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Originally Posted by Riverman
Partypoker 2004 NEVER FORGET
My first real money session was on PP in 2003 or 2004. I sat at ONE .50/1.00 10-hand limit holdem table with probably $10 in my stack (lol). In something like 90 minutes I was up $72. And, in hindsight, I had very little clue of what I was doing. Especially wrt limit poker. I remember I logged off and went to Home Depot that night with my girlfriend and was just gaga over the thought of how much money I could make doing this **** in my spare time. So I bought a riding lawnmower. Just kidding.
Cut to years later and, while I ended up being a profitable online player, it was nowhere near what I had projected based on that first session. Basically a lot of wasted hours on the weekend grinding 6 table or whatever for barely better than breakeven results. Or I'd be up and go up in limit then lose it all. Or drink and get in chat fights and donk it off in HUNL matches to better opponents. Once my profitability plumetted (compared to my real job hourly rate) I basically dropped to micros on FT and played an hour or so when I was bored or needed some mental stimulation. Or I'd rail Dwan v. Ivey or whatever at the nosebleeds.