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About me

The following info shall give you a few more pointers about who I am and what I do ;)

I am born 1984 (hence the 84 in my usual nickname and the blog URL) and from Germany. Originally I studied foreign languages at a business school and never really had any issues with picking up languages at school nor barely had to learn either ... so it was the most logical choice. Now you may ask, why languages? I am not sure if I got a talent for them, but I can learn them much faster as most people and do speak English and French (the written part can be quite annoying though when you don't use it for a while) pretty much fluently. I am still trying to get rid of my German accent, but at times it can be pretty useful ;)

I started playing poker for fun in late 2005 after the first boom for online poker started with Chris Moneymaker (the perfect name and the perfect story) and since than found it more and more interesting. I was fortunate enough to win a live event package through 888 in 2007 and cashed in both my live tourneys back in the days, obviously Sin City was amazing when I was there the first time.I still enjoy to play poker ... but my priorities have slightly changed and I am more thrilled to write about poker and just hit the tables for fun to refresh my mind.

I was working as freelancer for translations and marketing in the past and got a job as admin for a social and online poker community. I do enjoy my job, even though it can be pretty tough, frustrating and overwhelming at times ... . However it does give me the opportunity to combine my hobby with my work and the "German blood" as well as the ability to work under pressure helps to get almost everything sorted out. Besides that I am also working as freelancing blogger for live event coverages and work bot for different projects such as the Mega Poker Series.

Right now I am not 100% sure where I will go in the near future, but I always seen myself as European rather than German ... I was at the UK a few times and also spent half a year at France during an internship. Moving to an English speaking country in the next few years is definitely an option, even though nothing is sorted out yet and also depends on other personal priorities if you know what I mean ;).

If anyone is interested in networking or a business contact, just leave me an email at zedmaster84@gmail[dot]com

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello,

I have browsed through your blog and really appreciate your professional journey so far, Wishing you luck at table and for your work !!

patti brennan said...

gl in all of your pursuits young man..... i am having many problems with the internet/facebook due to my inqusitive nature..... perhaps an alternative vehicle would be nice in the future... but i suppose that is dreaming. what do you think? patti