One year ago today, I...

[Shilly]

Nice thread so far.

A year ago, I was playing $100NL 6-max (just one table), and probably leaking away a lot of my profit playing MTTs.

Since then, I've:

--Basically quit NL ring games after they changed the stacks to 100BB
--Goofed around with some low LHE cash games with moderate success
--Won an MTT for 8k
--Started playing the $20's in April, and have played about 1500 since then
--Bought two 2001FPs
--Started investing in an IRA
--Met a bunch of 2+2ers at Turning Stone (dtbog, falker11, TstoneMBD, augie_) and some Madison STTers (runner4life7 and fluorescenthippo) when I was at a party at their neighbor's apartment and I told someone to "SIIHP." Also met MuckedTheNuts at our 2+2 homegame, and would have finally met Jman if he hadn't stood us up (!!!).

I had a great year, and hope this year will be even better. I also hope to meet some more of you, but it'll be over a year before I'm 21, so Vegas will have to wait.

[Emmitt2222]

One year ago...

I was playing one table of .25/.5 limit on Pacific

I had a $100 roll

I had just finished reading SSHE

I planned on playing limit until I was rich

Now...

I made a solid chunk playing up to 3/6 limit but got burned out on it

Have read SSHE over 6 times and have also read about 5 other 2+2 books

Started playing SnGs a month or two ago

Am currently 4 tabling the 22's at Stars to clear bonii

Plan on moving to Party so I can eventually 9 table the 22's

Have over a 50 buyin bankroll for the 55's


<font color="white"> Who are you people with the rakeback still? Are you are Party? If you are PM me. </font>

[wuwei]

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Bluefeet, BTW, is one of the nicest guys on these boards. Don't know if its the midwest thing, or that with age comes humility...(actually the latter isnt true because I'm getting up there, and well...).

A real good asset to the forum.

Ok enough ass kissing...

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Man, quit trying to get his daughter's phone number!!

Just kidding, bluefeet seems like the goods just based on reading his posts.

I've been thinking a bit this week about the topic of this thread, I'll have to post something later. With the prospect of temporarily going pro on the horizon, I've been dwelling a lot on how far I've come and how far I have to go...

[valenzuela]

I think my year was very exciting, here it goes.

One year ago I...
1)Dreamt about playing with real money.
2)Thought I was a good poker player.
3)Believed in god
4)was a right-winger.
5)dreamt about seeing Liverpool win the champions league.
6)wanted to be a normal person.
7)didnt have a girlfriend.
8)I had never been drunk.

Today I...
1)lose 50 dollars without caring.
2)Know I have lots of leaks and that Im a crappy player.
3)dont believe in God.
4)am a very liberal person( not communist but liberal)
5)dream about seeing Liverpool win the CL twice on a row.
6)hate the idea of being normal
7)dont have a gf [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
8)am being told I puked someone else entire house and ended on the bathtub...

Well overall its been a nice year so far, I cant wait to get a year wiser(and to be 18 [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )

[1C5]

1 Year ago:
Was 1 tabling Party play money SnGs and hands were shaking at the excitement of winning a play tournament.

Never played a single hand of poker in my life before that. Was happy when I went to play blackjack and made $20 at the casino.

Today: 8 tabling the 22s while making near $20,000 this year including rakeback and bonuses.

Next year: Up to the 33s and 55s.

[pooh74]

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Bluefeet, BTW, is one of the nicest guys on these boards. Don't know if its the midwest thing, or that with age comes humility...(actually the latter isnt true because I'm getting up there, and well...).

A real good asset to the forum.

Ok enough ass kissing...

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Man, quit trying to get his daughter's phone number!!

Just kidding, bluefeet seems like the goods just based on reading his posts.

I've been thinking a bit this week about the topic of this thread, I'll have to post something later. With the prospect of temporarily going pro on the horizon, I've been dwelling a lot on how far I've come and how far I have to go...

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thanks a lot, now its going to be REALLY awkward asking for her #.

hehe, you know I'm always looking for an angle!

Ill make a real post here soon too...

[J-Lo]

1.) I was grinding the $6.50 turbos on stars, and playing $5.50+R MTT

2.) Did well in school

3.) 2 tabled on my laptop, and thought it was insane fast to play 2 tables.

since then

1.) I still grind, at a much higher level ($55)

2.) Earning C's, something i'm not accustomed to, but don't care. That Gigabet, "lose all bias thread" did wonders for my game, life, and overall happiness.

3.) 10 table on 3 2001FP's, while chatting, surfing internet, listening to music, and sometimes watchign TV with the PIP feature.

-- I &lt;3 poker+money+freedom

[Eevee]

One year ago today:

1. Was breaking even playing limit 1/2 and 2/4.
2. Had only 1 17in flat screen to 4 table 1/2 6max.
3. Was just getting settled in college, thinking I was the [censored] in poker.
4. Had only read Small Stakes Holdem by Sklanksy and Super System.
5. Too lazy to regularly read 2+2.
6. Didnt know of rakeback =/.

Today:

1. Have three monitors, two Dell 2001s (primary)
2. Since April have made enough to pay for two computers, my school tuition + comfortable [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] living and still have a hefty BR.
3. I know I am not the [censored] in poker.
4. Currently saving up for a car.
5. 8 tabling 33s continuously.
6. Rakeback.
7. "holla" and "siihp" are in my regular vocabularly.

-EV

Current Music: Random Christmas carols

[ace_in_the_hole]

One year ago: *more of a timeline

-Started to get mad at myslef for blowing $1600 MTT 5th place on high BI MTT's and liquor.

-Decided to start a proper bankroll and started with $100 at .5/1 Limit tables.

-Becoming intersted in the "rakeback" thing, still din;t get it untill summer '05

-Made 3k in .5/1 limit and then NL 25 tables when they were still 50BB.

-Used all poker profits to pad my bank account and some months of rent in advance.

-By June my bankroll was back down to about $200, stumbled into this forum and decided to become the next SnG king.

-Instead became known as the king of bad beat posts. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

-Went from the 11's to my current home at the 55's playing about 1200 of each.

-Still dream of doing &gt;500 SnG's at &gt;20% ROI

-Need to get my rakeback back, jack.

-Bankroll now is at 9k and I hope to have 30k by next year along with a new car and soem WSOP memories.

[The Yugoslavian]

ace in the hole,

You're going to have to stop pushing 42 preflop on level 1 of $109s in order to hit your 30k goal.

Tilting that hard is v bad...mmmmmmmmmmmkay?

Yugoslav