The biannual How are you? Where do you live? thread

[sirio11]

I made a similar post about one year ago and 6 months ago, and it had a very good response from the forum; you can find it here:

Thread January 2005

Thread July 2005

Since the forum has grown big time since, I thought it would be a good idea to hear from all the present regulars to the forum.

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I'd like to know about some of the members in the forum.

How old are you? Birthday?
Where do you live?
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
Occupation besides poker?
If studying (or if graduated), what and where?
Favorite movie? Music?
Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?
Feel free to add any other information or pictures about yourself you want to share.

It'll be nice to know some of you.

David C

[sirio11]

Im 35, almost 36 (Jan-29)
El Paso, Texas
Married, 2 children (2 years 9 months and 10 months)
I'm a profesional poker player.
I have a BS in Math Education and a MS in Mathematics (Number Theory), UTEP
Some of my favorite movies, The Godfather 1-2, Dances with Wolves, Dead Poets Society, Pulp Fiction, Amadeus, The Hours. I have like 50 movies in my top 10 [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Best poker acomplishment: A WSOP final table (2005)
Been playing since 1997, internet since 2003.

Here are some pictures:
Picture #1
Picture #2


Nice to meet you all.

David C

[mornelth]

<font color="red">How old are you? Birthday? </font>
32 - Jan. 11th
<font color="red">Where do you live? </font>
Central-western New Jersey
<font color="red">Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? </font>
Yes, 1 daughter - just over a year old.
<font color="red">Occupation besides poker? </font>
Project Manager in IT, certified snowboarding instructor (currently not teaching due to having to share time between real job, family and POKER!!!)
<font color="red">If studying (or if graduated), what and where? </font>
BS Degree in Computer Sciences (minor in math) from Sevastopol, Ukraine
<font color="red">Favorite movie? Music?</font>
Star Wars!!! Yes, I'm a geek. Music - currently YES is my favorite, but most any Classic / Prog an dother types of Rock will do.
<font color="red">Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?</font>
To rephrase someone (I think adanthar) earlier in this thread - playing poker since 2002, not totally sucking since mid-2005... Started getting serious about it, reading books, lurking here, posting... Best accomplishment - last night, 4th in PP $40K - $2,800.

[ace_in_the_hole]

How old are you? Birthday?
22 - April 14

Where do you live?
Denver, Colorado

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
No, No, and No

Occupation besides poker?
Temp at a Internet Soultions company called InfoNow

If studying (or if graduated), what and where?
University of Colorado at Denver - Business/Finance

Favorite movie? Music?
Swingers, Wedding Crashers, Hackers, Oceans 11, Goodwill Hunting, The Big Lebowski, too many more...
Mostly listen to "Real" hip hop like Atmoshpere and Punk along the lines of The Starting Line and Taking Back Sunday.

Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?
Been playing for more $/hr than current job for last 11 months, my blog is here http://2outer.blogspot.com Also I got 1st in a 1150 person MTT for $7200 and a 2nd in a 650 person MTT for $4800. Also won the nightly $100 MTT at a local casino 3 nights in a row this month, which was fun.

[gobboboy]

How old are you?
18, born April 19th.

Where do you live?
Central Illinois, hometown is Mahomet. Currently in Champaign-Urbana.

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
No. No. No.

Occupation besides poker?
Work is for people who pay taxes.

Oops.

If studying (or if graduated), what and where?
No major yet, freshman at UIUC.

Favorite movie? Music?
I like a lot of alternative and foreign music. Anything with a good sound to it.

Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?
Been playing since April when I turned 18. I've gone bust once and almost busted two more times. Now I'm secure though. I started playing tournament poker seriously in October and I have two 10r wins on stars, two 3r wins on stars, a final table in the 3r, 10r and 5r without a win and I just took 12th in the 4076(?) field last sunday in the stars 500k.

2008 will be a fun year.

Here's a picture of me from this summer:
BOOM, headshot.

But obviously I enjoy making gobbo-themed gifs.

Here's a few interesting facts about me:
My license plate is gobbo 87.
To this day, I have never shaved.
I like Kenny G and walks on the beach.

[Clayton]

congrats on the not shaving part. must kinda suck, but i grow a beard about every two days so I hate shaving now.

FWIW, I found me from exactly a year ago and I found this pretty cool:

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18
Single

HS Senior, University of Georgia in fall.
Major interests include journalism and business.

Favorite movie is The Pianist with Adrien Brode (sp)

Best poker accomplishment so far is actually building a poker bankroll. Started on Jan 1 with $100, today I have $450. Yippee.

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[ZBTHorton]

How old are you?
22, born on June 20th

Where do you live?
North Dallas...Plano to be exact.

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children?
No, engaged. I have a dog and a cat.

Occupation besides poker?
Work is for people who pay taxes.



If studying (or if graduated), what and where?
Senior Business Admin major at U - Texas - Dallas

Favorite movie? Music?
Alternative rock, Hard rock, Grunge rock

Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?
Been playing since I was 18, so 4 years +. I've FT'd the 11r on Stars 6 times.(never won, 3 times when it was the 25K) FT'd the 30+3 on Party 4 times(never won). FT'd the 40K on Party twice(never won). Your probably noticing a pattern.

[BlackRain]

I am not really a regular in this forum. I don't play MTT's much, but I lurk a fair bit and post some, and have learned a lot.

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How old are you? Birthday? 26/superbowl sunday!
Where do you live? Vancouver
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? no/yes/no
Occupation besides poker?none
If studying (or if graduated), what and where? BA(history) '03 from SFU (Vancouver area)
Favorite movie? Music? Scarface if I had to name one/too much, how about what I'm listening to right now. NIN first album.
Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?cash game player so nothing sticks out really/1.5 years


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[DonButtons]

How old are you? 19, july 1st

Where do you live? miami, born in Sweden

Are you married? just girlfriends here and there, nothing serious yet

Occupation besides poker? not likely I'll ever work a 9-5 but maybe in 10-15 years, I'll be a ceo for some big company that my dad will hand down.

If studying (or if graduated), what and where? Soph at Tulane university in New Orleans, but who knows how long I will last. Really behind, not motivated, bad gpa, ty poker

Favorite movie? Music? addicted to "24", blow, all the gangster movies, and old james bond movies..rap, hip hop..mostly jay-z

Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing? 1.5 years.
100 or so final tables ($50-640 range, mostly 100) in a couple months when I played mtts, with more than 10% being 1st's...winning two pl 100 mtts on stars back to back. final tabled my first live side tournament at the stars bahamas event...doubling off of phil ivey in nl 2k was also fun heads up..I quit sngs to play cash games, struggled at first, but built my way up till having a roll for 50-100 nl, though I only play 5-10 nl 6max..."brag" buying myself a new range rover [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] off poker income

[Yuv]

How old are you? Birthday?- 20/10/83, 22 years old.
Where do you live? Hertzelia, Israel. A city on the north of Tel-Aviv
Are you married? Not married.
Occupation besides poker?Used to cover sports and write music reviews for a large newspaper. Now none.
If studying (or if graduated), what and where? 2nd year in Tel-Aviv University, studying Communications and Political Science.
Favorite movie?Big Kubrik fan. Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, Paths of Glory. Another few names that come to mind - Reservoir Dogs, Donnie Darko, Miller's Crossing, The Big Lebowski.
Favorite music?Early british punk - Clash, Fall, Damned etc. Grunge - Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden etc. Old school hip-hop - Run DMC, Public Enemy, Grandmaster Flash, Beastie Boys etc. Early 90's "alternative" hip-hop - A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Gang Starr, Pharcyde, Digital Underground, Arrested Development.
And alot of 90's-00's quality hip-hop.
Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing?Winning a package to the PCA. Been Playing for a bit over a year.