[Wyers]

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You are claiming you played "288K" online hands, before you played your first B&M, which is an hour's drive away. No.

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You're calling him a liar because he hadn't played B&M before? Are you seriously retarded?

I've played 150K+ hands online and haven't played B&M poker since a few short Vegas trips in the late '80s. I can easily see getting to over 300K+ hands without playing B&M poker in my present circumstances. I live within about 30 minutes' drive to two different good-sized rooms (Bay 101 and Lucky Chances) in Northern California.

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It is the truth. I was never much a casino guy and the online game was my first real introduction to poker. I'd gone to the casino with friends to dabble in a little blackjack, but I was always apprehensive about pissing my money away on a game that you can't win. I liked the fact that with poker I had a significant amount of control over my outcome.

I really got into the online game and have spent a significant amount of time working on my game. I guess I was hesitant to play live for fear of embarrassing myself... I didn't realise just how terrible the average casino player could be. Even after I finally mustered up the nerve to head out to the poker room, it was probably and orbit or two before I finally awoke to the reality of live play (terrible players) and shook off my anxieties.