"Where are you now" Micros thread

[Clayton]

A year ago I was trying to play .5/1 off of those free $50 bonuses you can whore for at Party Poker.

Right now I have the roll to play 3/6 but I'm building at 1/2 as a matter of personal preference. Ideally I'd like to take that roll to 3/6 by November.

[BluEsiNsOuL]

A year ago I barely know such a game exists. Started playing on April, Full Tilt play money game. Started play 0.5/1 on Party on May.

Right now I am trying to prove that I beat 1/2 game. Hopefully I can move up to 2/4 in a month or two.

[MacGuyV]

A year ago I was just lurking and privately complaining about suckouts and getting pwnded at .5/1.
Started posted, started playing Paradise .25/.5, started winning, currently playing 2/4.
After recently switching apt's, I'm having a hell of a time getting internet access at home, so I haven't played in about a month. Frankly I don't miss it as much as I thought I would, since I go running after work and have since quit smoking. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I feel a lot better about myself, and I'd like to reinterate what AaronW said for you college kids.
Of course - I might be a chain smoking, chain posting addict again when my internet finally gets hooked up.

[silkyslim]

A year ago I was playing Magic the Gathering, masturbating, and doing my dishes in the bathtub. Now I am a winning 2/4 player, have a sweet lookin girlfriend, and do my dishes in the sink.

[afk]

I'm splitting my time between 2/4 short and 3/6 short (but mainly 2/4) with the occasional 5/10 live. I cashed out most of my roll (left only about $1500) and went to Europe this summer as well as some other places. Couldn't be happier with my decision. Had I not done that I'd probably be playing 5/10 short right now. Poker is just a hobby for me that I happen to make some extra money off of and I'm content sticking at these limits for now - though I would like to play bigger eventually.

edit: I should also add that I don't play nearly often enough. Seriously. 10k hands per month is a lot for me. I'm usually at 4-7k.

edit 2: I'm very glad I caught the shorthand bug. It's fun. I've been playing the odd MTT here and there too. Tourny's are something I'd like to put more effort in to.

[Catt]

A year ago I was just rediscovering poker (having not played at all in many years and never having "studied" it). After much farting around I started playing seriously at the end of December after much reading and much lurking at 2+2. Played about 500 hands of .50/1 in trying to clear a Party deposit bonus when I got frsutrated that too few hands were being raked and decided to play 1/2 instead. Luckily ran well, eventually moved to 2/4. Played a bunch of 2/4. I managed a 200+ BB downswing towards the end of my stint at 2/4 just as I felt I had datamined 3/6 enough and observed it enough to think I could beat the game. The downswing was painful but I really felt I was playing pretty well so moved to 3/6 anyway. Ran well at 3/6. Played some 5/10 and then decided to make the jump to 6-max. Spent 30,000 hands at 5/10 6-max essentially breakeven while I learned the game. Haven't "learned" it sufficiently yet, but am doing OK and hope to move to 10/20 6-max sometime before the end of the year when I feel comfortable enough to do so. Nice thing looking back is that I deposited a total of $1K in the beginning and now have a decent roll for for 10/20 from a combo of running well, rakeback, and some minimal bonus chasing.

[flair1239]

A year ago at this time, I had just read SSH and was playing .5/1 and played two tables for about 4,000-5,000 hands a month.

Now I am 4-tabling 5/10 full for between 18,000-22,000 hands a month. With occasional forays into 10/20.

[Deamon2]

a year ago I was a donater at .5/1. the epitamy of weak-tight. I posted here, but didn't get much out of it because I was mostly looking to lick my wounds.

~ march I started really reading the posts here and started to actually learn something. I went from single-tabling to 2-tablings, bought and read SSH, and learned a ton. I'm now beating .5/1 full for ~3.1/100 and 6-max for ~2.7 over ~12k hands on each.

and I just started bonus whoring... I don't know why I didn't before. I'm 73 hands from clearing the full august empire bonus

[Saint_D]

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On starting a new academic year...
[A 25-year old's soapbox]My hope for the college-aged players is that you guys develop a well prioritized life that isn't poker-centric. Don't get me wrong; poker is great fun. But don't spend all of your free time 4-tabling to move up in levels faster. You're going to regret it.[/soapbox]

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Let a 34 year old give you an Amen! I didn't have poker when I was in college. I had my studies and Magic. My priorities were out of whack. Now I am a bitter old man who lives alone with his dogs and cats.

Moral of the story: Date a lot. College may be the last time you are surrounded by people your age who are mostly single.



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A year ago I lost my first $50 load in party poker. I got PT, SSH and started reading SSH. My bankroll has been on the increase ever since.

I whopping 30K hands later my post-flop game has improved a lot. I am still struggling with pre-flop looseness. Luckily I have a steady job and dogs that love me anyway.

-D

P.S. grjr, does your graph still look like this? http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...mp;o=&vc=1

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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I cashed out most of my roll (left only about $1500) and went to Europe this summer as well as some other places. C

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Sweet.

that's way more productive than me wanting to buy a huge ass TV [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]