The perils of No Limit Texas Hold Em poker can make a person physically sick or bewilderingly ecstatic. But most of the time, when played “correctly”, the law of averages suggests that one can skillfully rise above all of the madness that poker creates. It’s been seen repeatedly over the past couple of years where youngsters all over the globe are starting with minimal amounts of money and over the course of a few years becoming millionaires playing poker online or offline; Peter Eastgate (Denmark), Julian Gardner (Great Britain), Michael McDonald (Canada), James Mackey (USA); and Michael Mizrachi (USA) to name a few.
Is becoming a professional poker player a luck-filled proposition or can one who studies, practices, and masterfully concentrates on the “poker pipe dream” become part of the highest tax bracket? This question and ones similar to it have become a part of a heated debate on poker, especially among parents and their adolescent children who have gained access to the wonderful world of poker via the internet.
What is the poker pipe dream?
As the millennium turned, I was one of those youngsters with a fresh pressed Wells Fargo Visa debit card and an internet connection. Party Poker was the vehicle and being a newly licensed 16 year old young man, I was ready to put the pedal to the metal…that’s exactly what I did.
My parents didn’t really know I was playing for real money because online gaming was something that had never been done before up until a few years before I started playing on the internet. There were no laws against it yet and anyone could log on with a hundred bucks from virtually anywhere in the world and turn that hundred dollars into thousands by the nights end. I and many of my friends won this kind of money plenty of times playing poker but I am definitely not yet at the professional level of playing, so I haven’t taken any real shots to date.
“In fact there are more training materials on the game of poker than any other form of gambling.”
Poker, in the minds of many, is a not a form of gambling, rather a series of calculated risks with a high probability of winning if played the right way. There are thousands of books, videos, and audio recordings that are specific to teaching the ins and outs of becoming a successful poker player. In fact there are more training materials on the game of poker than any other form of gambling.
Why has this game separated itself from the rest of the gaming world? Why has the rise in popularity, especially in Texas Hold-Em Poker, been so immense compared to the rest of casino games in recent times? And is pursuing the poker pipe dream a good bet for an individual deciding on a career path? These are all questions that will be answered in my upcoming e-book I am calling Poker Pipe Dream – A Deeper Look Into Achieving Your Dream Lifestyle Through Poker.
The poker pipe dream is an experiment. A test to see if a person can learn the game of Poker by puting their self into the top 5% of money earners in the world. Of course, this probably won’t happen over night…but it could and that’s what makes the dream feel so real.
“A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve.”
“Poker: An avenue of ups and downs with the very real possibility of skillfully advancing an individual’s financial status.”
