My name is Craig Gray, and I first started playing poker for a living when I was 18 at a local casino making $100 a day in $3/$6 limit holdem. I then made the transition to online and decided that it was much more profitable for me to play online than live. It took me about 2 yrs to start winning consistently. I first started with $11 sit and goes and worked my way up to $200 single table sit and goes on party poker playing 4 at a time as Crazyskills. My flaw all throughout my poker career was bankroll management however and many times I dropped my bankroll gambling on other things besides poker. After years of doing the same thing I finally got over that hump and now control myself very well.
After bouncing around between cash games, tournaments, and sit and goes I now am enjoy playing all. I think that cash games are the most profitable for daily games, but the NL holdem games online have become extreme tough lately so sometimes I elect to go the easy route and play sit and goes. Also, as most know this has been my best year by far in tournaments, so I play a lot of tournament on pokerstars to try and uphold my ranking. Would like to say thank you to my twin JasonGray and to BigEgypt and to all those that have helped refine my tournament game. ( Octavian_c, apestyles, gigabet ….the list goes on and on)

My keys to success have been taking poker very seriously. I read over 23 books on poker, watched every tv show and video I could get my hands on, and surrounded myself around others that were trying just as hard as I was to become one of the best. Also, whenever I play a hand I always try and guess my opponents hands. Another thing I do is even when I win a pot I question myself. I think “hmm I won 5000 chips on that pot, how could I have won more”? Never be satisfied with being good, always strive to be great. My biggest accomplishments’ so far has been winning a televised tournament caled “ultimate poker challenge”. Also have won a handfull of live tournaments for $30,000 to $50,000. Also online I have had winning days of $20,000 to $100,000. My deepest cash in the WSOP so far has been 20th and 22nd, hoping this year that changes. I hope this lets yall get a better feel for myself and if you have any additional questions feel free to ask anytime.

Online names:

PokerStars: “MrCasino”
FullTiltPoker: “MrsESPN”
UltimateBet: “LadySkills”