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Kurt Stein (tigerbalm)

Age: 27

Site of Choice: Pokerstars (Gold Star)

Occupation: Limo driver 3/4 of the time.

SitnGoGrinders How long have you been playing poker - how did you get started?
I learned NLHE in 2001 from college roommates, one of whom bought Sklansky's Hold'em. I began playing for play chips on line shortly thereafter. Won some sort of freeroll or bonus for $20.00 and then never looked back.
SitnGoGrinders What are your ambitions?
To win seats to major events in far off places.
Might as well Final Table while I'm there.
SitnGoGrinders What made you specilaize in the area that you have?
I play turbos for the time factor, more specifically, I like turbos because they force players to either gamble or be pecked down to nothing by the blinds.
SitnGoGrinders How much do you expect to earn by playing professionally?
That is a really tough question: I'd hope to scrape together at least 3k per month if I'm playing regularly and seriously, and I'd hope that most months would be better, but I hate to count chickens whilst they're still eggs. I don't know, that's a tough question. I think my $5/game profit on Sharkscope gives some indication of what is possible, but I hesitate to speculate.
SitnGoGrinders Whats your HW setup for playing??
  I use a laptop and a secondary 20" monitor, leaving the PS lobby on the laptop screen, leaving the monitor free to support 12 tables tiled.
SitnGoGrinders Tell us something about yourself?

Living and raised in central New Jersey, graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 2004, Married, no kids, 1 dog, 1 chinchilla, whose name is Bunny.
You can find Kurt's blog here.