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

[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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[Rizen]

I'm 27, was born on 10/20/78
I live in Olathe, KS (near Kansas City)
I am married, I have a son that will turn 1 on Jan 31.
I'm a software engineer by day, poker player by night
I studied Computer Science at Ottawa University in Kansas.
Not a big movie buff, but typical sci-fi nerd for the most part. I thought Serenity was great, not sure if it's my favorite of 'all time' thouhg. I'm a huge music fan though of all genres (except twangy country and hardcore rap). If it helps at all Fall Out Boy and The Starting Line are in my CD changer at the moment.
My best poker accomplishment was probably winning the Friday Special on party. I've been seriously playing poker since August of '03, but been dabbling in home games since High School. Hoping to add more live poker accomplishments this year.

-Rizen

[RichC.]

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How old are you? Birthday? 31, Oct 28 1974
Where do you live? Jacksonville, NC
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? None
Occupation besides poker? US Marine
If studying (or if graduated), what and where? Eastern KY Univ, Manufacturing Engineering
Favorite movie? Music? Movie- Star Wars, Most Action and Comedies, Music- Heavy Metal
Best poker acomplishment? Nothing to speak of yet How long been playing? Playing seriously for about six months




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[NinjaMan]

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How old are you? Birthday? 23 10/3/1982
Where do you live? Flagstaff, AZ
Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Living w/ g/f
Occupation besides poker? Advertising Sales at local NBC affiliate TV station
If studying (or if graduated), what and where? I graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2004 with a degree in Electronic Media
Favorite movie? Music? Movie: Lord of the Rings; Band: Thrice
Best poker acomplishment? How long been playing? Not anything I would call an accomplishment, and have been playing seriously for around 5-6 months




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[bestcellar]

How old are you? 31

Birthday? August 14th

Where do you live? Oak Park, Illinois, 1st suburb west of Chicago

Are you married? Girlfriend/Boyfriend? Children? Married, no kids

Occupation besides poker? I work at a Union of Scenic Designers, Costume Designers and Lighting Designers. I also run a small independent record label and play in several bands...check it out at http://www.spadekitty.com

If studying (or if graduated), what and where? BA in Econ from Northwestern University, June of 1996

Favorite movie? House of Games, Glengarry Glen Ross, Mulholland Drive, The Godfather, Excalibur, LOTR series, Star Wars series, Shawshank Redemption, Trading Places, American Werewolf in London

Music? besides the bands I play in and the bands on my record label? King Crimson, Zappa, The Jam, Badfinger, Yes, Radiohead, Spoon, Guided by Voices, Pixies, Sonic Youth, early Genesis, Superchunk


Best poker accomplishment? How long been playing? Probably placing 11th/4000 in a Stars weekly $200+15 this month. I've been playing poker since 1987, but usually just for nickels and dimes until 2000, when I joined a "serious" home game with a buy in of $20. The home game grew, we started hitting the boats, I went online in 2002 and paid poker tuition until about 2004 when I started becoming a winning tournament player.

Matt W.

some pretty funny pictures

from 1998 or so

circa 2001

[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

[CybrPunk]

I'm 31, born Sept. 17, 1974 in Oceanside, NY. I have lived in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for most of my life. I have worked as a computer network engineer for approximately 12 years and am currently making a career change. I was in a relationship for over 6 years and engaged until this past month when she broke it off rather suddenly. Lots of change for me recently!

I've played poker since about July of last year. I was introduced to the game at a friends house and quickly became enamored with it. My greatest accomplishment to date is simply making 8 final tables this past month. I haven't scored a win yet, but have gotten 2nd in 3 tournaments which I think is great for someone who hasn't even been playing a year. With my newfound free time I've tried to enter into a lot of tournaments and feel like I'm starting to show promise. There are numerous people from this forum to thank for their help in developing what I think is now a winning strategy. Now to get the experience to go along with it....

I like a really wide variety of music. Favorites include Green Day, Aquarium Rescue Unit, and Paul Oakenfold but I like most things musical. I'm also a guitarist and have played for about 15 years, although I am very much out of practice lately. I'm not a huge movie buff and probably couldn't name a single favorite.

[MLG]

I'm 22. Bday is Oct. 1
I live in NYC
Ive had a steady gf for the last 3.5 years
I play poker for a living...for now
Wesleyan U. class of '05. Double major in History/Government with a concentration in Econ/Phil
My best poker accomplishments. 10th at the 2005 PCA, winning the stars sunday guanrentee twice and coming in 2nd in the UB guarentee once.