Author Archives: ThePokerProneur
Life Before Poker
For as long as I can remember, I have always been a very competitive person. Growing up I participated in many different sports: basketball, football, soccer, tennis, baseball and track. At fifteen I started a LLC called JaRo Promotions, we…
Life Balance and Poker
The profitable player who’s a guppy at life! Burnt out, depressed, over eating and poor diet habits, relationship/marital problems, lack of exercise, no goals, poor financial literacy and poor bankroll management are just a few of the treacherous pitfalls I have seen…
Goal Setting vs Themes
Setting and updating personal goals has been a huge part of my success. I find it helpful to use white boards as well as apps on my phone to keep track of all my goals because It is important to be reminded…
10 Good Times to Float
What does it means to float? The term floating in poker refers to calling a bet on the flop or turn with plans to take away the pot on a later street. 10 Good Times to float. 1. Against a…
Exercise and Nutrition
Exercise and nutrition both play a key role in your short-term and long-term success in poker. At my heaviest I weighed about 194 pounds, now after making some drastic changes to my diet and beginning an exercise routine, I weigh…
Poker Stereotypes
Stereotypes often times hold some truth. The same is true in poker. Poker is a game of imperfect information. I try to use these stereotypes and imperfect information to my advantage. Being that I am black pro poker player I…
Warm up and Cool down
I first stumbled across the concept of warming up and cooling down in the book The Mental Game of Poker by Jared Tendler. Having a solid routine will help you tilt less and have more emotional control at the tables ultimately helping…
Mental game
What is the mental game? The mental game is many things. To sum it up it’s how you handle all the non technical aspects of poker, tilt fear motivation ect.. Jarrod Tendlar has written two books about the mental game….
Physical tells & betting patterns.
I recently played a hand at 2-5 NL where physical tells, betting patterns and meta game played a factor into my decision. This decision led to me winning a pot over 2k. I developed my basic skills from playing online professionally. Betting patterns and…
Bankroll Management $16.67 balloons to $250,000+
I am often asked, “How much money is needed to begin playing poker professionally?”, “What is an adequate bankroll?” Poor bankroll management is the number one reason on my top ten reasons players fail to excel. I started my bank roll with…