After dreaming about it as a kid and thinking about it for years, I’m finally going all in on my poker career. It’s terrifying to pivot my entire identity from entrepreneur to professional poker player. To start from the bottom and shift focus away from things I’ve spent a decade building. But now the desire to win tournaments burns stronger than anything else. I can’t ignore it anymore. And I know I’ll live with deep regret if I don’t give myself the chance to try. So for the next few years, I’m dedicating myself to studying, playing, and seeing how great I can become. To find out if I truly have what it takes to compete at the highest level. To be clear, I’m still running my businesses. And I’m incredibly fortunate to have amazing teams holding things down at Onova, VClub and PokerOS. But I truly believe the greatest growth, for me and for everything I’m building, will come from fully committing to poker. If I’m building a poker community or a poker app, I need to be a player first to fully understand our members. And the more I succeed as a player, the more it will elevate everything we’re creating in poker. Things started rough with two losing trips at EPT Barcelona and @tritononepoker Jeju, but it’s just the beginning. Jeju especially was a memorable trip getting to feel the Triton experience, play on stream, and eat black pork. As I write this, I’m about to play Day 3 of the WSOP Circuit Deerfoot Main Event. I’m chipleading with 10 left, but trying to come in with no expectations. It will be a battle today and I’m not entitled to any results. Today may or may not be my time, and I’m OK with that. All I can do is play my best and keep getting better. Good luck us.
