It was a real explosion, the start of my adventure in the world of online poker, the passion was so high that I started reading the first publication written in Italian, which was called "Poker Sportivo". publicity, how high was the excitement for that game that was magnetizing and capturing my mind, and together with the monthly magazine also the first books arrived, at the end of my cognitive process I read 6 of them, and as my knowledge progressed came even the time to try their hand at tournaments with an entry fee of 5 dollars, were times when it didn't bother me too much to spend that amount, but, especially at the beginning of that journey, I almost immediately registered my first winnings, some substantial...
I perfectly remember a Saturday night, more or less around this time, we were just before Easter, there was a tournament on Bwin.com costing just $ 50, it's called the European Championship or something very similar, more than 400 participants, for a first prize of over $ 6,000 for 1st place, seats paid just over 60, I played a decidedly good poker, and I found myself at the 2 final tables, when a wonderful pair of Queens arrived as personal cards, the level the blinds had become very high, so those cards really had a very high value, at that particular juncture of the tournament, we were precisely 13 in all, one player made a small raise, without thinking for a moment I immediately went all-in, everyone folded except the original raise, who called my all-in, he had few chips more than me, unfortunately when I saw his cards I knew it was going to be very tough ...
A deadly pair of Kings, there were no surprises during the release of the 5 community cards, so I left the tournament with a win of about $ 300 or so, the adrenaline that that tournament had given me was really great, and I absolutely had no intention of stopping, considering the fact that appetite comes with eating ...
I kept seeing recorded bets of poker tournaments that were held in major casinos around the world, I began to become familiar with a whole series of poker professionals, trying to assimilate even a little of their playing technique, and actually mine. level of play was good, because I put my heart and soul into what I was doing, I really wanted to break into that world that I was not even aware of until recently, the more time passed the more tournaments I did, and the more tournaments I did my ability was growing, it was time to leave the Bwin site, to try other poker rooms, more prestigious, more famous, I saw their clothing branded on the best gaming professionals, and I wanted to experience the thrill of sit at the online game table with any of them, I actually had that opportunity, when I signed up for two poker rooms in particular, the biggest ever at that time, Pokerstars.com and Full Tilt.com ...