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RL First Name:filippo
Age:26
Status: for the first time in a relashionship
Occupation:student of photography, graduated in industrial design
Location: roma, italy
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here): football, playing poker, making photos
Random Fact:
DC member you wish you could meet: wiltontilt, i'm not sure but i think i played him time ago on FT heads up... managed to lose it all i guess

RL First Name: David
Age: 29
Status: Married
Occupation: 5-0
Location: DC
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here): Spain and Turkey are two of my fav places, all kinds of food, english bulldogs, I'd give a lot to be able to dunk!,
Random Fact: I'm Irish and German
DC member you wish you could meet: So many, but Krantz, JT, and Buluga would be awesome to hang out and pick their brains!

Just want to give thanks for all the infomation on here. It was helped me a lot and turned me into a winning player from -2bb/100 to around 5bb/100 at 50nl! I still have a long to go though to reach my goals...

RL First Name: Paul
Age: 48
Status: single I have a 23 year old son who is a great kid
Occupation: I run a laundry business with my brother
Location: Connecticut
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here):
Random Fact: I grew up in Brooklyn, so NY teams, Mets, Rangers, Giants and Knicks hate all the other NY teams I have a ferret named Hermes, I read a lot love the movies my favorite poker game is stud, I also play NL and FL hold'em razz and stud 8 but I play far more stud than anything
DC member you wish you could meet: I'm brand new here so I haven't met anyone yet

RL First Name: Casey
Age: 25
Status: single
Occupation: unemployed :-(
Location: Minnesota
Favorite: Fav. Sports team is the MN. Vikings
Random Fact: I dedicated my whole life pretty much to chess all the way up through about age 20. I didn't learn poker til about 24 years old and now want to rededicate to poker.
DC member you wish you could meet: Dani Ansky. The articles/blogs he wrote about poker are life-changers. I can tell he's a dedicated player, not just by his results. Plus he's a pretty nice dude and would be fun to hang out with.

RL First Name: Juston
Age: 34
Status: Man Whore
Occupation: Construction/Remodeling
Location: Seattle
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here):
-Sports: UFC
-Food: Stir Fry Chicken and Veggies with Brown Rice or Lamb Curry Masala if they run out of chickens
-Music: Drum n Bass

Random Fact: Just took a 1st place finish in a live tournament I didn't feel like playing in but played anyway because I bought my sister in as a Mother Day's present.

DC member you wish you could meet: KRANTZ, Tubasteve, BalugaWhale, Improva. I think sitting down with these 4 and discussing strategy would probably make my head explode.

Another random fact: I've finally made the decision to go for it and play professionally. I've been holding myself back for waaaay too long.

RL First Name: Marcus
Age: 20
Status: Single
Occupation: Studying (echonomics)
Location: Sweden/Stockholm
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here): PUSH in Gothenburg is an awesome nightclub, goes there pretty much ever weekend.
Random Fact: I've won a Swedish Masters in floorball.
DC member you wish you could meet: I dunno. I haven't really been a member for too long so I guess I'll have to say like Whitelime, seems like quite a fun guy.

RL First Name: Dan
Age:36
Status:Single
Occupation: Unemployed wannabe
Location: Sydney, Australia
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here):Sydney Roosters, Veal Schnitzel, Australia ldo, Nth Curl Curl, nah renting but would love a dog if the landlord would let me
Random Fact: I am the Supreme Grand tilt master - my monkey tilt is up there with the best
DC member you wish you could meet:Fender Jaguar and its not even close , followed by Insyder, Bosoxx, Brock - honourable mentions to BW,Jay and Joe Tall

Since i have done 1..... O lol!

Here is mine:

RL First Name: Craig
Age:21
Status:Single
Occupation: Poker player booooo yah!
Location: Maidenhead, UkK
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here):I love swimming and badminton. I also love playing LAN games with my friend...
Random Fact: I have the weirdest and longest last name (and no I wont tell you it )

DC member you wish you could meet: Foxwoodfiends. He seems like a great guy.

Here goes

RL First Name: Steve
Age:30
Status:Single
Occupation: Poker Trader for badbeat.com/semi pro quality inspector ha ha
Location: Durham, Uk
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here)oker, travelling,trance music, 8ball pool.
Random Fact:at the end of the year im going to grab my balls with my hand and say"f*** it im turning pro, and will walk out of the factory gates for the last time " well hopefully.

DC member you wish you could meet: the one and only Krantz, he cracks me up the guy is a star!!

RL First Name: Joacim
Age: 38
Status: Two lovely girls. One is my beautiful 4 month old daughter and the otherone is my wife to be
Occupation: Freelance Musician for a living. I have a hobby rockband called The Mahatmas. http://www.myspace.com/themahatmas1
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here): Laisalven, a river in the north of Sweden where a go fishing at least once a year. Good for da souuul!
Random Fact: I used to be very skilled at karate, very close to black belt, but my dream of becoming a musician led me astray from that path
DC member you wish you could meet: I'm looking forward to the first Live Duckament.

RL First Name: Chanel
Age: 20
Status: In a relationship and going strong
Occupation: Student/Entrepreneur
Location: Chico/San Franciso, Ca depends on the time of year
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here): I love golf and mexican food. When I get the chance I go to the beach and relax. I'm really big on psychology and things that challenge me intellectually.
Random Fact: I was a varsity mountain biker in high school.
DC member you wish you could meet: KRANTZ

Hi guys, I ve been a member for a while but never really active on the forum.

RL First Name: jimmy
Age: 32
Status: living together with my girl, baby should arrive in september
Occupation: process technician and part time micro grinder.
Location: Holland
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here):
Kicboxing, mma and poker obv
Random Fact: getting punched in the head doesnt actually hurt
DC member you wish you could meet:not sure, any hot chicks here?? Nah, just joking, maybe other dutch members?

RL First Name: Lindsay
Age: 19
Status: Single
Occupation: Student
Location: Moscow, Idaho
Stakes you play: Micro FRNL grinder
Favorites: Cubs, Bears, Blackhawks, and Bulls.
Random Fact: Political science major.
DC Members you wish you could meet: The 2M2MM guys.

what's up guys? first post obviously, really excited for what's in store. seems like a good place be.

RL First Name: David
Status: student of theory
Location: Utah, (moved to be closer to the fam, big mistake lol)originally for cali.
Random Fact: i love music theory.

First Name: Rick
Age: 22
Status: living with my girl and computer
Occupation: pokerfreak and full time job
Location: Holland/Netherlands
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here):
Random Fact: poker poker poker, it is my goal and dream to eventually live on poker.
DC member you wish you could meet: I don't know yet, but the couple video's I saw obv made a strong impression on me. And I will learn things about poker for the rest of my life, and it really seemd this was the placve to be.

RL First Name: Jack
Age: 44
Status: have on and off again girlfriend
Occupation: Oilfield construction
Location: Texas
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here):
Dallas Cowboys and Texas A&M sports teams

RL First Name: Jeremiah
Age: 28
Status: Married w/ 1 Boy (Born 05/11/10, Hes just over 2 weeks old)
Occupation: Insurance Claims Representative
Location: St. Louis, MO
Favorite: Sports Team: Dallas Cowboys & Texas Longhorns; Food: Sushi & Thai; Place: Las Vegas
Random Fact: I am a new father who has played poker for several years profitably but has never quite gotten over the hump to a ton of success. I would love to some day be successful enough to play poker full time in order to make my own hours and spend more time with my new son at home.
DC member you wish you could meet: I would love to some day meet up with and pick the brain of alot of the crew. Maybe some year I'll be able to get together with members at the WSOP.

RL First Name: Jon/That loud guy with the beard
Age: 20
Status: My usual response to this question is to laugh.
Occupation: Music tech student, mixed in with guitarist, drinker, homebrewer, critic/author, movie buff and computer nerd. Hopefully poker sometime soon.
Location: West Midlands, England/Hertfordshire, England for Uni.
Favorite: Movies; City of God, Slingblade, Into The Wild , Band; Pearl Jam, Authors; Chuck Palanuik, Michael Connelly, Evan Wright, Charlie Brooker, TV Shows; Lost, South Park, Breaking Bad.
Random Fact: I was mascot for Wolverhampton Wanderers football club (Soccer) when I was about 10. I don't sleep.
DC member you wish you could meet: Balugawhale because I might actually learn something about Poker, Langerz because he has a Pearl Jam avatar and Pearl Jam fans are the best people on Earth, and Tommy Angelo just to see if his voice really sounds like that.

RL First Name: nicky
Age: 40
Status: living
Occupation: IT/WEBSITES/DATABASES SEO SUPPORT ETC ( Just lost my main UK Govt contracts thanks very much, so it looks like poker.
Location: ABERDARE SOUTH WALES UK
Favorite Sports Team,: West Brom lol
Random Fact:I like a lot of cheese.
DC member you wish you could meet: Krantz or BalugaWhale if greed was not an issue both.

RL First Name: James
Age: Forty-... one? Yeah, forty-one.
Status: Married, with a boy nearing 3.
Occupation: IT Support
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Favorite Movie I Love That Most Rational People Hate: Hackers
Random Fact: I found our recently that I look stupid in baseball caps but actually look pretty good with a cowboy hat, much to the amusement and horror of my (Japanese) wife. I may actually buy one during our upcoming trip back to the States, but the trick will be pulling off wearing it in Tokyo.
DC member you wish you could meet: Not sure yet - it would be cool to talk to Joe Tall but I would look forward to meeting any DC members.

Name: Jon
Age: 34
Status: Life Bachelor
Occupation: Builder (of buildings and bankrolls)
Location: Boylston, MA
Favorites: New England sports teams, Crushing souls with cards, hanging with my Border Collie, Bailey, swimming off the shores of Wellfleet Cape Cod, Having a cold beer on the porch during the summertime with my family.
Randomness: Happy Gilmore said it best but I will amend it slightly, "The funny thing is that you've been playing poker your whole life..."

DC Members I'd like to meet: I'd like to buy Joe Tall a cold beer at Fenway during the playoffs, and I'd like to sit in on a Podcast with Bart Hansen.

Status: My usual response to this question is to laugh.

LOL

Name: Josh
Age: 26
Status: Connected (according to my status indicator that is blinking green)
Location: Green Bay, Wees-Cone-Seen (WI)
Favorites: (Movie) The Way of the Gun, (Book) American Gods
Occupation: Writer and Poker Player (neither of which I've been terribly successful at) so I suppose Customer Service would be a better answer.

Random: If I could step into somebody's mind (think The Cell mushed into Being John Malkovich) I would love to step inside of Mike Tyson's; that has to be one messed up place.

Quote: "If you can't win, you have to steal the winner's victory." - The Way of the Gun

Thanks in advance for all the knowledge-stealing I'll be doing and best of luck (skill) to everybody on the felt and off.

Name: Chris
Age: 18
Status: single
Location: Estonia
Favorites: "It" by Stephen King(book)
Occupation: student
Random: I would like to be a flemish rabbit if I had to choose.
Quote/poem: "There never was a Bodhi Tree nor bright mirror standing. Fundamentally, not one things exists. So where is the dust to cling?" Hui-neng

RL First Name: John
Age: 50 ( I think I'm glad I'm not the only old guy here )
Status: Single
Occupation: Maintenance Technician at a TV station
Location: NYC ( Queens )
Favorite (Sports Team, food, place, beach, pet, etc...anything goes here): Beer-Blue Point Toasted Lager, Composer/Player - Tom Harrell, Bass - Fender Precision
Random Fact: I play bass pretty well but could be better if I practiced. I could be alot better at poker! I have brewed beer and roasted coffee.
DC member you wish you could meet: I've had the pleasure of meeting a few DC members and was blown away hearing them talk about poker. So any DC member would be good.

I've been a DC member for 2 1/2 years but this is my first hello.