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👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So, yeah, that's kind of true.
Technically, that is true right now based on where our agency is, but our agency will grow into a great company that can exist on its own, whereas poker is me personally trading time for money.
At the peak of online poker, I'd say around 2009, 2010.
How old were you then?
What's that?
Uh, 24.
So seven years ago, I was, I'm 31 now, 31, 24.
Yeah.
Um, I was making mid six figures and working three hours a day doing poker.
It was awesome.
Yeah.
Well, we have to talk about the difference between a cash game and a tournament.
In cash, 40K pots happened a couple of times.
That was crazy.
In tournaments, I had a few 100K days.
In the mid-100K range, I don't think I actually crested 200K in a day, but I almost got there once.
Unlike a lot of my colleagues in poker, I had a lot of great mentors.
I would have flopped multiple times.
There were close moments, but I had...
people that were better than me, pull me through and coach me.