Poker Discussion Post

Ive gotten quite a few requests to do this, although I don't feel like I should (I'm not the caliber of player in previous wells), but Ill give it a go since Im taking next week off.  Im sure by now you all know what a well is, but here is the explanation:

"A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Tuesday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer." The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down, "Why not on Tuesday?" A voice from in the well shouts back, "Because on Tuesday, it's your day in the well."

I'll answer any question you have about playing professionally, the game, myself, or any random question you have that might not even to do with poker."


Im newish to mtts and around here. My name is Mer, Im a girl, and 28.  Ive grown up in Atlanta (Georgia) and still live here, but travel a ton. I've always been consumed with competitive sports or hobbies my whole life, horse back riding took up the majority of 15+ years.  After a few injuries I had to give up on some things at top levels but still found ways to continue in other areas.  All this happened at about the right time because I had to make some life choices, either keep going with horse back riding or go to college, unfortunately it made that choice easy.

I moved to Athens (UGA), got a double degree - B.S. in psychology, B.A. in biology, and a minor in legal studies. I had planned on going to medical school but opted on getting my masters in clinical psychology and then on to my PhD instead.  Part of the way through grad school my mother had a stroke which left her paralyzed on one side, we also found lung cancer at that time. Needless to say I put my school on hold and moved home to care for her.  When she passed away I remained home to help with things, including my brothers, one had just started college and the other was still in high school.

I started playing poker...hrrmm...I guess about 4+ years ago.  My ex-whatever you want to call him got me into poker.  I was the typical naive person about it and gave him some crap about playing, after over a year of him trying to convince me to play I caved and gave it a go, which turned out surprisingly well!  I deposited $100 and never had to redeposit again. I started out at low stakes full ring limit holdem, ran well...cause lord knows I didnt play good....and moved up fairly quickly.  I made the transition from full ring to 6-max at around 5/10 about 6-8 months in.  I played limit games (mainly holdem) from 15/30 to 200/400 for the majority of the last few years.  At the start of 08 I decided to switch it up a little and play some nl cash, it went well at first but I got bored of it quickly.  Around the same time I started playing more tournaments, I had always played a few here and there but nothing too serious.  In April I went out of the country for a few months (I don't play when I travel) so I didn't fully get into mtts until August or so.  Around October a lot of different "life" things happened which resulted in me having to be home the majority of the time (before I was gone almost half the year) so I figured it would be a good time to give tournaments a spin.  So here I am 7ish months later....


Im not sure if this is going to answer most of the questions I get non stop or just create more of a havoc, but I guess we will see!!