How it all started... (Pt. 2)

After a few of years of playing them 'SnGs' with my mates, I eventually moved out of my mum's house so the games stopped, as did all of my pokering.

Years later, I made my first deposit online of about $20 with Fulltilt Poker when I was 19. I was the ultimate bankroll nit in these days and used to play nothing but the $0.10 BI MTTs each night after I got home from work. Up to this point my poker knowledge was entirely what I had been able to pick up from Late Night Poker years earlier (so not much). I had a rough idea about hand selection and that was about it; I literally had no idea what position even was, no idea how to play a <20xBB stack or a million other things you learn along the way.

Somehow (I must have ran insanely good for one night) one of the nights I was playing the above MTT, it had around 4000+ runners and I managed to luckbox my way to 2nd place to turn 10 cents into a little over $200. It took me from 8pm until about 6am the next morning, which meant I got about 2 hours sleep before having to go to work. That was my first big win and it was a long time to come before I'd make any score like that again.

Circumstances changed again, I moved house again, and I stopped playing poker for a really long time.

It wasn't until years later when I was 23-24 and living with my girlfriend Emma that I first saw an advert for Sky Poker. I think we'd accidently stumbled across the Sky Poker channel and straight away it re-awakened my love for the game and I was struck by the great sense of community the site seemed to have.

I deposited shortly after seeing the first show and being the life nit that I am, only deposited £20. Again I started off playing the smallest games possible, mostly cheap DYMs. I must have ran pretty good in the early days because I was still rubbish when I first joined Sky and to this day I've still never needed to deposit again.

It was on Sky where I first started putting work into improving my game. I flittered between pretty much every game possible, DYMs, HU SnGs, MTTs, but always really wanted to be a cash player predominantly. I posted a ton of hands in Sky's Poker Clinic for analysis and with the help of Dohhhhhh's guide to beating micro stakes cash, I started to become a winning player at 4NL. Over the years I've improved every aspect of my game, built a roll, played at least 10 of the live Sky Poker Tour events all around the country including Newcastle, Cardiff, Brighton, Stratford, and Dusk til Dawn, have earned my first Hendon Mob flag and am now attempting to play poker for a living.

So there we are, pretty much caught up.