ONE TIME!!

I was taking a smoke break outside at work today (yes, I smoke Black n Mild’s) when a co worker friend joined me. After a small chit chat with pleasantries and commenting on how overload work and short pay tirades a small pause.

I comment to her, “Man.... Just ONE TIME!” she instantly knew what I meant by that comment. She knows I’m an avid poker enthusiast and have dreams of one day winning a big one (a big money Score).

To my surprised she asked me in a very straight and direct way (not rude).

What would you do if you won?

Hmmmmmm.......

Just like 95% of all low buy in poker players all of them have those dreams of becoming a high roller the big high stakes player ….To becoming a PRO!
Well we all have this dream and I’m also one of those people.

To answer her question I mention a new poker show that’s on TV called “Face the Ace”.
They have online qualifiers tournaments that I had mention to her that I have been playing.
I explained to her if I happen to win a spot on the show.
I would have a shot of three big money prizes. 
I went further to explain that on the show I would have to beat out 3 professional poker pros in order to win certain amounts of money. 

Beat the 1st pro win: 40k

Beat the 2nd pro win: 200k

Beat the 3rd pro win; 1 million

So I broke it down to her like this.

First off it would be a miracle that I could win a spot on this show. Not because I don’t consider myself a good player or believe in my poker skills. It’s simply because the amount of people trying to win a spot on this show online.
Just even trying to register online for a shot to the qualifiers is a hit or miss.
If any of you ever tried to just register for the two tournaments that run every 5-10 minutes they fill up so fast, within 1-2 seconds (no joke) don’t believe me?
Go check it out yourself on full tilt. You’ll quickly see that I’m not exaggerating.

Anyway going back, winning the prizes, I broke it down to her like this:

40k Win: After deciding whether to keep the 40k or go on and try for the 200k.
Keep the 40k, I would pay off some small backed up bills and keep my job. Pad a bankroll and try to grind my way up (brick and mortar not online). The road to becoming a pro a decent starting bankroll of like (10-20k) would be an excellent start in my opinion.

Grinding the low stakes cash games and working your way up with good money management of course. This would also help me get my one here to the USA. (Some my know what I mean by my the one, but only the people that are really close to me might understand what I’m talking about in reference to the one).

200k Win: After deciding whether to keep the 200k or go for the million.

Keep the 200k things would change. I would have to come to the decision of which most likely would be to quit my job here and I would move to Vegas and work par time their. While making poker my 2nd part time gig.
Help my family out and take care of my kids finically while also speeding the process of getting my one here in the USA.

1 Million Win: This would defiantly be a life changer.

This would be the ultimate goal to achieve.

I would no doubt make Vegas my new residence. Again do whatever it takes to make my family comfortable. No doubts have my one here in the USA. And I make poker my fulltime gig.

I would love to do the poker tours to play out of county tournaments.
To conclude: Though I don’t play as much poker as I did back in the days. I still have the dreams and love for the game and the will to make it big.

All I need is just…………………………………..ONE TIME

MiamiMackk