The Grinder

I'm Teddy, a career grinder. For those of you unsure of what a grinder is, I play cards for a living. You won't see me on ESPN playing at the World Series of Poker, but on the back alley streets of clubs you won't find in the yelow pages everyone knows me.

The game in question is no limit texas hold em, the cadilac of poker, and the last true card game left. I've spent the last six years of my life grinding it out, never sinking myself, and making enough money to live in a pretty good upscale apartment in New York, and even pay my way through college.

The luxury of the game however does come with it's downside, I pissed away more liquor than I care to remember and a wife and a few girlfriends along the way. And needless to say, my parents and my sister Laura don't exactly approve and haven't talked to me in years.

I'm 6'1" about 185 lbs and pretty athletic, the only way to work off the stress of dropping $30'000 in one night is to hit the gym hard and I've been doing that for a long time now.

I've been on a hot streak lately and racked up a little of $160'000 in the past two weeks. I've got a game tonight at the Asian club with a couple rich flounders and hopefully I can get the money I need for a much needed vacation.