Well after dealing poker for three years and getting my anxiety/panic attacks under control by taking Prozac daily, in February 2015 I auditioned for the WSOP 2015 series which would began in May. I felt pretty confident since I had three years experience dealing poker and the help of my boyfriend's experience to know the 19 game mix that was expected at the audition. I know, 19 poker games...huh, what? but it is true, we were to know all flop, draw, and mixed games:
No-Limit Texas Hold-Em, Limit Texas Hold-Em, Omaha - High Only ( Limit ) Pot Limit Texas Hold-Em, Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better ( Limit ,)
Seven Card Razz, Pot-Limit Omaha, Seven Card Stud, Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8 or Better, Big O Hi-Low Split 8 or Better ( Pot-Limit ), Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split, Regular 5 Card Draw High – Single Draw ( No-Limit ), Badugi - Baducy - Badacy ( Limit ), Ace to 5 Triple Draw Lowball ( Limit ), 2 to Seven Triple Draw Lowball ( Limit ), 2 to Seven Draw Lowball ( No-Limit )
The games I randomly drew to complete my audition were: No-Limit Texas Hold-Em, Razz, Omaha Hi Low Split 8 or Better and Baducy.
So I passed, thankfully, and began my WSOP experience on May 24, 2015.
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Poker
POKER:
One of my passions is poker. I love poker, playing poker and dealing poker, and will start by giving you some history.
My mom actually taught me to play poker on the internet. She got me on a poker site back in the early 2000's (maybe 2003) while the kids and I were spending a weekend at my parents house. I remember that she got me on the computer (probably playing under her account) on a Friday and by Sunday she was whisking me off the computer to a nearby casino to play in an actual live tournament! I was horrified! I was so nervous! I remember looking at her seated at the table in front of me and thinking this is cool; if she can do this, I can do this too. And with that I was eliminated from the tournament but watched my mom make the money!
I played both online and in live tournament play. I taught my boyfriend at the time how to play and he was hooked as well. Together we would venture to the local casino, in Arizona, and play in tournaments. Over the years, I continued to play online and my boyfriend and I held our own house games (ladies night) and our own company home games (held at the office). In 2007, we eventually moved to Minnesota and continued playing poker there. We even did a week tour of the state's casinos that had poker rooms and collected poker chips as souvenirs, while the kids went to summer camp.
My biggest tournament cash was in 2009 playing in the Heartland Poker Tour. I cashed and was bubbled the tv table. :( I played many HPT events as well as MSPT events in MN. I met and played with many well known poker professionals in the state. I also flew to Vegas in 2009 during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and and attended a two day poker seminar given by Annie Duke at Caesars Resort. After the seminar, I stayed at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino where the WSOP was being held. I was in heaven watching my favorite poker pros playing tournament poker into the wee hours of the night. It was such a fun experience and I was so excited as I got a picture snapped with poker pro Daniel Negreanu. The next day I entered into the Ladies Event and played all day and night but went out of the tournament shortly before the night came to a close. I did not make Day 2 but I was surrounded by poker and enjoyed every ounce of it...by myself I must add!
I played online poker on PokerStars but my online poker playing ended with Black Friday in 2011. Later that year, we moved to Nevada. I started going to a local poker room to play tournaments and eventually got a job there dealing poker in 2012! I now began living and breathing poker. If I wasn't dealing, I was playing. Every single day I either dealt or played. I was doing what I loved as a living and being around the game 7 days a week. My kids were grown then and my new boyfriend also was a poker player. After a few years he broke me into playing live action poker because I had to stop playing tournament poker as my anxiety and panic attacks became a problem for me in 2014. He had dealt the WSOP that summer and I remember thinking I could never do that due to my anxiety. All the people, all the money, the celebrities and the poker professionals, I would definitely have a panic attack!
One of my passions is poker. I love poker, playing poker and dealing poker, and will start by giving you some history.
My mom actually taught me to play poker on the internet. She got me on a poker site back in the early 2000's (maybe 2003) while the kids and I were spending a weekend at my parents house. I remember that she got me on the computer (probably playing under her account) on a Friday and by Sunday she was whisking me off the computer to a nearby casino to play in an actual live tournament! I was horrified! I was so nervous! I remember looking at her seated at the table in front of me and thinking this is cool; if she can do this, I can do this too. And with that I was eliminated from the tournament but watched my mom make the money!
I played both online and in live tournament play. I taught my boyfriend at the time how to play and he was hooked as well. Together we would venture to the local casino, in Arizona, and play in tournaments. Over the years, I continued to play online and my boyfriend and I held our own house games (ladies night) and our own company home games (held at the office). In 2007, we eventually moved to Minnesota and continued playing poker there. We even did a week tour of the state's casinos that had poker rooms and collected poker chips as souvenirs, while the kids went to summer camp.
My biggest tournament cash was in 2009 playing in the Heartland Poker Tour. I cashed and was bubbled the tv table. :( I played many HPT events as well as MSPT events in MN. I met and played with many well known poker professionals in the state. I also flew to Vegas in 2009 during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and and attended a two day poker seminar given by Annie Duke at Caesars Resort. After the seminar, I stayed at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino where the WSOP was being held. I was in heaven watching my favorite poker pros playing tournament poker into the wee hours of the night. It was such a fun experience and I was so excited as I got a picture snapped with poker pro Daniel Negreanu. The next day I entered into the Ladies Event and played all day and night but went out of the tournament shortly before the night came to a close. I did not make Day 2 but I was surrounded by poker and enjoyed every ounce of it...by myself I must add!
I played online poker on PokerStars but my online poker playing ended with Black Friday in 2011. Later that year, we moved to Nevada. I started going to a local poker room to play tournaments and eventually got a job there dealing poker in 2012! I now began living and breathing poker. If I wasn't dealing, I was playing. Every single day I either dealt or played. I was doing what I loved as a living and being around the game 7 days a week. My kids were grown then and my new boyfriend also was a poker player. After a few years he broke me into playing live action poker because I had to stop playing tournament poker as my anxiety and panic attacks became a problem for me in 2014. He had dealt the WSOP that summer and I remember thinking I could never do that due to my anxiety. All the people, all the money, the celebrities and the poker professionals, I would definitely have a panic attack!
passions
I never have blogged before or for that matter even really know what it means or have ever read any blogs before. But, I have to write. It is my only outlet. So I will write everything, which means I won't have one specific topic that I will stay on. I was told today by someone I consider an adult guidance counselor to blog and to blog about poker. So I will start there and I will eventually bring up more information on my counselor (which has nothing to do about poker) and that entirely different realm that also very much interests me.
Well I found this great site: What is a Blog
http://blogbasics.com/what-is-a-blog/
and after reading that a blog is essentially your journal on the internet; I was pleased to read that people do write about their passions/interests and not just about what they ate or made to eat that day.
Yay, I shall write about a few of my passions and if anyone cares to read about them, very cool!
SO here goes: These are my passions (not in any particular order):
Poker
Advocate for adopting senior dogs as well as my love for my own senior dogs
Spirituality : My Belief in Angels
Well I found this great site: What is a Blog
http://blogbasics.com/what-is-a-blog/
and after reading that a blog is essentially your journal on the internet; I was pleased to read that people do write about their passions/interests and not just about what they ate or made to eat that day.
Yay, I shall write about a few of my passions and if anyone cares to read about them, very cool!
SO here goes: These are my passions (not in any particular order):
Poker
Advocate for adopting senior dogs as well as my love for my own senior dogs
Spirituality : My Belief in Angels
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