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So far EVERYBODY in the poll won, except me.

I'm suspicious.

Pretty much every big-time poker player will admit to going broke several time during his or her lifetime, especially when they started playing. I don't see how that is consistent with everybody else in the poll here making money from the get-go.

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A poll like this is tricky to make. For instance, what does "first year" mean? Does it mean the first time I played with real $$$ on a poker site? Does it mean the first time I played in a Casino? With my friends? Or is it a subjective point in time where I started to treat poker more seriously?

Not that it mattered for which radio button to check, but I answered this poll according to the last point of view. I lost a couple of $50 buyins on Party in the end of 2003. In April 2004 I decided to give it another go so I bought some books and began lurking this forum. Therefore my poker timeline begins in April 2004 so it'll be one year soon. That said, it doesn't really matter if I count those $50 busts or not - I'm happy with my results anyway.

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