PokerPilot86
Sitting Out
Hi Everyone,
Well, it's time!
Time for me to introduce myself.
Well, I'm Tyron, currently living in the gorgeous Republic of Ireland, and I am an absolute poker chip addict.
Bit of background info on me:
I was born in South Africa, and made the move over here early last year, along with my wife of 2 years. I grew up around card games with my parents and extended family often playing various games around the dining table.
I developed an interest in poker around the age of 19, when I was invited into a game in one of the residences at the flying school I was attending at the time. I fell in love with the game, and immediately started researching as much as I could about strategy etc., and I played my first real casino cash game around a year later.
I then started hosting a number of regular tournaments for a small business, catering for their regular clientele, and realized that I enjoyed the behind-the-scenes aspect of poker as much as I enjoyed being on the felt. I also developed a liking for dealing.
The regular games started fading out and I took the opportunity to start focusing on my cash and tournament game, reaching a level that I regard as "semi-pro" after months of grinding small stakes cash games and low entry freeze-outs in the underground scene.
Poker took a back seat in my mid-twenties as I developed my career, got married and did all the things you may do during your twenties, sometimes enjoying a cash game here and there with friends and family.
At the moment, I'm looking to get back into the game, and have since played my first tournament in Ireland - loved it, but realized that players here are dramatically different to the kind of players I'm used to. Not a bad thing, though.
A lot of my chip collection is back in South Africa, and it includes a number of current chips of various South African casinos, a couple of European casino chips, along with a mixed bag of the usual composite type. My pride and joy would probably be the Cartamundi Casino Royale set I picked up in the UK about 9 years ago.
For now, my Irish collection consists of 4 chips, and they're all the tourist-y types with leprechauns, horseshoes and the like. I have also been in touch with a really awesome forum member here about possibly picking up a rack of chips from him soon, as soon as the dust has settled after my recent purchase of a tournament set for the home games I'm planning to start in the near future.
Looking forward to hearing from you all, and to being a part of this forum. Please excuse any dumb questions I may have, as much as I realize that there is no such thing.
Have a great day/evening all!
Ty
Well, it's time!
Time for me to introduce myself.
Well, I'm Tyron, currently living in the gorgeous Republic of Ireland, and I am an absolute poker chip addict.
Bit of background info on me:
I was born in South Africa, and made the move over here early last year, along with my wife of 2 years. I grew up around card games with my parents and extended family often playing various games around the dining table.
I developed an interest in poker around the age of 19, when I was invited into a game in one of the residences at the flying school I was attending at the time. I fell in love with the game, and immediately started researching as much as I could about strategy etc., and I played my first real casino cash game around a year later.
I then started hosting a number of regular tournaments for a small business, catering for their regular clientele, and realized that I enjoyed the behind-the-scenes aspect of poker as much as I enjoyed being on the felt. I also developed a liking for dealing.
The regular games started fading out and I took the opportunity to start focusing on my cash and tournament game, reaching a level that I regard as "semi-pro" after months of grinding small stakes cash games and low entry freeze-outs in the underground scene.
Poker took a back seat in my mid-twenties as I developed my career, got married and did all the things you may do during your twenties, sometimes enjoying a cash game here and there with friends and family.
At the moment, I'm looking to get back into the game, and have since played my first tournament in Ireland - loved it, but realized that players here are dramatically different to the kind of players I'm used to. Not a bad thing, though.
A lot of my chip collection is back in South Africa, and it includes a number of current chips of various South African casinos, a couple of European casino chips, along with a mixed bag of the usual composite type. My pride and joy would probably be the Cartamundi Casino Royale set I picked up in the UK about 9 years ago.
For now, my Irish collection consists of 4 chips, and they're all the tourist-y types with leprechauns, horseshoes and the like. I have also been in touch with a really awesome forum member here about possibly picking up a rack of chips from him soon, as soon as the dust has settled after my recent purchase of a tournament set for the home games I'm planning to start in the near future.
Looking forward to hearing from you all, and to being a part of this forum. Please excuse any dumb questions I may have, as much as I realize that there is no such thing.
Have a great day/evening all!
Ty
