I know the title is just little bit misleading. No, I am not a professional poker player and I don't know that I would want to be one. I have tried to play as much as I can and around here it just wouldn't work anyway. I don't know of anyone around here that only plays poker for a living. The games are very clickish and I understand that if you did want to get into the one game of 2-20 spread you would just be eaten alive by the six guys that play together all the time and like to see someone new come in to play. I wonder if they decide who gets the spoils from the day. Maybe they take turns depending on the day.
My thought today turns to a guy named Tony. I found his blog probably over a year ago and I have been following him on a daily basis. He doesn't blog every day but I do keep up with the comments and I follow him on Twitter as well. I find it interesting that he is homeless, has around $1,000 to his name and plays poker and likes to play the VBJ machine in Jean, NV. I have commented a few times to him my thoughts when I thought I had something good to share.
I believe he would probably do well just playing poker but he likes the machine. He seems to do well in Omaha and will play the NL games when he feels he has enough money. Still he will end up playing the VBJ machine and will not do well over the long run. I believe sticking with poker would be the best. A couple of weeks ago he had his bankroll up to about $2000 and then left California to head back to Nevada and started playing the machine again.
My thought is it is a minus EV way of trying to build the bankroll. I started out playing in the casinos years ago and would play table blackjack. I love the game but then when I got introduced to poker it was better and now I will only play poker when in the casino. I don't understand why anyone would want to play a game that benefits the casino. Yes, you have to look at the rake and the game you are playing but still the pits are house games and they make their money from there. Of course, if we all played just the non house games then why have the casinos. To each their own.
I read an article yesterday where a person decided to help a homeless person and gave them an option of $100 or they would train them to be a computer programmer. The homeless person took the opportunity for education and now is being mentored by this person every morning for an hour and also gave him a laptop computer and three books to study from. I found it nice to be able to read something good for once and thought what this person is doing is fabulous.
Anyway, I will continue to follow Tony and hopefully he gets his life to where he wants it to be. We all want to have that life of not working for the MAN. If I could play and earn an income or at least earn enough to keep going it would be enjoyable but for now I will continue on my path of trying to find a job and going back to school to earn my certificate in computer science.
Have a fun day......
2 comments:
Unfortunately, Tony has been going through one version or another of this same routine for many years. His autusm, gambling addiction and other psychological problems do not exactly point toward any success in the future.
If you look back at his blog or posts from six years ago, you would swear they were just posted today.
I understand what you are saying and I have noticed he tends to go back and do the same things over again. Hope you have fun in LV when you go this next month.
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