How many young players out there actually make it???

[cnfuzzd]

in fact zj was 12 tabling the 215s i believe.

peace

john nickle

[MicroBob]

Thought I remembered reading that too but wasn't positive.


And I think he was considered to be one of the best SNG and heads-up tourney players on 2+2 this side of gigabet.


This didn't happen by accident at all. he worked his ass off AND wasn't exactly dumb to begin with.

[HotPants]

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in fact zj was 12 tabling the 215s i believe.

peace

john nickle

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I heard from a guy that he was 16-tabling the 215s

[Python49]

$50 ---> $50,000 in 9 months

[great_white_hype]

I certainly wasn't implying that ZJ didn't work hard or that he wasn't a fantastic player to begin with, which he obviously is, just that some MTT scores really aided his roll and let him 12 table the 215's comfortably...am I wrong here??

[Daliman]

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I certainly wasn't implying that ZJ didn't work hard or that he wasn't a fantastic player to begin with, which he obviously is, just that some MTT scores really aided his roll and let him 12 table the 215's comfortably...am I wrong here??

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Yes. Doing well in the 215's, (and lower levels on the way up) allowed him to 12-table the 215's. He was a winning lower-mid level cash game player before this too.

[dtbog]

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Personally, I think the most important idea to learn is to never touch your bankroll. So many times during the first semester back after playing poker I was eating ramen and staying in on weekends because I didn't have 10 dollars for the cover for some party my fraternity would be hosting. I had a few friends who had the potential to play 100/200 by now, but instead they took their bankrolls and spent it on car repairs or bills, and now they don't play poker anymore or play low stakes.

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I had to spend about $6k last year on 'life expenses' that came out of my poker bankroll. If I hadn't, I'd probably be playing much higher than I am now.

... however, I would have had to take out loans for some of the expenses. Would that have been a better choice? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Matt Flynn]

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?? I never won any tourneys [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I'll take 10% of your action. Start practicing.

[TStoneMBD]

tongni im not really sure if i agree with this. if youre good enough to beat 100/200 then you should be good enough to make $250-$300/hr playing 15/30 or 20/40. at that rate you should have a bankroll for 100/200 in only a few months. i think living off ramen noodles just so you get a chance to play in the big game is kinda silly. besides, for most people 30/60 is going to be far more profitable then 100/200 anyway. id rather live well and play 30/60 then be poor playing 100/200 hoping im good enough at that level to make money. to each his own though, but i think recommending that people live this way is poor advice.

[lapoker17]

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Also, I'd just like to say that those poker players with >$1 million that are investing in stocks and stuff are morons.


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you seem smart, but this is a tremendously foolish statement.