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Some thoughts by David Oppenheim on playing poker...- Oppenheim began playing $10/$20 Limit Hold'em when he was 18, making $40k his first year in college.
- Both of Oppenheim's parents were professional poker players to supplement their income while he was growing up.
- Oppenheim did so well in the early days of his poker that soon after leaving school he was playing $300-$600 limit games.
- Oppenheim is a regular in the highest stakes games in L.A. and Las Vegas, often playing in Bobby's Room.
- Oppenheim is a Full Tilt Red Pro.
- Oppenheim is an avid golfer, often prop betting on the course with his high stakes buddies.
- Oppenheim appeared on the Poker After Dark episode 19th hold with Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Gavin Smith, Erick Lindgren and Daniel Negreanu.
- Oppenheim was a regular in the big Larry Flynt Stud games in L.A.
- Oppenheim once went through an incredible stretch in the Flynt game where he lost 12 sessions in a row and $1.8 million.
- Oppenheim played the character Josh Cohen in the 2007 film Lucky You.
“To be a really good cash-game player, you need lots of experience. The best way to put it is that inexperienced players are not very seasoned. Emotionally, they get upset when things go wrong and they do not play the same way they were playing when they first arrived. They need to learn to play their best at all times, even when the cards are going against them.”
"My thing is playing big cash games," said the 20-year veteran of the highest-stakes cash games he could find. "I'm surprised I've even won $1,400,000. I was happy to hear that number. Tournaments just aren't where I focus my attention. For me, poker's about making money, not celebrity and the like. I guess I've stayed away from that because you go with what you know. For me it was always the bottom line and it's clearly more profitable for me to play cash games. It's a different skill set. All the more power to the tournament guys. It's a different skill set and a difficult one. It's just not where I focus my time and energy."
"Poker is a very hard way of making a good living."
Oppenheim videos playing on Poker After Dark and a tour of his new home:
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