Hi. This is going to be the beginning of something big.
First of all i want to introduce myself and my life the past couple of years. Then i will tell you guys about my plan and this 'From Zero To Hero' project. I had it in mind many times in the last couple of years, i just never took it to the first step, but i decided that if i am going to be a professional pokerplayer, this has to be done. Finally i want to say that i am going to update this thread daily, even several times daily, so be prepared for a lot of hands to discuss and a lot of debates about this project.
My name is Sabr, i'am 24 years old and i live in Denmark, in a city called Kolding. I have been playing poker for around 4 years in all, with a lot of breaks here and there. I am that kind of guy that does not know how what to really do in life, besides having fun. This might sound kinda sad, but let me remind you, that we are all diffrent. Okay so, i am 24 and still dont have any educations or papers, but i am still a smart guy, and people keep telling me that(ohh that helps). I tried many schools, hoping that i somehow found something that interested me, but without succes. I kept dropping out, and most of the times to just focus on poker only. So in March this year, i came to an conclusion. My best friend kept telling me that if i wanted to get to the top in poker i had to go for it 100%, not 50% as when i am taking some kind of school having to focus on both. Many times i denied him, wanting to get some education papers just so that i could be like others. So, in March this year, i decided to go for it 100%, for poker. My friend was happy that i finally had that in me, to say "I'm going for this 100%". Because we all know, taking a shot on poker is a big choice and you got to use a lot of time on it , but i was prepared. I deposited $440 and i started grinding MTTs just as the MicroMillion series started. 10 days later i had 2500$ on my account, was lucky in the Bigger $3.30 got 2nd for 1700$ - that felt nice doing that with good bankroll managment. I began to play some live poker with my friend(doing 50/50 in buyins while i was the one playing, he kind of invested). It went really good, we won maybe 2000$(1000$ each) once or twice a week in cashgames, with a buyin of 170$ each. So i was really playing good and for the first time in my life, i tried that little feeling of living by playing poker. That was an amazing feeling. This went on for a couple months, but in May something happened. 17th May 2013 i played some bigger tours and some SCOOPs and in a 109$ turbo, i went all the way and won 14k$. Thats the good part, the bad part is that i lost about 60% of it on poker again, the rest i bought alot of clothes etc but yes, i made the biggest mistake a pokerplayer can ever do. Really i was in shock, how could i throw it all that fast. I could not believe it, but it happened. After that i came to that conclusion that if i was gonna get to the top, this should never happen again. Actually i didn't feel bad in more than a couple months, and i think it is because i kept telling myself at least i went through this allready, now i am prepared for the next time this should happen. So, i kinda payed 8k$ to 'learn' the worth of money. And the day today, i am glad i made that mistake. Since that big loss, i began to use forums more, i began to watch videos and really reading a lot of stuff about poker, wanting to improve my game and my thoughts about poker, trying to take it to the next level. Actually i deposited something around 800$ the last couple of months, and i have had enough. My control is so bad that i really can not take it anymore. Something has to be done, and i dont care what it is, as long as i can somehow play poker. Well i can admit, the money in poker has allways drove me more than it should, but i believe in myself, and i want to prove for myself and others reading this, that if you really want to make a diffrence, then you can do it!
So my plan is simpely, to start from scratch. I've been thinking about it a lot. And knowing there are so many donks at the lower stakes, you gotta have some incredible tecnique combined with som big amount of patience and luck ofc. Actually my name 'Sabr' means patience in arabic, maybe that is a tell? Lol. J/k.
So i have made some rules to start with and i will evaulate after this week has ended or when i reach above 20-25$. So here comes the rules:
1. I must not deposit a single dollar for the rest of this year.
2. I must update this thread at least once pr. day unless a good excuse given in advance.
3. I must put up at least 1 hand for review pr. day.
4. If i somehow get to more than 20$ i must ask for advice in this thread, to what way i should approach further increase of my bankroll.
5. This rule has been deleted as i do not see any reason to post all freerolls i am playing
So this was pretty much it for now. I will be posting some key hands for todays tournaments maybe getting some feedback.
I hope this will be a nice way for me to improve as a pokerplayer and hopefully i will soon be a qualified FTR member even though i can not play in FTR freerolls because of i did not register through FTR, but heck with it, i see myself more active lately here on FTR, and i am happy for that as there are some very good guys and amazing pokerplayers in here.
Nick on PokerStars -> Sabr1988
Thanks for reading guys. Sabr
01-10-13 // Status for the day: +0,07$ // Current Bankroll = 0,07$
02-10-13 // Status for the day: +0,27$ // Current Bankroll = 0,35$