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Joshua Ingaldson " Josh " (born June 6, 1987) is a Canadian professional poker player who currently resides in Winnipeg. He plays under the alias "J204" on Full Tilt Poker. Josh is regarded one of the best online Sit N Go players in Canada and you can occasionally see him at Club Regent Casino playing 5/10 NLHD.

Poker
Josh first began playing poker at various charity events across the city. He started when he was about 18 years old and has been pro since 2012. The local games were anywhere from $20-200 per tournament but after a few months he really started getting into the cash games since in his opinion "where all the money was". After playing a few years live at Charity events as well as local casinos, he decided to move to Calgary where there was more opportunity for his success. He regularly flew to Vegas and back to take shots at certain tournaments. He lived in Calgary for about a year and decided to head back home from there.

Online
Things didn't start out very well online for Josh since he wasn't really comfortable playing from home. He also stated the players were much more aggressive online which made the cash games a lot tougher to beat. Not only that, he also felt he was a few years behind a lot of these young pros who initially started learning online. One of the major difficulties was constantly adapting to players while learning to multi-table. A few years of practice and focusing and he found his true niche in the Sit N Go market.

After 50,000 games, Josh maintained an ROI of 7.8% which is a very high percentage for that quantity of games. He still loves to play cash games but his career and focus will always be Sit N Go Tourneys. He preferred the 6 max games over the full ring because he feels there is a lot more skill involved.

Learning
Josh always felt the best way to learn the game of poker is to play. Reading books and talking over hands with friends is always great, but its when you put in the long hours is where you really develop your skill. A lot of his friends and family have asked him to teach them what he knows but its extremely hard since the game of poker is a constant learning experience.

'''" You must truly love to play the game, even through the ups and downs to really consider this as a profession." He always suggests to maintain a very healthy lifestyle and tries to keep poker specifically a business. " Its very easy to get caught up in the game and have it kind of circle your daily life, and maintaining the balance is probably one of the most important things to do....including bankroll management. I have plenty of friends who I truly believe are better skilled than I am, but if you cant handle the swings of poker it will ultimately lead to nonsuccessive outcomes."'''

Winnings
Josh has over $49,500 in career online tournament winnings and continues to play higher stakes. You can find him on twitter at theluxuryguy to see what he is up to next.