How to be a Online MTT Pro - This is the journey I am taking ( come along for the ride )
This blog is to inspire, give hope , ideas. It is for anyone who doesnt know about playing online poker, who wants to play , or already does, This is a very open , vulnerable , " putting myself out there ' type of blog
This will be my story of how & why I decided to use online poker - not only as hobby , but take my passion and transform it into a reality
Chapter 1 ( Intro / Transformation Phase )
Hi , I am a middle aged male , living in Canada. My life has had many trials and tribulations, at times been on the top of the world , great job , GF , freedom , a lot of the finer things in life many of us strive to have at some point in time. On the flip side - I have been at some of the lowest points that anyone could imagine - dealing narcotics, addiction , prison, homelessness. I have stayed in the nicest most expensive hotels, and I also have stayed in homeless shelters.
Fast forward to the pandemic ( by this time my life is in order ) I am with a GF ( who i thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with - havent we all been there ) , we had a child ( who i thought was mine - prolly not as many of us been here lol ) Working steady job getting by " check to check " but was enjoying life - so I thought at the time , little did I know my life would once again get turned upside down ( this time in a whole new direction I never thought possible )
(2021)
Long story short - during the middle of the pandemic , My GF ( at the time ) , decided that she didnt want to be in this relationship anymore ( was dealing with alot of personal / mental issues ) , and also decided to tell me our 2 year old is not mine at all. ( paternity tests later confirmed all this ) , and I went from one day - Job , family, " happy wife / happy life " type of world
to single n alone n questioning life.
At this point in time was my " TSN Turning Point " ( ref for any Canadian ppl ) , I could of used all this for an excuse and get back into the life I lived for so long , addiction , desperation, etc.
( TBH for the 1st few months - 1/2 year I was worried that this would happen ) - It was a scary time , vulnerable time, and most of all - a time to reflect , do some soul searching and find out who I really am.
Kept working - staying strong ( had family supporting me emotionally ) , and during this phase ( I like to call it a " Transformation Phase " ) , I tried many things to " fill the void " ( It's a big change going one day being a dad of a toddler / bf etc - to being single bachelor ,with no obligations at all ) ,
I would try Gaming for a while - all I did was work n game ( playstation 4 pro ) for few months maybe 6 months, work come home smoke weed game, smoke more weed game - rinse & repeat.
At the same time I would be betting sports ( always was big into sports playing when younger hockey mostly - while older betting on all the major sports ) - parlays and any kind of betting that a recreational , degen whale would partake in.
Growing up, My Dad bet a lot of sports and that's how he did it ( parlays ) so I thought that was the only way... during this time I did a lot of research , and looked into " being a pro handicapper " and what that intailed - and for maybe 3 months I was seriously considereing this as a " side hustle "
But - like with a lot of things we bring into our lives - the flame inside me slowly burnt out , and I just didnt appreciate / love it enough to want to do it.
During this time - I was dabbling in some online cash games ( had an old laptop always ), I always liked to play poker recreationally, Live cash 1-2 NL some 2-5 NL, like a lot of us do. But I
never knew what it took to be a " professional " - TBH I always thought the pros played cash games ( didnt know how they got to where they are ) , - played cash for a living , and MTTs on the side for " trying to hit a big score " ( thought it was all luck ) - I think my preception of a pro poker player was - " they somehow managed to get a lot of money , n keep playing CG , and are just lucky more then the rest ( didn't know u can study poker , didn't know u can get coached , didn't know what the word " database " meant ), I was what I know call " OMC " Old man coffee ( I am not that old ) , or more commonly known as " Whale " - pure recreational player ( I wasn't a bad player - TBH was always one of the better players on the table / in the room where ever I played . ( from Ceasar's Windsor - southern Ontario , River Cree outside Edmonton, to Yellowhead , or down in Calgary at Deerfoot. ) Ive played " Coast to Coast with Tea & Toast " ( dont ask lol )
The gaming stopped - ( sure I still like to game n will do it when i can afford to - always wanted to try PC gaming - I was a Playstation guy ) , so once gaming stopped i found myself playing more n more online cash (the casino where I am is **** - 1 or 2 tables of 1-2 NL, and everyone knows one another and the game barely runs) sure I went from time to time it was soft AF , but i started to take a liking to playing online - 2NL 5 NL 10 NL cash games on GG. ( I think a lot of us start with GG - prolly why it has more fish then others )
(2022)
Fast forward - I am starting to look into playing poker more seriously ( starting to watch old Jaime staples , K Mart , vlogs from back in the day - watching All In Pav, and anything I can Bencb old stuff ) - and this is where a light went on for me - " You can play MTTs for a living " I said to myself - ( not saying I told myself I was going to do that ) , just meant " wow I didnt realize this was even a thing,
I basically took a crash course " felt like I did a 1- 1.5 year term in UNI on " How to be a professional poker player " Made it my obsession, my duty , and it transformed into my Passion
(2023)
Fast forward - I am now in the rabbit hole, head first barried - ( playing on GG mostly maybe some Party Poker , 888, ) and during this time I printed out my first set of preflop ranges ( RFI's not RTA lol ), been watching anything I can on YT to learn for free , ( while trying to convince my family - Dad ,Brother ( who both play poker as a rec their entire life ) convincing them that poker is not all luck. that ppl can do it for a living ( Brother thought that pros some how magically ran into a bunch of money - used it to " go on a run " , n now playing all the time high stakes - Dad had no clue how ppl played professionally , just knew they some how did it ) My mother thought it was all a scam - online - and kept asking me " R u sure these ppl are real - u are talking to on Discord n what not " lol, so yeah I am postive a lot of us can relate to this phase.
Met a guy on discord who was just starting out as well ( shout out to my Mexican friend / study partner / fellow up n coming crusher ) #MicrostakesTOPregs lol, we togther were trying to figure out anything we could
( using PT4 , doing whatever form of study that was available to guys starting out - Trying to look at Hand 2 note, using the free trial ( and thinking this was way way to complicated ) , and just starting the study / learning phase.
During this time, I began to look into " what it takes to actually be a pro " , would it even be possible , could someone like me even have a chance ( for a while I thought - u had to be either in UNI or right out of school , early - mid 20's , ) , I thought to myself could an average person like me - mid 30's , who lived a tumultuous , unordinary life even have a chance of being a professional online MTT player ? - Or am I reaching too far - am I " late for the party " , too old, not smart enough , " dont have the right conditions , etc. etc.
These are all questions I want to answer , I have to answer , I Know there is others out there that could be in a similar point in there life - wondering if they missed certain opportunities........
This is when another transormation happened in my life - one that In my wildest dreams didnt even think could be a possibility ........
Can someone like me actually become a full time " up n coming " online MTT player & build myself up from Micros to the Moon ? .......
Lets find out.....
( Next Chapter 2 : " Micro Mania " ) coming soon......
( will try n post every week ) - maybe more / less we will see - encourage any feed back / resposes / advice - or at the very least just follow along my and hold on tight for the ride......
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