Hello fellow poker friends and fans. My name is Denny –  aka “wager9”

I'd just like to say hello and that I am excited to be a part of TPE. I did a fair amount of research before joining – i.e. site comparisons, etc. And I pulled the trigger on the year membership today. So I look forward to a productive poker year in 2015! 

I played poker for a few years when online was big and was a winning player multi-tabling $50 sit and go's as well as 50NL cash. After black friday I was heartbroken and focused on other things. I am back and playing as many hours as I can live. I am in MD, so there really is no option except for playing live. I am still a winning player and showed a proft in 2014 in both cash and tourneys. But my goal is to raise the bar a bit for myself in 2015 and challenge myself to enter events that have a bigger payout.  I am committed to learning and consider myself a student of the game. I have a deep desire to amp up my chops at playing this game.

A little on my past – I have been a gamer of sorts for most of my adult life. I started out playing competitive Magic the Gathering, and actually played MtG with a number of current TOP PRO players and WSOP bracelet winners out there now. I also have played backgammon on a competitive level and have a group of friends who is very much into board games – we play a lot of traitor type games these days, like Avalon, Coup, Battlestar Galactica, and Betrayal on the House on the Hill.

My “day job” is Pour House Trivia. I designed a game format for pub trivia and started the company right about when Black Friday hit. I had one game a week at the time. Today it has grown to over 30 games a week, 10 hosts and a full time gig writing trivia questions and running games. I love what I do and it affords me the opportunity to play and study poker when not playing and hosting trivia. I also play music professionally which I have done since college. And I do some photography as well. So between trivia, music, photography and poker I do very much enjoy the things I do for $$$. Its a fun life!

Beyond the $$$ endeavors, however, is the one thing that matters more to me in my life than anything – my daughter Hannah. She is 3 this month and already likes tossing poker chips around – which I will curtail in a big way very soon! 

My poker goals for 2015 are to really dig into the game; to raise the level of my play consistently throughout the year through study and play and review. I hope to learn a lot through my membership to this site and look forward to getting to know you all through posts and forums and such.

Chat soon 🙂

wager9