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#91
05-20-2006, 04:40 PM
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Re: I remember.......
I remember depositing $50 to Planet Poker via Credit Card
I remember depositing $50 to Paradise via Paypal I remember Paradise advertising as the largest pokerroom in the world I remember the amazed posts as Party hit 5,000 players at one time I remember the subsequent threads about Party crashing I remember coming to 2+2 and not having to log in to post [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I remember looking forward to Monday morning when I could read the 30 new posts that were made over the weekend I remember spending weekend after weekend grinding it out at 2-4 limit at the Tropicana as I worked my bankroll up from $200..... ...I remember winning $700 onw weekend at the Trop (2/4-4/8) and thinking I had to be the best player in the world I remember working a 9-5 job I remember when I use to walk around with under $2000 in my pocket I remember going to college so I could get a good job...lol I remember that I got a better education with self study and $600 of books I remember my Ron Jeremy and Jenna Haze avatars [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] 
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#92
05-20-2006, 04:55 PM
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Re: I remember.......
Do you remember, Do you remember?
...when we met...That summer?? New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits Chinese food makes me sick.... Macauly Culkin wasn't Home Alone Fell deep in love,but now we ain't speakin Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton When I met you I said my name was Rich You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch ]
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#96
05-21-2006, 01:55 AM
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Re: I remember.......
when bonuswhores.com wasn't an outright shill zone, filled with a million blinking banners for sites I've never heard of.
when the poker economy wasn't bleeding into blackjack when Party pulled a Michael Corleone on Empire & the other skins when full tilt was play money only when (*&^%$# Party banned PokerEdge when Empire banned players for taking them up on the bonuses they offered watching Party's Bad Beat Jackpot hit four times in as many hours. when ZeeJustin was $100K richer, and Dikshit was $100K poorer [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] (edited to conform with comment below, which is in the "duh" category, IMO).
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#97
05-21-2006, 02:03 AM
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Re: I remember.......
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when ZeeJustin had a bankroll [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] lol, he still does. Sorry to divert the thread but does anyone actually think he isn't still playing online poker, even at the sites he was banned at.
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#98
05-21-2006, 02:48 AM
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Re: I remember.......
In order, over the course of the last 4 years...
Thinking that 50-100 BB was an adequate bankroll for a limit game. My first 100 BB downswing. My first 200 BB downswing. Thinking that I finally understood variance. My first 300 BB downswing. My first 400 BB downswing. Thinking that I finally understood variance. My first 500 BB downswing.
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#99
05-21-2006, 04:03 PM
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Re: I remember.......
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when bonuswhores.com wasn't an outright shill zone, filled with a million blinking banners for sites I've never heard of. [/ QUOTE ] Because a site has banners to poker sites you've never heard of, that makes the site an "outright shill zone"? Just want to make sure I keep current on my definitions.
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#100
05-21-2006, 05:21 PM
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Re: I remember.......
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[ QUOTE ] when bonuswhores.com wasn't an outright shill zone, filled with a million blinking banners for sites I've never heard of. [/ QUOTE ] Because a site has banners to poker sites you've never heard of, that makes the site an "outright shill zone"? Just want to make sure I keep current on my definitions. [/ QUOTE ] I knew it wouldn't be long before you caught that, jek187. I don't mean to hate unnecessarily, but I think I have a point here. Not long ago, your site was clean & elegant. It posted the major bonuses available at the major sites. It had a forum for everything else. There was an air of independence about the views presented. Nowadays, the site seems to be much more affiliate/"sales" oriented. It is now dominated by "Featured bonuses" (aka bonuses they paid you to advertise), a visually cluttered and very confusing layout, and so on. Hard for a regular joe like me to know for sure whether anything you've posted is based on unbiased information, or whether it is up there because someone paid you to post it. The difference that really matters is this: I used to feel like BW was a rebel bunch of players seeking to squeeze the most out of the cardrooms. Now I feel, fairly or not, that the site is to a degree a tool of the cardrooms that may or may not be looking out for the players depending on the specific situation at hand. Above all, the site seems to be looking out for its own bottom line, rather than just serving as a forum for players to unite around the concept of maximizing bonuses. I can't blame BW for securing new income streams, and making a buck or two. Anybody who takes the time and risk to run a site deserves that chance. I can safely say, however, that doing so represents a sea change from the earlier operation of the site. That's my point. EDIT FOR FAIRNESS: The commercialization BW has gone through (or that I argue it has gone through) has affected countless other aspects of poker over the past few years, so they're hardly the only ones "guilty" on this count. The proliferation of ads and sponsorship of previously intependent poker blogs is another example of what I'm talking about. And let me be clear: I'm not making a value judgement, I'm just making an observation.
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