
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"My mom was really happy and chocked after I told her that I have just won $450 000" - "But probably she changed her mind about poker when I bought her a new car for some of the money I won", says Va Shon Watkins to the poker magazine.
In'it funy when everyone say's your a mug and then thay see the money and then your the dog's bollacks
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Ziigmund: “Playing it safe will never get you to the top. More important is that you have the balls to bet at the right time. If you want to succeed you need to have a gamblers attitude”
I don't know.. I think it's a bad idea to take your whole bankroll and buy into one tournament.
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Posted by GeneYuss: Ziigmund: ?Playing it safe will never get you to the top. More important is that you have the balls to bet at the right time. If you want to succeed you need to have a gamblers attitude?
I don't know.. I think it's a bad idea to take your whole bankroll and buy into one tournament.
i agree with ziidmund so far i learned poker is not havin the ryt card all the time.......its havin the attitude and the call............
