Good for you man! Good to hear an uplifting story such as yours. I'm going on my fifth year on here as well. When I first joined I was a little lost in life, but since then I graduated college, binked a couple decent tourney scores along the way, and a little over a year ago moved to Austria to marry the girl of my dreams.
I've always wanted to make the transition from tourneys to cash, but just couldn't find the motivation/discipline to do so succesfully. Any advice on making it work? Training sites you would recommend? Thanks, and if you ever roll through Vienna let me know and I'll buy you a beer.

I started with sit and goes, then transitioned to mtts. But from early on my favorite tourneys to play have been stud hi/lo and mixed game, so maybe it's possible!
You have to come through Austria sometime; beautiful country, great people, great food, etc. If you ever plan a trip shoot me a pm and I can recommend a few spots.
And yes, I'm from California.

 

Originally Posted by wackyJaxon

One of my good friends in Lithuania is from Austria. Good luck with life in Austria and on the felts! :)

Thanks, you too!

 

Originally Posted by CrownMyCoke

Congrats wacky! Been a long time coming to hit that milestone and be where you are in life and on the felts. Congrats on all the personal stuff with the wife. I know it is an amazing feeling finding the one you can live with for the rest of your life. Bringing you on as a mod has turned into one of the best decisions that dhub and team could have done. You have made this site, along with the other mods, a place to come talk poker, life, or anything in-between. Keep up the awesome job on the felts, life and on the boards!

Any babies coming soon?

Are you looking to move back to the States?

What is your greatest poker accomplishment?

Has the wifey ever pressured you into a "real" job?

1) We are trying, probably will be soon ;)

2) Might move back to the states, will probably be tough to find the kind of work I do here, so an English speaking country is in the cards at some point, just not sure when

3) Hard to say, back when I was first starting in 2001 online, games were easier, so building a roll was not an issue. Its hard to attribute a good cash day to anything spectular, and have had some good runs in tourneys at times when I do dabble. I think my biggest wins are on partypoker in general, but many moons ago.

4) Wife understands my lifestyle, and is supportive, but as we try to start to have a family, I think we will both pressure me to have a guar income rather than live the easy life. :)

Also, thank you for your help when I was first becoming a mod here. You showed me the way around and were patient with my countless questions. :) <3

 

Originally Posted by phatcat

congrats on everything wacky. u have always been a super nice and helpful guy and do a great job modding the xfers thread. best wishes in the future.

Thanks Phatcat, best of luck to you as well. :)

 

Originally Posted by fcdunkin

great write ups.....classy guy, who i hope to meet one day.

congrats on every aspect of your life!

Thanks Dunk, one day maybe when I move back to the states. Always so busy with something when I come home for a visit since its just a couple of times a year. Best chance is when I make a vegas visit, but skipping WSOP this year after going past 2. My wife has most of the summer free, and has been quite busy lately with her charity work, so going to try to make the most of it in Europe this summer. I wish WSOP was in January, would be nice to get out of the cold to Vegas when its not 120 degrees there.

Congrats to you on your 4 year anniversary a few days ago :)

 

Originally Posted by tyson219

great thread wacky, really interesting read. Congrats on hitting your 5 year mark.

Keep up the great work, really appreciate your modding efforts.

Thanks Tyson, guys like you with quality posts in PD make the community over there. :)

 

Originally Posted by dhubermex

+1... Great thread Jaxon! :)

Thanks David :) Also appreciate the support you have given me in the last year.

We'll see what happens, might not make it out this summer due to the US, but if I do will try to catch a show or two. Definitely not hitting Vegas this summer like the past 2, but was originally planning coming home in July for some family and friend time.

Last Phish show I saw was Great Cyrpess for NYE 2000. I hit about 50 shows from 92-00, but haven't hit one since due to moving around alot since then. Also hit many Dead shows from 89-95, showing my age :)

Thanks always for your positive vibes, best of luck to you as well. :)

 

Originally Posted by OMGitsGees

arsenal or chelsea?

I did live in London for 3 years, and would like for both teams to somehow lose ;) Was disappointed with the Hot Spurs showing against Real Madrid yesterday, but was semi expected.

Guess if that's my choice, going to go with Arsenal. ;)

GL to you in next month's FTOPs, hope to see your name on the front page of P5s again for another FT.

 

Originally Posted by OMGitsGees

lol thank you very much, i already donated half of it back to all you mid/high stakes guys, i'm pretty much over it. alcohol is expensive here too ;) still trolling here tho, i can't stop reading this site. good luck to you

Heh, wouldn't describe you as a troll. I have been to Swizterland, but not in awhile. I was a poor graduating college student traveling around when I spent the most time in Switzerland. I remember it being the most expensive place I visited, but the nature was beautiful, the people were dynamic and multicultured, and the nightlife was fun if you had locals taking you around.

I don't play many tourneys, and haven't seen you at cash games I play, so no donations to me, but tournament poker at the mid/high stakes has alot of variance. If you feel you are playing well and getting unlucky, then hopefully the positive variance catches back up with you again.

 

Originally Posted by SjCp0kerStar

Jaxon= boss of all bosses!! ;)

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...huania-perfume

Meh, and I can't find it on youtube. Its classic Colbert going off a little on Lithuania :)

 

Originally Posted by Lenail

Congrats Wacky, always a pleasure to read your words and thanks for the nice work you do here... I am pretty new around here but this site really rocks and it is mainly because of guys like u !!!!

Thank you for the kind words. I love Switzerland even though I have only been there once. The people there were fun to party with at night, and lots of nature lovers during the day. It seems almost everyone speaks 1/2 dozen languages as well.

Best of luck on the tables.