NFL Reid Option: Week 8

by Sammy Reid (SammyReid) Last Updated 2017-10-29 15:30:18 Premium Content Part of the product Core4

Each week, Sammy Reid will break down each position in detail, pinpointing his favorite plays at various salary ranges. Who should we be focusing our core on this week? Read below to find out!

Week 8

I used to sell timeshares.

It was my first job after Black Friday – the day that online poker was shut down by the government. Even though it happened more than six years ago, I remember that day like it was yesterday. It started like any other day: I played a four hour session in the morning, then took a three hour break in the afternoon for lunch and football practice (we took flag football way more seriously than grown men reasonably should). When all that was done, it was time to fire up the computer and get ready for the prime evening session – and that’s when the day became far different than any other. When I logged into the poker client, there were no lobbies, no games filling, no nothing. There was but one thing on my screen: A seizure notice headed by the seals of the FBI and the Department of Justice. My jaw dropped and my heart dove into my stomach; I knew immediately that everything had changed.

I remember that my friends took me out to some restaurant for dinner and drinks that night to try to make me feel better, but it didn’t work. The reality that my career had been stripped away from me was setting in, and even worse, I quite foolishly had a large portion of my net worth tied up on Full Tilt Poker. I spent most of dinner trying to shake the shell-shocked haze that had wrapped itself around me, but I couldn’t. My mind raced with questions: Would I ever be able to play poker again? Would I ever see my money again? Could I be prosecuted for playing? There was only one thing that was clear to me: I had to get a job, stat.