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RE: What It Was Like to Win $1,500,000 in a Poker Tournament at Age 22
Fantastic story! Great details and really gives a great perspective on what it's like to participate... and even better win! You know I probably watched this tourney on the travel channel a while back come to think of it. I used to watch a lot. Never thought that a 'passing gas' strategy could be another dynamic in Poker. Yeah money management, being conservative and surviving seems to be pretty important especially with the large differences in payouts. The story about the tell is fascinating too. People try to do the opposite when bluffing... but Isaac was doing the opposite of most and you realized that. That's neat!
thanks, and thanks again for the advice in a prior blog. I personally find the opposite side of the gambling world fascinating, not necessarily losing players, but winning players dealing with extended losing streaks. As stated in another comment in this blog, I'm currently on a 55k downswing in DFS and will probably write a blog about that next time. I really don't like talking about the big wins because it feels like bragging and comes off as hard to relate to, but the losses sometimes have more emotion and self doubt and require far greater levels of discipline, which I think will be interesting but also less popular
Yeah I think both kinds of experiences are valuable and will be appreciated by the community. I think there is a realness to our community unlike other places so struggles are really part of the sharing and are appreciated. This post should really do well and hope people are awake to see this! It has a lot of great insights. Don't worry about feeling like bragging. It's an incredible accomplishment and I'm sure people want to hear about it. Just be yourself about it like you just did. Anyways look forward to reading more stories about the ups and downs...ttyl!