Alright guys, I figured i'd take my first blog post as a chance to Introduce myself to all of you.

My name is Bryan Pellegrino, I started playing poker (and online poker) when I was 15 and a half, which is almost 8 years ago as im about to turn 23. I've been playing HU SNG almost exclusively for about 4.5-5 years now, and i've been a professional poker player for about 3.5 years.

I am NOT one of those people who just started out immediately successful. I mean I can't say I WASNT, cause before age 17 I was 4 tabling 5/10 NL cash on Stars (which was the highest limit at the time). But I went through alot of swings, alot of tilt, almost busted my roll many many times, dropped back to micros for a few years til early college, etc. I would say ive struggled alot in poker, I had alot of chances early on, and even later (like WSOP 10k HU last year), to have MASSIVE scores in comparison to my bankroll, and unanimously have bricked them everyyy single time :-p. So know that when your listening to me or talking to me or whatever, I am not just someone who deposited, played, shot up to HS and stayed there ever since, it's been a long journey, with alot of trial and error... with an emphasis on the error ;p. I've done about everything you can do wrong in poker, with the exception of playing for my entire bankroll in a single game. I've played in games I shouldnt have played in, games I didnt know how to play well for limits way above me, put in 200+ games in a day when I knew I was playing awful, 4 table grudge matched guys for days who I knew were much better than me, etc., etc. , etc. I've done it all, and feel like ive been through most of it. So again, just keep in mind, I wasnt someone who just 'got there', I feel like i've had to invent everything for myself every step of the way. HOWEVER, to be fair, I feel like that more than anything, has helped me out a TON, and even moreso, helped my ability to teach others, because I found that, specifically because of my own personality, i've had to really define everything that I do, and why I do it, why its good, etc., and I think this more than anything, having an explicit thought process formed on alot of experience makes it alot easier for me to relay my thoughts on a situation than alot of other very successful players that I know.

Anyways, enough of that, you guys can find me playing on both Pokerstars and Full Tilt under PrimordialAA basically every day of the week, usually sitting $220-1k HU SNGs on both, and ocassionally 2ks/5ks.

I don't play a ton of live poker, but at my first WSOP I did alright in the 10k HU, ended up playing Random -> Will 'The Thrill' Fallia -> Adam 'Skilled_Sox' Ewenstein -> Brock 'tsoprano' Parker -> yevgeniy 'bballer88/jovial gent' timoshenko , and then finally Nathan Doudney (semi-random) where I lost a few AI after a 3:1 CL to finish 5-8th. this is my biggest live score to date ($92,580). So I don't play alot of live, but you can find me at some random WPTs and in vegas for the summer for all of the WSOP.

So hrmmm, let's see, what else can I tell you about myself? I did alot of travelling a while ago, I traveled europe a bit, lived in Budapest for a year, lived in France for 6 months, and now finally bought a house in New Hampshire (where im from) although I dont seem to be here often enough, as I have traveled a TON lately. Another fact people find interesting is that i'm married **Shock!!** , I got married when I was 21, to a girl from France, who I met and lived w/in Budapest and then again in France, and now (obv) in the states.

Anyways, pretty random blog, just trying to get as much out about myself early so you guys get a chance to know who your dealing with ;). Feel free to ask any questions about poker, or myself, or my life, or whatever. Also will put some pics below, these are of me, and my two bulldogs, who I'm sure in future blogs you'll see me talk about a ton :).

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