the beginning

[AASooted]

A friend was playing NL on Empire, and it sounded like fun, so I signed up and deposited $100 in January, figuring I could afford to lose it if things went horribly. I played slightly losing NL for a while, but the bonuses kept me above water.

I cashed out the original $100 and was really proud that I was now "playing with other people's money". Lost their money after a while and put my $100 back in. Finally found 2+2 and LHE in June of this year and was able to cash my $100 out for good, mainly from learning to play tight pre-flop at $.5/1.

I'm now playing the $1/2 and building my BR with bonus and casino whoring. I don't know a fraction of what I need to know about the game, but I'm pretty sure I'm beating $1/2 after 10k hands. I just took delivery of a new PC and 2001FP that was paid for using "other people's money".

The next step is to get serious about learning the game so I can move up as far as I can.