A Poker Story

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - Scorpian126

A poker story…

When I was 20 years old I started playing Poker because of my father’s influence, I used to watch him play and that is how my interest for Poker began. My dad used to be a good card player. I used to work in a Plant for 5 years and one day when Christmas came I saw my father play and I thought “I am going to play poker, I need some extra money”. I learned on this game that when you can afford to save money, that is playing poker. In poker you are waiting for decent cards to play, a good advice is to be patient and wait for some players to step out and then you play your hand.

That night I started playing Poker and I never asked my dad how to play, we never talked about me playing, and I just sat there and the first hand I played was AQ suited and I was playing Limit, which is my favorite game, I had $200 invested and I made a nut flush but a buddy of mine was playing as well… I bet, and he raises me, and I thought “I’m sure he has a Full House!” and he ended up winning the hand! So I am sitting there with $70 and I am waiting for good cards to come to me and the end of the night I got my $200 back plus $50!

The day after that my father asked me if I wanted to go again with them. They used to play on Friday and Saturday night. We played from 6-12mn, and that was the closing time for this place where we were located and the Poker game had to stop, so at that moment I won $500 more and I just enjoyed it so much and I was doing just fine, so, in 2 months I paid everything I owed and I bought a really nice car. A month later a quit my job and started playing from 5-6 nights a week.

Later on I had some personal situations I needed to deal with first and I stopped playing Poker for quite some time, maybe a year. After a while I began playing again and the first hand was a KJ suited, 3 other people were in and I folded. Why? Well, another player raised the maximum and he was a good player (or so I noticed during the time we were sitting at the table), but guess what? I folded. A friend of mine asked me: “Why did you not play with that hand?” And I said: “I don’t know this people but I can tell he is a good player and it’s better if you start knowing your opponents and taking mental notes on them. At the end I would have never won the hand, the winner had 3 Kings, so my “feeling” did not betray me and I ended up winning $100, so it was ok.

After some time, I moved to online poker, I wanted to see what they had to offer, so I began playing online on Poker Stars and I only invested like $300, then a buddy of mine told me about UB on 2005, and told me that this site was very good so I started playing here, and I could definitely confirm that this is not only a good poker site, it is the best one for me in the Poker Industry. I met many good players back then and I realized that placing notes on the players is very important at the moment you sit at a table with them, just like on live events, but with technical tools.

Then RAI$E was launched, I enjoyed it very much and still do, even when I was already happy by playing here. One of the things I like the most about the new Loyalty Program are the UB Auctions. I am currently one of the highest bidders there and I love the competition by bidding away and one of the best things I have done by using the UB Auctions is that I got all my family Christmas presents! They were so happy about it and I certainly was I as well, come on! Using your Ultimate Points at the UB Auctions is the best way to go! RAI$E also came with the VIP Service that has always been very good and helpful with any needs I may have. I have my own personal VIP Host, and I can say that things have been easier since I tried this new benefit. I definitely love and recommend to play at UB to all players, this is where the real deal is at! They care…