First Post - 03/15/06

Well I decided to join the million other people out there who are blogging about their poker experiences. Unlike the others however I am not much of a writer, but I am going to give this whole blogging thing a shot. My name is Derek Boswell and I am 31 years old. I live in Plano, Texas and have been playing hold 'em since October 2004. I got my start at a local bar in Addison where they were hosting a free tournament and first prize was a $40 gift certificate. I had watched a few WSOP episodes before that and I knew about Chris Moneymaker, but other than that, I had never played NLHE before. I signed up and before the game even started, I made the final table since there were only 7 players total!! We start playing, and I pretty much play any two cards and end up winning the tournament with 83o by flopping the boat!! My heads up opponent flopped two pair with his K8 and went all in, I happily called and realized this game is for me. After winning a few more tournaments at this bar, I felt like I could take on Doyle Brunson and suck out with 72. Finally I realized I wasn't playing correctly and after busting out early, I decided to learn how to play so I bought a few books. I now consider myself an average player who seems to do better against good players than suckouts.