Dublin Tournament Justifies Poker Decision

When David Pomroy decided to quit his job to play poker full time, he made a discover identical to that of most pro poker players; he was making more money playing poker than he was at his full time job. The former office worker used to put in his hours from nine am to five pm, and then go home and play for two hours online, improving his poker game. David started playing at nineteen, and at twenty-two he had become good enough that his ten to fifteen hour sessions per week raked in more than 40 hours at the office.

When he made the equivalent of around £60,000 for a third place finish in European Poker event held in Dublin, it justified his decision to leave his job, being the most money he had ever pocketed playing the game he loves….

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Poker lingo:

POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.

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