Chris Ferguson

For of those who continue to follow my escapades, this Chris Ferguson accomplishment online is still one that I deem remarkable. However, I am not giving up. I am of the firm belief that if any one person can accomplish an online poker achievement like that, so can another person. Maybe even another person.The games continue to be a challenge. Playing poker in the lower levels on most sites is incredibly difficult to move forward since the rake is so high in comparison to what you can win and...Read Full Story

Some time ago a friend of mine approached me with a plan. He had read a story about Chris Ferguson and he wanted to try it out. Basically, without investing a penny, Chris Ferguson allegedly went from absolutely nothing online to having twenty thousand dollars. When he hit his 20K goal, he donated it to charity.The way in which he achieved this was by sticking to a few basic rules of bankroll management. First off he would never sit down to any cash game or sit n go with more than 5% of his...Read Full Story

I'm almost a year into an experiment on Full Tilt Poker. I'm attempting to turn $0 into a $10,000 bankroll. With no money to start with, I had no choice but to start out playing Freerolls. Starting out, I'd often manage to win a dollar or two, but I'd quickly get busted and have to start over again. It took some time but, after awhile, I was eventually able to graduate to games that required an actual buy-in.Even today, people don't believe it's really me when I sit down at Full Tilt's small...Read Full Story

"Should I quit my job and play professionally?""Should I drop out of school and just play poker full time?"I get these questions all the time and I always give the same answer: "Unequivocally, absolutely not. No way."Clear enough?If you want to explore being a professional poker player, you have to start out doing it part time. Spend your off hours thinking about poker and studying the game. Read and play and learn.Before you even think about quitting your job to play full time, you should be...Read Full Story

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