EdmondDantes says

Good luck with PokerVT. Looking forward to "and in my second tournament I won the Sunday Million..." post. Edmond

11/10/07

harlem says

Great post. Always like to hear how someone got started. Don't play as much anymore and was never as succesful when I did as someone like yourself.

11/11/07

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This entry will have two distinct subjects. My newest business project, and then I’m going to respond to some user feedback and answer how I got into poker. First, the newest project I’ll be apart of.

About a month ago I was contacted by my agent, (who also works with Negreanu). He told me about Daniel’s new project, a poker instructional site called PokerVT (Poker Virtual Training). Negreanu picked out a few pro’s (so far others signed include Paul Wasicka, Boosted J, JC Alverado, with ActionJeff and Annette_15 pending) and he asked me to join. After about a month of reviewing the contract, consideration, negotiation, and phone calls with Daniel I decided to accept his proposal and join the team.

The site’s target release is in February next year, and it really sounds like a great training site, as well as a great opportunity. I’m very confident that Daniel will do a great job and that the PokerVT will be one of the premier training sites out there. Daniel’s assembled some of the best poker players in the world - both online and live, and it’s a massive compliment for him to ask me to be a part of it. I'm sure you'll hear more from me as I begin working on the project and as the launch date approaches.

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Next up, I’ll go ahead and respond to some of the feedback I’ve been getting. One specific question I’ve gotten for the last few months is, “Adam, how did you get into poker.”

I could sit here and type it all out, but it’d take a few hours and be a very long read. Instead I’ll just split it up into a series. I have no clue how long this’ll take, but since I’m not doing much traveling anytime soon this’ll give me something to write about. I’m also unsure of how much detail I’ll go into, but I guess we’ll just see as it progresses.

I played my very first No-Limit Hold’em tournament when I was 15, a sophomore at Stow-Munroe Fals High School. When I was 13-14 I had played a lot of Magic: The Gathering at Gametrader in Cuyahoga Falls. I took the game fairly seriously, but I never went on the Pro Tour or anything. I’m guessing I managed to profit a few thousand, which is obviously a lot of money to a young teenager.

I quit playing when I was around 15 and started working at the game store - my first job. Looking back, I’d have to say it was one of the better jobs someone my age could’ve had. The customers were my friends, and my bosses were flexible and let me watch movies during downtime. The only bad part was the pay - $5.50/hr.

Anyways, back then I was also pretty good with computers. My friend AJ had me over to install a drive in his PC. Afterwards, he had some friends over to play poker, and instead of leaving I stayed and decided I’d play. Poker was growing in our school and I heard people talk about games a lot, so I wanted to see what it was all about. After quitting Magic I was getting bored of working on computers all day, and was anxious to find another hobby to take up seriously.

I somehow managed to win the tournament at AJ’s. It was just a single table tournament and about 8-9 people played. I knew the rank of hands, but that’s about it. I really don’t remember anything specific about it, except I played really tight. I forget if it was a $5 or $10 buy-in, but I ended up winning around $40 and was immediately hooked.


That's it for now. In the future the segments will be longer, but I took up a lot of time talking about the PokerVT.

Thanks for reading,


-Adam