Re: One year ago today, I....
 

1 year ago
i lost all my poker money playing 1/2 6 max (around 1000$)

now i play 5/10 and started learning on 2+2 to improve my game

reading your posts i cant wait for the next year to see what will happen [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Re: One year ago today, I....
 

One Year Ago...
I was losing 40 and 60 every other week at the local indian casino playing 1/2 with the theory: "they're dumb, im smart, i can play any 2 suited and just raise them and ill win money"
I had just deposited 50 into party not knowing anything about poker
Just got SSHE for christmas from another 2+2er and he introduced me to the site

Today
Read thoroughly SSH once and reread/skimmed it about 3-5 times, read (not thorough enough though i think) TOP and HEFAP
I have since logged about 25k hands at .5/1 and 22k of that in 6m since party started those tables
Whored lots of money, but cash out too much, but i still have a decent br for 1/2
Keep taking shots at 1/2 and am getting killed for some reason, i think its cuz of my scared fps play

One Year from now
Hope to be comfortable at 3/6 6m
Thoroughly read TOP and HEFAP
Keep more money in my br so its easier to take shots at higher lvls

Re: One year ago today, I....
 

A year ago:

Was playing 3/6 full ring. Then 10+1 SNGs. NL25, 50 in Feb thru April.

Now:
I'm playing 3/6 6m trying to learn how to get out of my 100bb downswing and continued running poorly. I <3 rakeback.

Re: One year ago today, I....
 

Neat idea.

One year ago ...
Hmmmm, I had never played HE and barely heard of it. I didn't even know the hand rankings.

Six months ago ...
Started with play money NL online.
Read SSHE and HFAP.
Deposited $80 online and played micro NL.
Learned about fluctuations, but I never lost my initial roll.

Today ...
Bankrolled for 2/4 6-max and play a few hours a day.
Own 21 poker books (mostly 2+2 ones). Have read cover to cover 17 of them.
Trying to post as much as I can on here.
Bought PT and PokerAce HUD so I can pwnz.

One year from now ...
Hope to be playing 30/60 or above and have big enough cajones to move to the MHSH forum. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Don't plan to go pro, since I've already just about finished my PhD and have decent jobs ahead of me, but it's a great hobby.

Re: One year ago today, I....
 

These threads are so fun! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

One year ago today I...
... was trying to figure out how to play poker on the 2c/4c tables on Stars.
... was weak-tight. And when I say "weak-tight", I'm not kidding. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
... was unmarried.

Since then, I...
... have built my roll and game up to 1/2 6-max, with another shot at 2/4 coming soon.
... have learned the art of the razor-thin value bet.
... have learned what 'tilt' means and how it can contribute to a losing/break-even stretch.
... got married.

Re: One year ago today, I....
 

Played in 10 dollar home games with highschool friends.

Had heard about online poker from a friend but never had a credit card so I thought it was impossible for me.

Never knew how to play to game.

Today I am playing 1/2 6-max hopefully moving up to 2/4 6-max over my winter break.

Re: One year ago today, I....
 

One year ago:

1.I was playing every single night for 5-6 hours 1/2(6 max.
2. Had a $ 2700 bankroll

Today:

1. I've finally made the jump to 10/20 (6 max)
2. First month I go over $10k in winnings
3. Have saved quite a bit, bought a car and still have a healthy 1000 BB bankroll for 10/20

Next year:

1.I would like to relearn full ring and move up to the Party 30 game

2. Make $120 k and set up a business

Re: One year ago today, I....
 

One year ago today, I...

-played a few $5 and $10 NL home games with my dorm mates
-had signed up for 2+2 the week before
-found out people actually play this game on the internet FOR REAL MONEY!!
-did not know that there was a 'limit' texas hold'em

One Year Later I...

-turned 19 (in Jan) and decided I wanted to try this online and started bonus whoring
-went to the casino a few times, and decided I liked this 'limit' hold'em
-have moved through the levels, and am currently playing 5/10 6m with a 500BB roll, and have made over double that which has helped pay for school

One Year From Now...

-Hopefully 15/30 or 30/60 making 6 figures a year while in college [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: One year ago today, I....
 

<font color="red">One Year Ago Today, I...
- Was playing .5/1 full
- Thought I knew how to play MTTs
- Was afraid of shorthanded play
- Didn't bonus whore or use RB programs
- was a student</font>

<font color="green">Since then, I have...
- accumulated a roll for 2/4SH which I am now playing
- read HOH v1-2 and realised what a weak-tight MTT player i was; best cash - $2100 for a $22 in
- Love shorthanded play, realising it is more lucrative and more fun than full ring grinding
- Rarely play now without clearing a bonus or getting RB. At least, bonuses will be on the agenda till 5/10 minimum.
- Become a social anthropologist, whose dissertation was probably the 4th ever SA paper on poker </font>

<font color="blue"> In One Year, I Hope To...
- be playing 5/10 SH with a view to learning 10/20 SH/full
- start playing $200+15 MTTs, not $20 ones
- understand what limit to begin applying HEFAP concepts
- be the rake

- know what the living hell i should be doing after i graduate (in June!!) </font>

Re: One year ago today, I....
 

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Called down because I thought QKA23 was a straight

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Damn, i went to a one-off cash game in 2000 and their house rules were QKA23 etc. counted. I was surprised, but said nothing.

2 hours later, I'd busted them all out hahahahhaahahahahahaa