To begin, I'm going to tell you my poker story. At least, some of it. In truth, I've got more than one poker story but I've got to save something for future entries....
It all started a long, long time ago in a land far away from the concrete jungle I now call home.... Maryland.
When I was a little girl, my mother would drive us from our little house in Virginia and take me to visit my grandparents where they lived on an island in Maryland. I must've been about 8 when my grandfather sat me down and brought out a large jar of pennies and counted them out for us to use as chips. He taught me the many different versions of poker. I remember we played a lot more five card draw than we ever did hold 'em. I understand now that that was probably because it's a lot easier to understand how to play five card draw than grasp the complicated betting strategies of hold 'em. I don't even know if my grandfather really understands hold 'em. He's more of a rummy man. Anyway, I loved cards. My dad and I also used to play spades all the time with his friends or my brother and sister, when they were old enough. I was good at spades. Cards were so fascinating to me. I even invented my own card games. Like "Peaches" and "Lightning". They never caught on....
Fast forward to adult-hood. Occasionally, from about 17 - 25, I would play poker online on Yahoo Games but it was so annoying because, as most of you who might be reading this know, when you play with play money, no one takes it seriously enough to preserve the integrity of the game. Then, in 2010, I saw the world series of poker on television. It was like the sun had just come out after months of rain. I was transfixed. A guy who worked with me at the hotel bar where I worked at the time saw my enthusiasm for the world series each night and told me about his online poker hobby, where there were websites that you could deposit real money into and play for real! I deposited $40 and was instantly hooked. Combined with the fact that I was quitting smoking cigarettes at the time, it was easy to develop a poker hobby (read: obsession). I played with that same $40 for about 8 months, going up and down... playing for pennies. Now, here I am, a year and a half later and I'm still completely in love with the game. I've watched every episode of multiple seasons of most of the poker television shows. (Read: almost everything on pokercast.tv and pokerstars.tv) It's a little embarrassing to admit the amount of time that I've spent watching poker in the past year, so let's just say I probably hold the world record for a girl my age. Though, then again, it's only been a year, so... maybe not. I'd venture to say that my familiarity with the game is far beyond that of most people who've only been playing for a year. I find the strategy of the game deeply fascinating and spend most of my free time studying the game.
So here I am.
Writing this entry.
I'm a writer by nature so I suppose it was only a matter of time before I started a Poker Blog.... My plan is to write about my experiences playing poker and perhaps delve into the world of poker hand analysis at some point. I hope whomever might stumble upon this blog and is passionate about the game finds something of interest in the things I write here.
Sadly, my bankroll is limited to non-existent so I don't get the opportunity to play as often as I'd like lest I risk my rent money, but I am going to Atlantic City this Sunday to play in a couple tournaments (my FIRST live tournaments!) so my next entry will detail my adventures there!
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