22/07/2024
AceHigh Spotlight: Regulator's Poker Journey"
Hello, AceHighRadio community! Today, we are thrilled to spotlight one of our most fantastic players and respected members, Regulator. Both on and off the poker tables, he embodies the true spirit of our community with his skill, camaraderie, and resilience. We are honored to hear his incredible journey, filled with challenges and triumphs. Regulator, thank you for sharing your story with us. We're proud to have you as part of the AceHighRadio family!
Hello, my poker degenz! It's your friendly neighborhood REGULATOR here, and I'm here to tell my poker bio-history.
I am 53 years young and love to play tournament NLH poker and PLO/BigO cash tables. Believe it or not, I never really played cards throughout my life until the poker boom happened about 20 years ago.
One day, a friend asked me to play in his home game with a bunch of friends. I didn't have a clue on how to play, but I grabbed a 12-pack of beer and went anyway. It seemed everyone was trying to explain the game to me at once, and I wasn't sure who to trust or listen to ... imagine that, LOL. After a while, I got lucky and won some hands and thought this game had a lot of similarities to Yahtzee. There was one pair, two pairs, three of a kind (set or trips), no small straights, but the large straight was five numbers in a row, and a full house, quads ... Yahtzee was the royal, I guess ... haha LOL. Anyway, I lost and had a blast and was hooked after that.
So, I began to watch the game on TV a lot, read up on the rules, and played some PartyPoker ... then I was really hooked. I remember going to the library and reading all the poker-related books: Super/System, Barry Greenstein, Chris Ferguson, Chris Moneymaker, etc. I was just sponging in all this info and began to play on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, of course. I was playing 12 hours a day, every day, and it was regular to play 12 or more tables at once ... I'm surprised I didn't have a seizure, LOL.
I was playing Full Tilt Poker one day, and a player told me about Railbirds, and shortly I joined. Railbirds was the best poker community ever, and I enjoyed being a member for years until good 'ole Black Friday happened. After that, I played a lot of home games and played at this place called "The Barn." People from all walks of life, of all ages, played here every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. It was always about 30 people or more, and I learned so much from the live experiences. But soon, life got too busy for poker, and I eventually just stopped playing for maybe a decade.
Without getting too personal, life threw me a curveball at the worst time in my life ... but isn't that life? When it rains, it pours, and it was pouring. I was 47 years old, and I found out way too late (11 months too late) about a blood clot behind my knee and had to have my leg amputated not once but twice (after the first amputation, it got horribly infected). The second amputation was successful, but they had to amputate higher, so I lost my knee. I should have really died so many times I can recall that year that it scares me to remember, but I'll never forget it. Sure, I lost my leg, and life changed forever, but I gained a new life that is so much better and richer now for going through my hardships. All glory to GOD. These were the toughest days of my life.
One day, an old Railbird connected with me on Facebook, good 'ole Downunderdiva, and it wasn't long before we reunited with a lot of old birds on this platform because Railbirds did not exist any longer. It wasn't long before we started playing on a site called 64 Spades. After about playing for 3 or 4 months, everything I learned over the years to current, I put it all together and created my own guidelines to playing "MY" game. It wasn't long before I turned a $50 deposit into just over $2900.00. I was stoked and loved it! 64 Spades didn't have a cashier for almost a year, I think, but a few friends and I always were selling our chips to other players. I loved playing here, and the players as a community were great.
This is where I first joined AceHighRadio and checked out DJ Reemo, Samo, and many other DJs and the players on game nights. I thought it was really cool (and still is to this day) and loved to participate. It was therapeutic for me going through a rough time and helped me get my mind off other things and not get into trouble. Then there was Atlas Poker, same show, different poker site name, and the same POS owner who scammed everyone. BUT that's okay ... all bad always turns to good because it led us to playing on Bluff Shove Poker! Imagine getting quick withdrawals, no more waiting for 2 weeks or longer ... OMG it's fantastic at BSP, and AHR rocks to this day!
I love picking the brains of players, switching gears regularly, and making money! I'm very, very, very competitive and put all skills of poker in motion when I play. I've proven to myself that I can win any leaderboard when I want to, but they are very demanding of your time to do so. I will not tell any successful guidelines to regulating a solid game except there is no replacement for experience, and Lord knows I've paid my dues and still learn always, so get busy losing so someday you can win too, LOL. Everyone learns their own style that suits them, and some recreational players never evolve, which is just fine for me!
A big thank you to Samo, DJ Reemo, CG, Suebee, and all you players who make AHR what it is! AHR ROCKS ALWAYS, and I'll always be playing with all of you ... God Bless and Mount UP!
This is my story, Regulator
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