[4thstreetpete]

My story is a bit long but I try to keep it brief.

When I was 18 or 19 I worked at a charity casino in Toronto as a dealer. I would see the same faces day in and day out and that's when I knew poker was a game of skill. At the time I thought these B&M pros who played for a living at 5/10 lead a very pathetic existance.

It changed when I started playing poker, I was terrible at first but picked up the game really quick and built a pretty good reputation for myself at the undground card clubs. I've always been very good at math and just gambling in general and figured things out like bankroll management, variance etc on my own.

I was making good money but I was there day in and day out, I did pretty much nothing else. I then quit poker for a few years because I almost got kicked out of my university because I found school was really boring. Added to the fact that I met up with some new friends who I partied with.

I remember for a few years, my weekends were just a blur. I experimented with drugs and was high every weekend. I would come to school or work high a lot of the times but was having a blast. I met the love of my life and poker was definately out of my life at that time (and for several years later) although we did play home games with my friends at the casino I worked for.

During one of these games someone told me he played poker at paradisepoker and was winning a lot of money. That was my first indication that online poker was legit but I didn't really try it out until much later.

I started playing 5/10 at paradise and sometimes took shots at the 20/40. I remembered getting my ass handed to me on one of the sessions and one of the players laughing. Now that I think about it I really need to thank him as I became obbsessed to better myself.

I found 2+2 and jumped ship to party. Ran really hot there when I started at the 5/10. The games where ridiculously easy a year and a half ago. I won some pretty big tournaments in NL holdem and Omaha/hi lo. So from there just kept moving up.

I now currently multitable the 100/200 and the 50/100 if I can't get a table. I've just PM'ed BK asking for his advice on moving to some of the bigger games like 300/600 and eventually beyond. I've put some serious thought into getting coaching as well lately.