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Post things you remember/miss. I'll start.

I remember playing 1c/2c NL on stars and being excited when I win a "blue chip" ($1) pot.

I remember doing my first blackjack bonus, $4k wagered at $2 a hand.

I remember "grinding it out", single tabling the $1+.20 5 table tourneys at PS. I was so excited when I won my first one for $12.

I remember when buying into a $10 home tourney was a poker splurge.

So, add yours!!

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I remember paying $1 every time you took a seat at Paradise. Cost $1 to sit down. Move to another table? 1 buck.

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I remember the America Online, Cleopatras... and the other 6 BK sites that offered 100% bonuses twice a week with 3x wagering req. and they would send me my cash Western Union. Them were the days

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When I cared about the value of money.

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How about Absolute with 25% bonus up to $100, play 50 hands and wait one month. They did that twice a month.

THAT was a good bonus!

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Lozen that looks like some Edmonton Oiler action there [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Drooling over the end of each week because PP would credit me with 200 FPPs. I could use those in the freerolls and have a chance at winning like $70!!!!!

Hey, if it takes 4 hours to complete the tourney, and I win, that's like $17.5/hr! Ship it. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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I remember when Paradise charged you like 5% to make a credit card deposit, and you could "earn" it back by playing. I remember winning hand 0.985 million on Paradise for $1000.

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I remember paying $1 every time you took a seat at Paradise. Cost $1 to sit down. Move to another table? 1 buck.

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Wow, didn't know about that. Pretty hilarious.

I remember playing limit, making money and not knowing (relatively) what the hell i was doing. I was dishing out some sweet bad beats those days.

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Post things you remember/miss. I'll start.

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i remember when i used to win at poker

i miss winning at poker

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Playing play money STTs and owning them

depositing $50 and playing .50 running hot and started playing 5-10 and 10-20

Winning mini step 5 and taking the 2k and playing 10-20
Ran it hot up to 50-100

when I thought everyone that played 20-40 was a pro.
When I thought everyone that played 75-150 was a pro.
When I thought a $4 rake was nothing
When I thought I was great(still do!)

etc

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I remember the 4-tabling nickel-dime days. 7 bucks would be a good session. Good times.

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I remember when I got a crappy blue screen comuter from DELL and they refused to replace it. [censored] crappy donkputer company!

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...when online game/site selection meant choosing between Planet Poker and Delta Poker (with its cheesy but endearing bright flourescent goofy avatars).

...getting that first 3-digit cashout check from an online site and thinking how wild it was to make real spendable money appear magically out of thin air with little clicks of a mouse

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I remember:

alarm clock
commuting
meetings
quality morons
...
taxes

chez

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I remember enjoying poker.

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I remember enjoying poker.

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taking a really bad beat at Stars .01/.02 and then reaching into my pocket and finding more money than I had just lost.

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I remember.......

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WHEN PEOPLE RESPECTED ME ON THIS RAG BOARD.

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1. When Crypto opened their NL tables!
2. When BoDog opened their NL tables!
3. When Absolute was horribly loose!
4. When Crypto bonuses were easy to clear!
5. When Bonus Whores.com forums were cool!

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taking a really bad beat at Stars .01/.02 and then reaching into my pocket and finding more money than I had just lost.

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Glad I wasn't drinking milk when I read that or else it would have come up my nose. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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When I played without a bonus to clear.

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Another one I forgot- I remember when Party paid interest on your account balance.

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Another one I forgot- I remember when Party paid interest on your account balance.

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Oh yeah. I was just going to post that before I read your reply. Man that was the nuts.

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5. When Bonus Whores.com forums were cool!

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And I remember when Kfellmy wasn't PM spamming on our forums.

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How about Absolute with 25% bonus up to $100, play 50 hands and wait one month. They did that twice a month.

THAT was a good bonus!

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100 hands a bonus I believe.

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When Sit & go's were only on in US prime time.
IE they didn't run 24hrs a day, they closed them down for the night.
Hmmm... was that all sites or just PS and/or Paradise?

Also I do miss OnlineChamp & his offsider................

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When observing Party 25$nl tables and going "Whoa..these guys are playing for real money!!"

When I won 6$ in my first 1 hr session at paradise 2$nl thinking "this is easy"

When I was down to my last 4$ soon after.

When I went on a 100$/day run at 25nl party for a week after my 100$ deposit.

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basically I just remember watching someone play a $6 SnG on pp and then thinking, wow, they just actually won $25 real dollars!

Then it got more and more and more.... now really desensitize the value of money. They're all just chips and numbers in front of me (Until I get that check)

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When I thought I was too good to go through a downswing...

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I remember when Party used to do $200 7x reloads every month basically. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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50 BB stacks on party.

Realizing the hardest part about party sng's was getting a seat.

Figuring out if I could make a living grinding 12 hrs a day of 5+1's. (The answer is you would kill yourself)

Figuring out the last time I have even played for more than 6 hours in a day since turning pro.

When losing 100 dollars in a night would make me depressed the next day.

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WHEN PEOPLE RESPECTED ME ON THIS RAG BOARD.

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Mods, please move this post to BBV... not the thread, just Granny's post.

<-- FLEE!

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-'stars opening for real money.
-fat, juicy 7x bonuses at party, cleared in an hour on four 40%VP$IP 2/4 full ring tables.
-thinking 5/10 players were "the real deal"
-being scared of $22 'stars MTTs.

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I don't. God this is a stupid [censored] game.

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I remember logging onto 2+2 STTF the first couple of times and wondering wtf "the bubble" was.

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I remember waiting 30 or so minutes to get on a 30/60 table at party. Pop up would come up telling me my seat was ready and would time out by the time I got the money from the table I was on to show up in my account. Had get back on list.

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I remember "grinding it out", single tabling the $1+.20 5 table tourneys at PS. I was so excited when I won my first one for $12.


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I remember doing this as well.

Pretty sure i won $14 for first.

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The first night I played poker (.5/1 limit) and saw my friend playing 25 nl. I told him he is crazy and could lose 25 dollars on 1 hand.