I want to thank Brad, Andrew, and anyone else responsible for creating this page – FREE to use! As a 24-year old newly developed NLH poker player, I’m always seeking counsel on my game.
I am from Washington and now stay in the oilfield of North Dakota as an apprentice electrician. I started playing Roughrider Poker Tour earlier this year after leaving the game for nearly a decade. My father, my ultimate poker instructor, died when I was 16 and he took my passion for the game with him. It just wasn’t the same. Then, 8 years later, a friend in sobriety told me he got ‘wrecked’ last night. I was expecting a car accident story, but he told me of a tournament series in Bismarck, ND, and the rest us history. I picked up the passion right where it left off.
I’ve gone to play cash games at least 2 or 3 times a month with the occasional try at a tourney. The cash game is generally friendly, so I learn something new every time as my peers assess hands and critique me. My reads are getting stronger, I can put people on hands pretty well, and my discipline to make those hard folds is there (i.e., folding a flopped set against a donkey repping a turned flush.)
I’m here to learn more about the math. Risk calculation, counting outs, and perhaps most importantly, what Brad is talking about when he says in a vlog, “I have 2 to 1 on a call,” or something to the like.
I look forward to growing within this community, and I appreciate people like Brad, Andrew, and many others for encouraging the development of players like me. Good luck on the felt!