One year ago today, I...

One year ago:

-I was a marginal winner at 2/4
-I was 4 tabling with ridiculous overlap on a 15 inch monitor
-I never posted anything useful on 2+2

Today:

-I am a marginal winner at the 22s
-I am 4 tabling with no overlap on a 2001FP
-I still haven't posted anything useful on 2+2

[Dr_Jeckyl_00]

One year ago:
-I started playing on-line poker
-I read 4 Sklansky books and thought I was a good poker player
-I thought I needed to play the higher buy-ins b/c the players at the lower buy-in sucked out too much
-I thought a bubble was a pocket of air that surfaces when I fart in the bath tub
-I thought I played tight playing Sklansky hands, but I guess I was as tight as a woman that just gave birth
-I thought I would only make one small deposit on-line and then I would be raking the money in... I deposited way more than I ever expected (but have recovered half!)
-I did not know about 2+2 even though it was on the back cover of each of the books I read... twice!

Today:
-I consider my self an ok to good poker player, but I still have a lot to learn
-I mostly read 2+2, but have also read HOH v1 and have HOH v2 ready to go
-I still play a buy-in that I am probably not ready for, although I have been winning for a short while
-I try not to pop bubbles
-I am as tight as a college girl
-I have not made a deposit since August and I hope to make a withdrawal so that I am officially break even by the end of the year!
-I have not met any 2+2ers, but I know some fairly well from posting and if I can finally make some real money I hope to meet up with you all in Vegas.

Thanks to all of you for your help. I really appreciate it!

[bones]

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-I am as tight as a college girl

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I dunno where you went to collge, but most campuses I've been on haven't featured many TAGs.

[raptor517]

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-I am as tight as a college girl

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I dunno where you went to collge, but most campuses I've been on haven't featured many TAGs.

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my school is a bunch of LAGs. its wonderful. holla

[Bluff Daddy]

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-I am as tight as a college girl

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I dunno where you went to collge, but most campuses I've been on haven't featured many TAGs.

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my school is a bunch of LAGs. its wonderful. holla

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I need to go to ft worth more often

[johnnybeef]

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-I am as tight as a college girl

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I dunno where you went to collge, but most campuses I've been on haven't featured many TAGs.

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yeah, i would have to echo bones' sentiments as most of my encounters with the fairer sex have been loose passives [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[bones]

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-I am as tight as a college girl

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I dunno where you went to collge, but most campuses I've been on haven't featured many TAGs.

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yeah, i would have to echo bones' sentiments as most of my encounters with the fairer sex have been loose passives [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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You need to move to Texas then. Rap speaks the truth about TCU girls.

[johnnybeef]

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-I am as tight as a college girl

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I dunno where you went to collge, but most campuses I've been on haven't featured many TAGs.

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yeah, i would have to echo bones' sentiments as most of my encounters with the fairer sex have been loose passives [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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You need to move to Texas then. Rap speaks the truth about TCU girls.

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sorry dude, from what i hear there are only two things in texas....

[Scuba Chuck]

One year ago today, I ...

1. Joined 2+2 (almost literally)

2. Played SNGs at Absolute Poker

3. Hid that I played poker for real money from my wife.

4. Single tabled on a 17" LCD

5. Played $22s with a $100 BR.

6. Was a losing poker player

7. Had a son who was 1 year old

8. Was only a few days away from meeting someone (Negative EV) who changed my poker life while playing on a table on Party Poker.

Since then, I have...

1. Posted far too much on 2+2

2. Played SNGs at Party Poker, Empire, Eurobet, Pokerstars, Bodog, Battlefield, Absolute, Pokershare, and Colosseum.

3. My wife supports my poker hobby

4. Have bought 2 Dell 2001fp’s. Don’t know if I could ever use a computer again without 2 monitors for things even non-poker related.

5. Play the $22s, $33s, & $55s pretty consistently. 8 tabling. Don’t feel that I’ve developed as fast as I should have.

6. Have won more $$ in 2005 than I have at any job I have ever had.

7. Have two sons, a 2 year old, and a 5 month old.

8. Have taught one 2+2er. The experience has taught me that I have far too much to learn to ever do again. It has also enlightened me as to how much I have learned over the past year. That being said, the best experience that has come from teaching is the friendship that developed.

Poker has become an important part of my life. Not only have I learned a lot about the game itself, but it has taught me things about life as well.

Scuba Chuck

[LesJ]

One year ago today, I. . .



1. Was determined to find a way to beat blackjack without card counting.
2. Had not played a single hand of Texas Hold Em.
3. Had not even heard of Chris Moneymaker or ever watched an episode of WPT/WSOP.
4. Could not, with any level of certainty, recite to you the rank of poker hands.


Since then, I have. . .

1. Finished 2nd in my brother’s first ever monthly home Texas Hold Em tourney. I was totally destroyed head to head by a player that actually knew what he was doing.
2. Started playing internet poker on a site I was using for sports betting, Bodog.
3. Bought and digested about a dozen books on poker. I gained more from one (HOH) than I have all the others combined!
4. I found this message board and have learned tons from many of you folks here. There are a couple of posters that have spent some of their very valuable extra time in developing my SNG skills, but I am quite sure they would rather remain un-named. My family and I thank you for what has been accomplished thus far.
5. Taken two trips to Vegas, including an early June visit that culminated with me busting out pre-bubble in Event #2 of the WSOP.
6. layed roughly 4,000 SNGs since late July with a wide variety of results.
7. “Let” (sounds like a really poor choice of words here) my wife quit her job for a variety of family-related reasons. The decision was made much easier due to the income from SNGs plus rakeback (from Eurobet, which I no longer have!), in addition to the costs of her commuting and daycare.
8. Took first place in the end-of-year Home Game at my brother’s house.