how much can you make and misc thoughts

[wacki]

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wrong again. I first played online around 95 or 96

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maybe irc/chat poker with an agreement to settle up later or something? planetpoker opened in 1998, delta poker shortly afterward. those were the first real ones as far as i know. the web was barely used in 1995, i only remember being able to access it through bbses and that was still mostly for usenet.

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Holy cow astro, how old were you when you started playing poker?

[astroglide]

i signed up at delta poker on may 10th, 1999. that was just to loan money to a magic player, but it wasn't too long until i was playing. so 4-5 years, which would make me about 22.

[mosta]

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the web was barely used in 1995, i only remember being able to access it through bbses and that was still mostly for usenet.

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I remember getting on the web in late 94 at graduate school. You could use Lynx, or Mosaic. There were some funny pages out there. I remember a guy with a diary documenting the comings and goings of his idiot upstairs neighbor. May have been the first blog. There was also a Giant Red Button that does Nothing. And there was porn to be found. AFter a few days I said to my friend who turned me on to it--Who cares?--pornography, mostly lame humor, and people will probably start trying to sell things. Well, I was right, that it really wasn't all that, and I was so wrong--ie, did not see the easy money that came from what I thought it would be about.

[snakehead]

I could have been wrong about the year. I first played on coco poker, which was later bought by planet poker. they both used the same software, and the highest game was 5-10. I never thought twice about buying chips with my credit card.

could it have been late 97? I remember the car I was driving then.

[andyfox]

A Rambler?

[Moyer]

The Rambler Wagon. That's a rare car. People would remember selling a car like that...

[Phat Mack]

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The Rambler Wagon. That's a rare car. People would remember selling a car like that...

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He never said he sold it. I heard that he gave it away after beating Caro out of his Yugo.

[PukaPlaya]

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60k in California is damn near poverty level.

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LOL.

If only you weren't right.

[turnipmonster]

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60k in California is damn near poverty level.

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LOL.

If only you weren't right.

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people say the same thing about nyc and it's ridiculous and flat out not true. as if everyone that lives in nyc makes 60k/year or something.

[Mikey]

"Many players are only about half as good as they think they are and I would suspect they probably only make half as much as they could, or would were they truly as good as their impression of themselves."

That is so true. Good post