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Play a little online poker, but don’t think you’ll make it to the big time?

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These inspiring success stories just might change your mind. They show how through hard work and dedication success is possible - even when the obstacles life throws at you get in the way.

From giving it all up to pursue poker full-time to a surprise win for a 19-year-old, these stories show how with the right mindset some of the world’s best players have beat the odds – at tables both on and offline.

Andrew Badecker

Andrew started playing poker the same way most people do – socially, with friends. After winning fairly consistently, he decided to start playing online.

It was an important learning experience that provided Andrew with a reality check. In his own words, he “got his butt kicked”.

But his passion for poker grew and his skills developed through hard study and persistence. For a time, he was splitting his time between his studies, working a part-time job and playing as much poker online as he could.

It was a major win that changed everything. After making $7,000 in one evening, he decided to give up his job and studies to pursue poker as a full-time career.

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His parents didn’t approve, going so far as to throw him out of the house. But Andrew continued to play online.

In 2010 Andrew’s poker career took off when he earned close to $70,000 across seven tournaments. His 2011 winnings alone were in excess of $800,000.

Sold out! Thanks to all who invested and believe in me. And a special thanks to all the doubters. Looking forward to punishing you.

— Andrew Badecker (@Andrewbadecker) 5 July 2017

Continued success not only bolstered Andrew’s finances, but helped his parents understand his potential and love of the game; they welcomed their poker star son home soon after.

Today, Andrew continues to dominate the online poker circuit, having racked up a total of $1,933,180 in winnings as of May 2019.

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Annette Obrestad

If you’re looking for a rocket ride to poker stardom, look no further than Annette Obrestad.

Having begun playing poker at a young age, Annette developed her bankroll by winning freeroll tournaments, playing online tables consistently and honing her skills under the online pseudonym ‘Annette_15’.

Her winnings were astounding: between September 2006 and February 2007 alone, she managed to win a total of $836,000.

Her talent and self-confidence were also developing rapidly. In July 2007, she won a $4 buy-in, 180-person competition, during which she claimed to have looked at her cards only once - proving how important it is to play your position well and pay attention to the other players at the table.

Later in September 2007, her career exploded in a major way when she broke two world records in one competition. Winning the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event the day before her 19th birthday netted her £1,000,000, the highest-ever recorded pay-out to a female player.

The win also made her the youngest person ever to win a World Series of Poker bracelet.

Tom Dwan

Tom Dwan is another great example of online poker amateur-to-pro success, thanks to his intense study of the game.

He began playing poker in 2004 with only a $50 bankroll, then took the plunge and dropped out of college to become a full-time poker player at just 17.

His career started slowly. But after four years building his experience, he had won over $5.4 million and was a major name in high stakes poker - proof of how sticking with it can lead to major success.

Just bought in to my first tournament at the wsop in quite a long time.
Gonna try and win — Tom Dwan (@TomDwan) 26 June 2019

Tom’s ability to see losses within the bigger picture was important. For example, before the 2007 World Poker Championships, Dwan claimed to have lost $2 million of his $3 million bankroll but recovered within a year.

Tom’s attitude towards risk is also illustrated by his so-called ‘Million Dollar Challenge’.

Dwan bet any online poker player that after 50,000 games he would be ahead. If he was, his opponent had to pay $500,000. If Dwan himself was behind, he agreed to his pay is opponent $1.5 million.

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The challenge later expanded into what was called the ‘Durrr Million Dollar Challenge’ (named after Dwan’s online username), a 500-hand live heads-up tournament.

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Poker players are well-known for being a little crazy. Most people think it is just money they are crazy with but I think we will all admit the lifestyle and stories are outstanding. I have been entertaining myself reading some of the funniest poker stories posted online and remembering some of my own experiences. I trust and I hope that these stories are honest and I think they are. I just hope I do them justice because there is limited space.

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Here are my favorite funny poker stories. The last one is my own, which happened to me some years ago and was so funny I’ve never forgotten it and I am sure I never will.

For FedEx Sake!

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This one is funny to me and I laughed when I read it. It is a bit of the butterfly effect, and when you ponder it, you will find your mind realizing how crazy life can be. Here goes. In 1973, FedEx was not the multi-billion dollar company it is today. It was in deep trouble, and the company was down to its final $5,000 in the bank with a $24,000 fuel bill staring owner Fred Smith in the face. Fred decided to go down in style, heading to Vegas with his final $5,000 and gambling it (as you do!). He hit a timely run of cards, turning $5,000 into $27,000 and saving the company. Over 40 years later, FedEx has grown into the huge company it is today, giving Fred a personal net worth of over $2 billion. Just think about that for a moment! I wonder if he tipped the dealer that night?


Know Your Left From Your Right

In a small buy-in tournament in the USA, a young man was holding a short stack and staring elimination in the face. He had his hole cards in one hand and his few remaining chips in the other. He looks at his cards and stops to think for a moment and then throws his chips into the middle announcing “fold” as he does so. The dealer says “But you threw your chips into the pot?” to which the player sits for a moment then swears. It transpires he had forgotten which hand his chips were in and meant to throw away his other hand (his hole cards) rather than his last few chips. Unfortunately the poker Gods did not spare him and he busted out of the tournament. At least it appears he would have made a good decision to fold before the bad decision to “muck” his chips!

Celebrate Wisely

This story is funny, but only because it didn’t happen to me! User Laez posted this on Reddit and it was so funny I actually laughed out loud, rather than just “internet laughing”, which for me is just to smile. Over to Laez.

“A friend of mine had been running pretty bad and was on his last $300 at 1/2. He runs it up to about $800. He's feeling lucky so he moves to 2/5 with $500 with $300 to retreat to 1/2 if it doesn't work out. . Shorty after getting a seat he finds himself with KK. He limp 3 bets. Gets 4 bet shoved on by another limper and the original raiser calls. He tanks forever. Says he knows one of them has AA. Calls anyway. Both have AA. He binks a K on the flop. Triples up.

He is super stoked. Decides to celebrate by going to his favorite hooker who lives in another state an hour away. So after celebrating his luck with this hooker she asks him for a ride to another motel. This next motel is a police sting. They arrest him. Then he finds out that the hooker told them that he was her pimp. She said that he beats her, takes her money and that he is the one that posts the ads on Craigslist. They charge him with dozens of charges and tell him he could get 15 years in prison. He uses his phone call to call the poker room. We go bail him out the next day. When he comes out he says thanks but nothing else. Obviously didn't sleep that night. It's quiet in the car for like 15 minutes. And then out of nowhere he says. 'I should have folded those Kings.';

Tremendous. He should definitely have folded those kings but the true humor in this story is that he is blissfully unaware of the odd activities he undertook that led to him being arrested. I hope the hooker in question is no longer his favorite, I’m not sure she deserves it anymore.


Never Teach People to Play Poker

This story happened to me and is 100% true. My friend knew of my interest in poker and had railed me one evening when I had done quite well in a low stakes MTT and had won $50. He thought this was fantastic and said he had always fancied learning to play poker and begged me to teach him. I eventually agreed and as I have a set of chips and cards we set about playing one evening. After a painful hour or two teaching him the rules he still didn’t seem to get it so we began to play a little heads up with a view of learning as we encountered different spots. It was not difficult to beat him at first as he called everything and if I had a hand I was usually ahead.

Then suddenly we got to the flop and he raises instead of calling. “You’re raising?” I said, impressed he remembered how to do it. “Yes.” he said, looking rather excited. “We need to work on your poker face.” I said. We got to showdown. I had two pair and pure morbid curiosity had gotten me this far as he had bet every street. I showed my two pair. “Can you beat this?” I asked? “Yes.” He said, turning over his cards. “A red flush.” “A what?” I said. “A red flush.” He said, like I was the fool. And there it was. Three hearts and two diamonds. “Nice hand.” I said. He looked so happy I couldn’t break it to him, but we have a laugh about it now. He turned out to be a pretty good poker player once he got to grips with the game. Don’t forget, we all start somewhere!