I play 3-5 times a week and a handful of PDGA tournaments a year.

Why do major bass tournaments circits have events during this time of year?

I was on a travel team where we played tournaments and made it up to the semi-pro level of competition.

Did you travel throughout (and possibly outside) the US entering tournaments and playing cash games?

For a year or two during the poker boom, I did the big tournament circuit and made a couple TV appearances (including my worst moment -- coming within one card of winning a World Series of Poker bracelet and then losing to the guy who became the youngest World Series of Poker bracelet winner ever at the time)...

I just got my application for IDPA as well so I'll probably see Mike at a tournament at some point.

i like this part of real estate that makes me feel like i'm in a chess tournament, or something.

My wife is a corporate mucky-muck with a Trust Company and not only was me being gone so much a strain on her, but I wanted to be here for my kid’s baseball games, soccer game, volleyball tournaments etc., so I jumped out in 2012.

My specialty is No Limit holdem and mostly play cash games, but I play some tournaments as well.Grew up in Peru and moved to the States at 16.

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