Hey guys, happy to be here! I know how important it is to be coached up and do training to improve one’s self.

I played mainly cash games and read a lot of books on hold’em back when Pokerstars was legal in the US, then stopped after.

Last year I moved to Vegas for 3 months while I was doing an internship in finance and played 1/3 NL cash games at the Wynn. I was pretty consistently profitable, but went about a year without playing after I moved to the LA area.

Now I realized, I have some extra time with my new job and live 6 miles away from Hollywood Park Casino and pretty close to Hustler’s as well.

I went last Friday and played a tourney at Hollywood Park (60 buy-in, 1 60 re-buy, 12K guaranteed). The competition was pretty soft and I am confident I can get some first place finishes here in the coming weeks. 1st place paid out a little over 4K with second place paying a little over 2K.

I was pretty rusty and made a couple mistakes playing too aggressively against ABC players. Still managed to place 37th out of 156 which isn’t the best but I know I can win these tourneys if I study and dedicate myself to improving my tournament play.

I think my main issue is I can play too aggressively at times, but I am sure there are multiple places I can make improvements. Hoping the training and coaching here can help me reach my short term goals of being a consistent tournament winner here at Hollywood Park in LA.

Good to meet everybody.