Interview with pavels4444
Charles Hawk: When you started playing poker and how you discover/was introduced to it? Tell me about the main turning point between playing recreationally and becoming pro who earns money regularly?
pavels4444: I started playing towards the end of high school with my friends. It was around that time when I discovered online poker. I deposited $10 and played for fun in my first year of university while managing to win a few hundred $ in various games. Later I discovered Heads-Up SNGs and really liked the game. I decided to study the game more and earn money in summer playing poker instead of taking some random summer job. My parents thought I was crazy, fortunately it all worked out in the end. I bought a book “The Mathematics of Poker” and subscription to husng.com (especially enjoyed mersenneary’s videos) and began playing 7s Turbos on Stars. I had okay results, moved up conservatively to 30s by the end of 2011 despite running a lot below EV. That completely changed in 2012. I switched to the hyper-turbo format, started at 15s, and managed to earn $5k and move up to 60s within the first month. Yes, I ran like god
