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Originally Posted by madlex
Not sure why you would exclude people because they started above the smallest stakes as a new player?
There are hundreds of accounts on 2+2 from players who started out with $50 or even free rolls and managed to make a lot of money from that. The vast majority of them don’t post here anymore and most quit playing poker seriously a long time ago.
Reason why I left off small stakes was because if you can afford a to proper bankroll starting at 200nl, while you still did grind your way up, you weren't coming from the bottom so to speak. You could afford to deposit several thousands of dollars. To do that you needed to be in a good financial position to begin with.
Sorry my title doesn't show that intent.
I am talking about the college students working part time, or guys (ladies as well) stuck in dead end jobs that grinded up part time then quit their jobs eventually.
I am sure there are several, probably 100s on 2+2. Just would like to hear others stories and it's pretty hard to use the search function to get the desired results without filtering through 100s of threads (tried it).
The REAL reason I am asking is I am in that situation. I hate my current job and love playing poker. I am a commissioned based sales person in an industry that is trending downward and is in a downswing in sales at the moment. I built a $100 bankroll in to over $6000 last year on a sick micro MTT run and had to withdraw the money for bills in the winter time which sucked so bad. I wish I could of moved up in stakes and kept rolling.
Starting my roll all over at the lowest stakes and looking for inspiration I guess.