Introduction

Well....As most of you know my name is Zach and I am 22 years of age. I have been living in Las Vegas since Feb. '06 and before that I lived in a small town in WI. I created this blog to keep track of what I've been doing both pokerwise and in life since I often get asked and it's hard for me to come up with anything. I figured if I took some time to write out some stuff throughout the day or whatever everyone would get more of a sense of what I do and how I operate. For everyone more on the pokerside I'll be trying to post hand histories to get some feedback and moreso just so I can continue to look at things.

A little of my background.....not sure where to start. I began casually playing poker probably around the summer of 2004 after seeing Moneymaker win. During this time I was sitting around back in WI without anything to do as I was in a car accident that had me laid up from about January 04 to about Sept. 04. I went to the internet and was just dumping a $100 here and there into PokerStars fooling around in mostly tournaments after receiving a settlement from the car accident. I think I started playing a little more serious in Dec. '04-Jan. '05. I started playing full ring low limit ring games after finding www.bonuswhores.com. I was pretty much a breakeven player mainly scooping up every bonus on every site possible which definately helped me. While I was doing this I was holding down a full-time 3rd shift job at American Orthodontics back home making braces for teeth for the most part. This job was a grind, especially being 3rd shift. It just totally screwed up everything, but I needed to be working at this time. In April or May of '05 I went to Vegas and met a bunch of the guys from bonuswhores. During my week there I learned of online casinos and my world got turned upside down. After this poker took a backseat pretty much until now. I'd dabble here and there in MTT's (Multi Table Tournaments), but wasn't playing for anything other then entertainment. The online casinos and there bonuses changed everything. In June of '05 I quit my job and took the first plane out of WI to Vegas and spent a week or so out there partying and playing and doing whatever. I came home from there with the plan of multi-tabling 2/4+ as a "job". This was put on the backburner after having a day playing video poker online where I had deposited a total of $2400 and cashed out approximately....$24,000. Ever since then....who knows. I decided to move out to Vegas because there really wasn't anything going on back home and I figured I was playing poker and gambling for a living might as well be in the mecca of all of it. One guy from bonuswhores was already out here and 2 others and myself decided to come out. Within the last week or so I decided to start taking poker seriously again concentrating both on NL cash games and MTT's. I've always faired well in MTT's I just never really focused on doing well consistently like the top players on the internet. Hopefully thats all about to change. I feel like I had an epiphany, the online casinos are pretty much done for me and I'm ready to move on. I think in the beginning of all of that I was using it as a quick way to either go broke and get a job or build a bankroll. Hopefully throughout this blog I'll be able to show progress in my poker ability.

I guess I should also give some background on my life. Well, the title of my blog probably seems a little crazy, but I was born with Spina Bifida and a clubbed foot and on my most recent visit home during the 4th of July while helping my mom move she had found these two little t-shirts from when I was born and one of them had "SpinaBifida Won't Stop Me." I assume this was put on me while I was in the hospital and what not. I guess I kind of thought about that and just realized that I've been through and came out of a lot of shit whether it be issues at birth or dumb shit I've gotten myself into like car accidents and being set on fire so I might as well enjoy myself while I'm young. A lot of people didn't understand why I quit work and just started doing what I'm doing now and to be honest I don't either. I was in college and in the 2nd year I stopped because I was sitting in some Engineering Calc and Physics classes not giving a dam about what was going on. I'd either go home and play poker or go play golf, so I realized I might as well quit wasting my time waking up and going and just stop completely until I realize what I really want to do. I figure I'd rather be doing something I want to be doing then be miserable without even knowing what will happen in the future. All of my friends would probably be quick to say that I'm a very laid back and easy going guy. I'm always up for anything no matter when or where. I don't like any amount of drama at all and am usually quick to either get myself out of the situation or completely tune it out. I like to think that I have a pretty good sense of humor and often try to do just about anything to lighten the mood for everyone.

I believe I'm finished writing this auto-biography. I almost feel wierd doing it, but my intent is to hopefully just get shit I'm thinking about outta my head and hopefully it'll allow me to focus on my poker. I believe I'll add some other blogs that I check up on as far as poker and what not and a few links. If you have any questions at all.....feel free to leave a comment or AIM=zeman216.