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@lorenshleby

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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
busted day 1 of the main and all i got was this cute ass pic! lolol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
bagged 3.84 million for day 5 bitchhhh
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
steven said some of my tablemates rail were talking shit about my poker today lol. like i’m not a pro i’m just a girl playing poker can u chill plz
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
when i was in the payout line i was waiting by this pro who just won a bracelet this year that i played w/ on day five & he said i played really well n that if i ever sold action he’d buy cus he thinks it’s a good investment 🥹 it made me feel so good and validated lmao
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
having to go back to work as a POKER DEALER next week is going to suck ahahah like i know sooo many ppl are going to be happy for me & supportive but sitting there & having to deal after this experience…lol. & i know mfs will be like “oh u just won money i’m not tipping you” lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
the support i’ve gotten from random ppl in real life who couldn’t care less about poker, or random strangers who had no idea who i am is seriously something else. it’s amazing & has made me very happy. if i haven’t liked or replied to your message, know i appreciate it so much
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Shelby Wells
2 years
reminding myself that just cus i cannot afford to buy myself into a $10,000 tournament does not mean i’m bad at poker and just cus some people can afford to buy themself into a $10,000 tournament does not mean they are good at poker hahah
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
@DougPolkVids lots of things in the media send “horrible” messages, yet the first time i’ve seen you speak about that is when it’s a chance to disparage a woman. tbh i could even be a little empathetic to your argument if this magazine was about promoting health, but it is not.
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
not only did my mom and cousin fly in, but they also made shirts that say “getting funky” ala that one tweet i made LOL
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
wow garret taking the money back is a terrrrrrible look
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
bagged 1.9mil for day 6. super short but i survived lol let’s go. today was bad i played bad i was card dead…tomorrow is going to go better
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
had a little cry LOL i’m rlly proud of myself and happy with 73k but getting this far it’s like u fr start to rlly feel like ur living in a reality where ur may soon have 10 million dollars lol so close yet so far
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
also would like to give another huge huge huge thanks to @NadyaKGB . i obviously wouldn’t have been in this amazing spot without her generosity. even tho i didn’t go as far as i’d have liked, the experience was everything & $73k is a LOT of money for me.
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
officially cashed in my first main event!!! bagged 853k coming back for day 4
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
dwindled down to 430k, EP shoves for 530k i shove w/ 88, big stack calls….A3 & A9. flop whatever. turn A :( RIVER 8 BITCHHHHhhh
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
@LexOPoker it is absolutely not one or the other hahah
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
out :( laddered up & my brain was like “ok time to double” so i opened shoved J7dd from MP w/ tight players in the blinds hoping to just steal, BB wakes up w/ AK. flop QJT turn 7 for a sweat but no luck
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
should i shoot my shot at the $1.6k mystery bounty at wynn tomorrow? lol fr
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Shelby Wells
1 year
i haven’t listened yet so sorry if i sound extra cringey or stupid ok!!!! lmfaooo this is so cool tho i’ve been listening to thinking poker for a long time
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Andrew Brokos
1 year
Shelby Wells @lorenshleby was a humble dealer and poker enthusiast until winning a Main Event seat from a Twitter contest. Now she's made Day 6, cashed for $70K, and played with Negreanu at the feature table. Her story on the latest Thinking Poker Podcast!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
11 months
@ThorntonDeke @arxhiiie @notcapnamerica so gross that they refer to her as his “former girlfriend” in this!!! yea rite!!!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
3.4mil on second break
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
15bb when i come back from dinner break, send all the run good!!!!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
they’re beautiful 🥹 i have never owned anything nice at all, i deserved this ok!! no haters allowed
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
hopefully i can win another giveaway and play next year lmfao
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
have decided i’m definitely setting aside 5k for the main next year and either i try to sell the other 50% orrrr i run good and grind this payout into a proper bankroll to afford a 10k tourney lol i have faith!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
not daniel negreanu being at my table LOL
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
6 years
@whoisluka so you’re saying ppl should just be dicks cause it’s edgy? ppl aren’t socially aware cause it’s cool, they’re socially aware cause there are more streams to absorb knowledge thru than ever before
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
how do so many of u afford to play endless bullets in every single event. u cannot all be winning right????
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
my table draw for tomorrow at first glance seems MUCH much better than today. hopefully i can spin it!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
i literally was probably gonna have to ask my parents for help w/ bills if i came home after missing work for 10 days and didn’t cash anything down here LOL the level of broke…
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Shelby Wells
1 year
this is fr just so embarrassing i cannot believe i played decent all day then in 3 hours of play i go from 140k to 0 with no serious coolers. i cantttttt. i don’t wanna have to go back to work and talk to people about this LOL
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
grind 2/5 for hours, up and down up and down. get frustrated and move to plo, make 1k in like 20 min lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
are any of the poker training sites worth it? which ones do ppl actually recommend?
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
grinded up to 3mil, missed my draws two hands in a row & bluffs got called, down to 700k, then doubled A4 vs AQ. at 1.6 now. also annoying cus if i still had that 3mil i woulda won a niiiiice pot w/ the A4 vs AQ lol
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Shelby Wells
1 year
ppl saying no poker boom but in the last two shifts i’ve dealt i have seen an insane uptick in ppl who have no idea what’s going on, 21 years olds who have never been in a casino, ppl playing for the first time etc. maybe this happens every yr around the main idk lol
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Shelby Wells
1 year
this butt pic popped up in my memories lmao crazy how two yrs ago i was in the best shape of my adult life & still thought i was so fat i wanted to actually off myself -_- when i get back to this i’m savoring it bitch!!!!!!
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Shelby Wells
1 year
hey who needs to cash in the main or mystery bounty when u can min cash the $200 nightly at the orleans. that’s all the honor i need amirite!!!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
i didn’t pack enough clothes lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
on day 6 of the main i told steven “this stage of the tournament separates the good players from the really great players” i couldn’t bust thru this year but i’m gonna put in the work and next year i swear i’m gonna be great ok!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
me: *googles tax evasion*
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
now time for efthymia to take it down!!! let’s goooooo
@MariaHo
Maria Ho
2 years
Thank you @PokerGO for putting Efthymia Litsou on the secondary feature table! One of two #women left with less than 100 players remaining from 8,663 entries. She’s got 12 million in chips and I’m excited to watch her play! Gl to @lorenshleby too! #WSOPMainevent #poker
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
it’s like i keep forgetting i’m playing in the main event lmfao why can’t i find the fucking fold button
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
lol what the fuck is actually happening ahahaha
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
what do i do now lol
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Shelby Wells
5 years
just remembered the time i hung out w/ my ex and he was like “i can’t hang long i have work in an hour” then after we were together awhile he was like “yea i actually don’t have work i just didn’t think i was going to enjoy hanging out with you” LMFAO
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
if i had won this money 7 years ago i’d have quit my job and be on a one way flight to like argentina or something. i miss the old me tbh lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
i’m pretending like i’m in a brand new 600 person tournament and 80 spots pay. lmfao
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Shelby Wells
1 year
i rlly would love to like, record myself playing an online tournament so i can talk through my thought process every hand & have someone very good watch it to tell me what i need to work on, what concepts i’m applying improperly, etc. cus i don’t know what i don’t know lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
@JohnnieVibes @GmanPoker @DGAFPokerPlayer the report provides zero new info and many of the interactions referenced are weak arguments/misleading. one timestamp referencing them mouthing to each other, which does look absolutely sketchy, was confirmed by feldman as rip alerting robbi that she needing to go talk to nick
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
doubled AQ vs 66, 1.5 mil
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
not me watching 30 seconds of the stream and the comments immediately making me cry LOL
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
decided to shoot my shot and play 5/10 for the first time EVER!!l! first hand i run QQ into 99 on T98 lol
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Shelby Wells
2 years
had one of those sessions where i’m just driving home in silence pondering my life choices lmfaoooo
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
5 months
ugh it’s depressing everyone keeps asking me if i’m playing the main this year. i wish!!! just cus i won 70k one time doesn’t mean i can afford a 10k tournament in perpetuity lmfaooo. and i did so poorly last year i feel awkward trying to sell action…sattys here i come!!!
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Shelby Wells
2 years
lmfao ok so the good news is i’m above 4mil, the bad news is i had a monster hand and thought i was shuffling 25ks and put out 2chips, but it was actually 100ks so everyone snap folds.
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
my goal is i’m losing 50lbs by the 4th of july ok i can do it!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
8 months
one thing about me is if i get my photo taken while playing poker, i *will* be wearing this fairdale crewneck lmfaooo it’s my poker uniform ok
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
also yes i did indeed post a photo of myself holding the brick of cash like a phone. i simply had to
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 month
hey!! i’m 30 today! what the fuck!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
also would like to apologize to in n out, i have talked shit on your establishment saying it looked overrated and below average but after having it for the first time in vegas i must say it was quite an enjoyable meal!!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
i think my #1 poker pet peeve is when someone scoops a pot vs you, and as they are raking in your chips they say “nice hand”…??????????? not nice hand! i lost?! why would u say that?! lmfao. this happens way more frequently than i could’ve ever anticipated
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
how do you become part of a stable like ugh i want to be backed and play poker for a living!! believe in me like i believe in myself!!!!! lmfao
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
i’m only capable of playing good poker for like 4 hrs max idk how mfs play all night lmfao
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Shelby Wells
2 years
with the field finally combined, i’m going into day three 26th in chips. 2,993 entrants left out of 8,663 with 1,300 making the money. hopefully i can keep the run good going! 🍀🤞🏼
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Shelby Wells
1 year
you all the most embarassing thing just happened i tried getting into a tesla uber and couldn’t open the door LOLL poor ppl problems
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
what does your thought process look like when deciding to leave a game? my problem is i am very competitive and my brain immediately goes to “i am winning every dollar on this table” and that strategy is not the most productive lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
i kind of want to go to florida for SHRPO, sell like 90% of my action so i can play a SHIT TON and put in volume to get experience, and stay for like the whole month lol. if that doesn’t work i am 100% at least going down for event 1 tho!!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
i had to many blinds to be shoving w/ that but my hands moved fast than my brain lmfao ugh so annoying i can’t believe i did that :(((( i’m used to tourneys where 13bb is danger zone lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
not me bringing $300 downstairs to try to deposit it but instead being a degenerate, playing SLOTS, and hitting for 5k lmfao
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
make casinos cold again!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
you all i *really* do not want to go to work tonight ugh lol i wish i had like one or two more days off. alas, life moves on lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
the good thing about being a woman at a new table is that i can p much 3b w/ impunity until some funky shit gets to showdown lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
another double
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
4 months
i was so cuteeeeee um if i’m not skinny by 2025 i’m driving off a bridge ok i mean it this time lmfao
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Shelby Wells
1 year
i’ve said this before but i’ll say it again…if a million tweets of me entering poker giveaways pop up on ur timeline…mind ur dam business and look away!!!!! lmfaooo. it hurts my ego & feels cringe but i simply cannot resist
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
thinking about how this guy i used to play poker with that was always super nice but also super odd was arrested for impersonating a police officer and pulling a woman over like ummmm that’s some serial killer type shit???
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
can’t wait til i get to a point where i can go back and watch this years main and not feel visceral pain ahaha lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
8 months
wore MAKEUP makeup to work today like who tf am i lolol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
sorry y’all i’ll be done posting about poker for awhile ok it’s just been a bit of a *thing* in my life at the moment!!!!! lmao
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
do u all wanna see the bags i got yes i said bags i couldn’t resist but after this i am 100% done with absurd purchases ok? i was planning on putting a few thousand on 2nd 12 in roulette as my little splurge gamble lol so i was like ok instead of that i’ll get myself another bag!
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Shelby Wells
1 year
yea theoretically poker is way more +EV than slots but some people are so bad it is effectively the same, no? and can be even more dangerous cus ppl delude themselves into thinking it’s just variance/they’re better than they are?
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Shelby Wells
1 year
y’all remember when i was 19 w/ a drinking problem & got arrested twice in one summer lmao. one of which was for being blackout drunk, walking into a strangers house at iu for lil 5, and i woke up handcuffed to a gurney at the hospital!? lmao. i thought my life was OVERRRR
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
me w/ like 62 cents in my account: it’s only $80k smh what is this dude thinking about make the call 🙄 lmfao
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
not my mom sending me “i don’t even fold my laundry” hoodies asking which one i want ahaha
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
148,100 on second break of 777 coming back to 1k/1.5k
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
i hope to be in a position at some point to do the same and pay it forward one day!
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Shelby Wells
2 years
@LexOPoker she thought he was bluffing, felt bullied, and wanted to beat him. *lots* of rec players have the thought process on a binary of bluffing vs not bluffing without considering that they still can’t beat bluffs
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
yes i made one stupid purchase and bought a fendi bag. sue me!!!! i’ll be responsible tomorrow ok
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Shelby Wells
3 months
just got a $500 bounty in this $2.50 tournament hell yea lmfaooo
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Shelby Wells
10 months
i’ve said this before but how do i get into poker journalism!!! i’m a great writer. i’m smart & well spoken. relatively knowledgeable about poker itself & the drama/characters/controversies. i’m getting tired of dealing lol shhh don’t tell anyone. someone hire me!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
i feel like playing some plo tonight lmao
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
so i think i changed my mind and am gonna play the main lol. gonna gauge interest and see if i can sell enough— selling 50%, no markup, 3% min, dm if you’re interested! i got 97th last year, haven’t done much since then but who doesn’t love a good gamble ok lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
sick af
@PokerGO
PokerGO
1 year
So that's how you become a Main Event Champ. (cc: @RyanRiess1 )
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
got back home at 7am this morning, me and steven went to waffle house then slept until like 4pm lol. and now all i’m thinkin is…i want to play more poker lol
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Shelby Wells
1 year
ok flight and hotel booked for vegas yayyy it feels real now lol
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Shelby Wells
2 years
literally first 2 hands at plo i 5x my stack and make back what i was stuck at 5/10 ahaha
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Shelby Wells
1 year
ummmm hey did u all know today is my birthday? yea. it’s my birthday!!!
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Shelby Wells
2 years
then very next hand im so discombobulated by that fuck up, that i see the sb fold and muck my bb (with a very good hand) not seeing there was a limp in mp. ughhhhh lol. it’s embarassing!!! i’m embarrassed!!!!!!
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
1 year
the respect i have for people who have many twitter followers and still post unhinged af…i got two thousands followers and i’m like great i can’t post like a fucking freak anymore lol
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@lorenshleby
Shelby Wells
2 years
officially over a mil in the main event 😎
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