Aspirational Youngster of Western North Dakota

[David Duncan]

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!

[Sean]

Hi there!

My name is Sean and I’m from England, UK, I’m really sorry to hear about your dad but I’m glad you picked up your old passion!

I’m not the best at the maths myself and don’t really practice it due to my degree (major) being very time-consuming. However, on the topic of outs, how much about them do you know already? Do you know that if you have two hearts and the flop is ‘7 5 8’ with two hearts that you will have 8 outs? or do you mean more in-depth than that?

Many apologies if that is rather confusing, I can explain my sentence better if needs be 🙂

Welcome to Off the felt! And good luck with your games!

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