Not good at Hello's or Goodbys'

[Bryan Anthony Wright]

SO, I’ll do my best to be short and sweet.

In a nut shell I grew up in the military life with my father, since I was a baby until about 19. By 19 I had traveled the world, lived in multiple countries and been to maybe 9 different schools in a 6 year period. I was never interested in school but I was very interested in information such as history, math, computers, music and physical education. I was wild and out of control, very popular and always seemed to find the worst crowd every where I lived. I played all sports, but I also drank a lot so I never hit the ceiling I should have. I always have been a gambler. Always.

Okay, current date. I work as a network administrator but i won’t say the company otherwise you all will ask me for hookups and shit haha. I’m 33, I have done everything from fast food to warehouse to computer programmer, sql coder and my most enjoyable but least profitable physical trainer. I tell you this stuff to paint a picture of me, as I’m very open minded and not scared to try anything. It rolls over to my poker playing 100%.

I have been a gambler since I can remember, I will bet on anything. I found (texas holdem – i already knew 5 card draw) in 2003 from this guy I worked with who i moved in with. He would have house games like twice a week and if it was just me and him we would just play heads up. I fell in LOVE with this game more than anything I had ever done and at that point I had done a LOT to be 21-22 in my opinion. I made really good money at this hospital working for a contractor so i wasn’t being taxed and life was good. I noticed I was always doing really well at our house games but I wasn’t thinking about making a living from it I was just having a good time.

years passed and I was a winning player now that I look back on it, than I started playing in casinos. I only knew of 1,2 at the time and the closest casino was Majestic Star in Indiana. For the first 2-3 years I could not win at any cash games it was just crushing my will to want to play poker, the fun was gone. I didn’t know anything about tournaments or buyins or HPT or WPT none of it, and this is around 2006 I think. I finally played my FIRST tournament for just $150 buy in and I won FIRST PLACE! I was shocked. I realized the difference between tournament play and cash games. Since than I have won HPT events and Windy city poker events and random tournaments here and there but never a big one as I have yet to play a tournament where the buy in is over $300.

Recently due to health and just many other things I don’t care to discuss I’m questioning my life. What makes me happy, what do I do next? I have turned back to poker in the past few months because when i look back at some of the funnest times they were at poker tables drinking with the fellas and making money. I am 100% invested in going PRO and I gave myself all of 2018 to build a bankroll and retire for good by 2019 at the age of 34. I have done too much and I feel too confident about myself to work this shitty job anymore being used by these corporations for pennies.

I plan to use this site as much as I can and the other sites I use to help me catch up to the changes and get back to a winning status. I LOVE Brads videos on youtube, and I watch A LOT OF POKER. His videos are so detailed and it’s almost like I’m at the table with him playing his hands. I don’t have much time to play due to long hours and money so his videos are keeping me IN THE LOOP in some type of way that is unreal. It doesn’t hurt he has one of the coolest most talented cats on youtube! I have a cat also that is blind, me an my lady found it on the side of the road and decided to keep it. She did most of the work bringing her back to life but she is my baby girl.

Anyway, this is long and hopefully not boring. I’m here to stay, grow and contribute to this community here on off the felt.

Thanks for reading.

• This topic was modified 6 years, 12 months ago by Bryan Anthony Wright.

[Rasmus]

Such a cool thing to do. I’m 25 and wish I could do the same thing, but am not financially ready. Good luck to you and keep us posted 🙂

[Chuck M]

Cheers Bryan
Good luck with your project, keep us updated 🙂

[Bryan Anthony Wright]

Thank you both. I hope the read wasn’t too long.
To Rasmus / I am also NOT READY. I am in the process of becoming ready though.

I’m spending all 2018 playing poker, saving with the idea that in 2019 I will have a solid poker bankroll.

Chuck., for sure, I will update my progress and any thing that I think may be helpful to others.

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