Just a quick reminder to all EuroPoker players that you’ll have another shot on Sunday, May 2nd to grab a $16,000 2010 WSOP Main Event trip package.

Details are in the lobby and remember that plenty of cheaper satellites to the weekly online finals are available, so no matter what size your bankroll is you can find a way to potentially bet, bluff, and check-raise your way to Vegas with Team EuroPoker.

While the rest of you assholes were wearing short trousers as I was at the track betting on horses with money I’d steal from my dad’s wallet whenever the fat bastard passed out drunk on the couch (every night).

I’m what people like to call a degenerate gambler. I like to think the degenerate part is debatable but I do like to gamble. I also like to drink heavily. Often while gambling.

I refuse to acknowledge the term “good bankroll management”. Talk to me about bankroll management and all I hear is the teacher from Peanuts going “Waaah waaah waaaaaahhhhh waaaah wahhhh.”

I’ve lost more money in a single night of gambling than most of you assholes make in an entire year. Won more, too. If I stuck to poker and betting on football I’d be a very rich man. Instead I have this hot and cold relationship with a bitch whore named blackjack that I can’t quite kick.

EuroPoker asked me to blog here because I’m apparently what they call a “high roller”. That’s fancy-talk for “stupid asshole who lost $20K last month playing blackjack at CasinoRoom“.

I look at that last sentence and don’t even know how it’s possible. I mean, here I am dumping stupid amounts of money playing blackjack and some German guy named “makintosh_x” won $15,094 in one spin at Super Lucky Frog? Super Lucky Frog? Are you fucking kidding me?

Apparently they think I have a “unique perspective” to offer to their blog readers, as I play a lot of poker at EuroPoker as well. This is true. If it weren’t for all you donks falling all over yourself handing me money at the PLO tables I might have to get a real job or something.

We’ll see how this “blogging” thing goes. Hopefully I won’t go on Super Lucky Frog tilt too hard and completely blow my bankroll, never to be heard from again. Until then, keep jamming those aces with no redraws on a 9h 10h Jh flop and I’ll keep pocketing more of your sweet, sweet PLO mobneys.

- Charlie

Everyone needs a little laugh now and then when grinding at the tables and having AA cracked by K10 for the third time in a row, and this Phil Ivey Photoshop thread on 2+2 definitely delivers.

Check the thread for all the awesome Photoshops but here are a few of our personal favorites:

One thing you’ll learn about me, if you continue to read this blog, is that I’m a big sucker for psychology. Self help, unconscious mechanisms, psychoanalysis  - you name it. Whatever kind of psychology it is, as long as it’s at least remotely applicable in real life I would love it. Even after a year of studying Property and Finance I still wonder why I didn´t try to get into any good psychology programs. But anyway, here´s todays little motivational quote. Silly stuff like this actually helps me to be consistent with my grind, especially when the cards doesn’t seem to fall my way. Small reminders in the form of post it notes are awesome aswell, but I’ll get back to that in another post.

To get what we’ve never had
we must do
what we’ve never done

Winners are simply willing to do what losers don´t

2010 WSOP satellites are not only running in the EuroPoker lobby, but plenty of your fellow EuroPoker players have already tried to book their Vegas reservations. Congrats to those having a go at it (especially to goto23 who came up just short in a recent finals and finished 2nd), and keep on keeping on. Team EuroPoker will be staying at the luxurious Wynn and soaking in the very best that Sin City has to offer, so there’s never been a better time to take your shot at WSOP glory.

Not only is the Vegas experience priceless, but there’s also a little poker to be played once you get there, and a shot at some serious cash. A few years back at the 2008 WSOP Main Event EuroPoker player UpChitCreek paddled his way to a huge $25,090 payday, so all of the 2010 WSOP qualifiers will have their work cut out for them to see if they can top his result.

UpChitCreek on his way to a $25,090 cash at the 2008 WSOP Main Event

“Pro”

Sounds weird, doesn’t it? I mean, I didn’t really think a couple of harmless homegames would make me end up as a EuroPoker Team Pro. But hey,  I guess I’m in no position to complain.

Actually, I try to look at this whole pro-thing for what it is – a great opportunity. I’m obviously super excited to be a part Team EuroPoker, and I will definitely do my best to represent the site. But really, that doesn’t change who I am or make me better than anyone else.

Even though I play poker for a living, my life isn’t really that spectacular. There are so many misconceptions about being a “pro poker player”.  Many people think that playing poker means being a fearless baller and waking up in a trashed hotel room every morning. That’s wrong. Really wrong. Vegas might be the exception, but I’m leaving that topic for another post.

Anyway, I’m a 22 year old swede who does pretty much the same things most other guys at my age do. I try to keep up with my studies (kind of hard playing poker, trust me), I sometimes drink too much alcohol and I should probably hit the gym a bit more often. I’m also a huge fan of Snowboarding, but other than that I guess I’m pretty much a regular Joe. The only real difference is that my income depends on a deck of cards. Think about it, it´s not really that big of a deal – right?

I currently play here on EuroPoker and you have the best chance of spotting me at any of the highstakes tables under the nickname WalmartBrat. I try to put in most of my hands at NL $5-10 and $10-20, but you might see me sitting at $3-6 when there isn’t enough action. When it comes to $25-50 and $50-100, I do play those limits aswell when there´s value in doing it. The games aren’t running all the time, but I usually get in a couple of thousand hands per month.

Other than playing poker, I love traveling and meeting new people (sounds cheesy, I know). That freedom of being you own boss is actually one of the biggest benefits of playing poker for a living. Being able to choose when, where and how you wanna put in the hours can be great – but also a bit challenging. Some people (yours truly aswell) seem to forget that you still have to grind it out, even though you don’t have a boss breathing down your neck.

I guess that´s all for this time. I´ll try to keep it shorter and more focused the next time

And by the way. For now I won’t reveal my real name in this blog. For those of you who know who I am, I’d appreciate if you respect that. It´s so much easier for me to be totally honest about my life as a poker player if I can do it semi-anonymously.

Laters

Guys and girls, the WSOP 2010 is rapidly approaching. You can read pretty much all about it here. We would like to give a little shout out to those who have been battling away gallantly in the Live Event finals, in the pursuit of that $16,000 WSOP price package.

Let’s here the WSOP roll call for:

goto23
Bodo68
ffokton
nikita251008
unpass
euraser
and the brilliantly named LOLZROYCE

A trip to Vegas with EuroPoker.com as part of TeamEuroPoker will be pretty damn amazing. For a start of we are staying in the Wynn, which despite looking like a massive guitar amplifier is one of the coolest place to stay in the city of sin.

Plus there’s the actual event as well, you have to experience the WSOP once before you die. It is truly mind blowing…

Finally, we have the EuroPoker.com blog up. You can reach us through EuroPokerBlog.com or find us under the main navigation of EuroPoker.com. Sadly we just have English at the moment, but there are other languages to follow!

If you would like to blog for EuroPokerBlog.com simply email us at communications@europoker.com, including “blog” in the subject line.

Watch this space… like this guy: