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About the Author

Curtis Mayfield III

Curtis Mayfield III is a freelance poker writer with several years of online and live experience.

He is also the son of R&B superstar Curtis Mayfield. As a player Curtis excels in all forms of poker and prefers No Limit Deep Stacks tournaments.

Curtis is author of the Do or Die Poker blog

He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and 2 daughters.

Favorite Quote: “In order to live, you must be willing to die!” –Amir Vahedi

Home Games and Good Times

Playing in a home game can be a whole lot of fun. The players are generally very familiar with each other and in many cases known each other for years. The conversations range from politics to sports and back again but the action is always fun. There is something very satisfying about sitting around with a bunch of friends playing poker. Of all the competitive environments I have had the pleasure to participate in this by far ranks the highest. Not because you are playing against pros or it's the NFL. It ranks the highest because these are the same guys you have competed against all of your life and loved every minute of it. For most of us it is from grade school to college. For some it went all the way into major league baseball and the NFL.

No matter where you come from or what your background poker is the great equalizer. Anyone can compete and when a bunch of your friends are there you know it's going to be plenty of action and egos involved. Try a home game sometime, you will love it!

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