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 I am John Reynolds a 34 yr old poker grinder/ex pool player. I played pool for a living until 2005 when poker was legalized in Oklahoma then the whole pool hall got a job at the casino. I had been at the casino five months when I was heading to work on my new motorcycle when a car turned in front and put me in the hospital for four months. I am now in a wheelchair but doing great. I stayed at the casino for three years after the accident working in the poker department as a Sr. Floor and dealer trainer and playing poker in my off time. I was a winning live player but was losing online except for that occasional run, I knew nothing about BRM coming from the pool hall where most guys are broke and gambling with every dollar they have. In 2008 I lost my job and started playing live poker full time, mostly grinding 1/2 and 2/5 nl and the occasional MTT. I did okay but my lack of BRM would catch me from time to time. In march 2010 I had a good live series at the Oklahoma State Championship of poker used the money to replace my broken laptop with a new macbookpro, and decided to give online poker another shot. I started doing what I always did, depositing about two hundred on stars or full tilt and play thirty and under MTTs. I didn't get a great start and was looking for ways to beat online, I was sure if I had rakeback that would do it, lol. So I started an account on AP with rakeback and had to use a new name because I had an old UB account with my main name on it and no RB on UB, I know it's not a big deal but I liked having just one name. Anyway, I started playing .25/.50 plo 6max on AP and got pumped up to $500 pretty quick, then decided I would play an MTT. I entered the $11 5k Sniper on AP and won the first MTT I played their, go me. I kept doing okay and started playing on AP, stars, and FT. At first AP was keeping me a float but then I started making money on all three.
It took a while but I finally started to figure out that I was not doing enough to get better. I kept hearing in interviews and podcasts that a poker chat group and talking poker with friends is very important. So I made a post on P5s about wanting to start a poker chat group.http://www.pocketfives.com/f7/decent...mprove-586577/
I was able to get a chat group started on Aim and we eventually moved to skype, but my game began to improve immediately. Then someone in the chat mentioned PxF and I have been a subscriber ever since. It was a long haul and I finally learned BRM and through lots of trial and error, poker videos, one two hour lesson, lots of HHs discussed, and tons of volume I believe I am on my way.
2010 was a great year and I could not be happier. I set out on a mission to build a BR and improve my game, and I took huge leaps. I am planning on making 2011 better, GL ME!