The night that changed everything

While I wont post specific details about everything, I can still say that I have found a serious backer who is looking to add a few horses to his team. And he's not looking to put me in little $55 tournaments with horrible structures that I can only hope to win with a long shot. He's looking to put me in tournaments that actually matter. The ones that Im always looking at online and wishing I could play in. The ones that I actually have to do a little bit of thinking in, because I won't be playing against horrible recreational players that know next to nothing about tournament poker. 

I know that the difference between me and my pro colleagues was that they all had backers at some point or another to get them started. Show me a poker player that has never gone broke and I'll show you a liar. Its part of the game, and you have to bounce back from it. For me, I've only been 21 a couple months so I haven't really been able to get out in the casinos and ask people, and it's tough to find backers in today's game and economy. I also dont really like just asking random people because you are essentially asking a stranger for money. You have to find someone that understands poker, and business, and wants to put the two together. Oh first of all you have to find someone with common sense. That by itself is a difficult task. 

But thanks to my friend Mike from MI, back in the good ole' Jackson days where I started my poker career... He introduced me to his buddy and we talked it through. We still haven't hammered out the specific details, but if I knew them I wouldn't post them for the public anyway. But lets just say I will be playing some bigger tournaments I normally wouldn't have had the chance to play in. Its pretty exciting and that means that in my current state of being without a bankroll, I can still try and score a big one. And all the while I will be getting better and discussing strategies and certain hands with him too. and playing against these better players will help my game as well.

Its pretty exciting for me. Definitely looking forward to the future and seeing what I can do. I am very fortunate that I got to meet this guy and that he thinks I could do well for him. I believe I can with a little run good :P Just gotta keep my focus and composure. 

This could have been the night that transforms my poker career forever. 

-ATR