Jake Abdalla

__NICKNAME__ JLlama

__LOCATION__ Boston, MA, United States

__LINKS__ hendonmob.com

Hi, I'm Jake Abdalla, aka JLlama, and I'm the mixed games specialist here at Upswing.

I played a lot of poker in high school and college, eventually dropping out of UC San Diego in 2006 to play full time. I started with mainly limit hold'em, but dabbled in other formats like SNGs, tournaments, and even dealer's choice with friends for fun.

I grinded for Supernova Elite in 2008, then shifted to quality over quantity in 2009. It was around that time that I moved to Vegas, and shortly after became friend with Doug Polk, Dan Cates (you probably know him as Jungleman), and Ryan Fee.

After Black Friday I got a place with Doug in Vancouver, where I watched him rapidly progress from playing $1/$2 HUNL to $50/$100 HUNL vs top regs. This inspired me to make my own run at HUNL in 2012, and I made the same progression from $1/$2 to $50/$100 in short order (with a little more game selection).

I switched to mixed games in 2013 and quickly moved up to $400/$800. By the end of 2014 I was playing the highest stakes online and beating Phil Ivey heads up, the poker dream.

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