When I finished college, I survived by grinding limit hold'em at thelowest levels that you could imagine. But eventually it got sodepressing that a job dealing at The Gunshot.

Then I met the guys atblondepoker and started reporting on live tournaments for them. Fromthere I just met a whole bunch of people.

I spent every penny I had at the time on entering the Green Joker Poker Festival main event in Ireland, and then realised I didn’t have enough money for a flight or hotel.

I ended up sharing a room in a B&B that had no hot water and a car alarm going off outside the building all night.