[Gene Paulson]

I think things are a little better then they were in 2004 plus the small stakes book came out after that essay I would think, I play 1/2 live and wouldn't put myself down to think I could make 20d an hour if they had it. But a few months of tests won't do, you can make all the money minus the rake if you are the best player but just being the better there may not end up at 18d an hr. No as the topic starter posted he was only so good; the game giving him that much isn't probable; in the game I play no one comes out a winner but me and the room even the jackpot winners lose it all back and these aren't the cartoon variety give aways that you might conjure up. I have seen a player make a huge stack catching draw after draw then bet it all away! So unless I am very on top of that table I wouldn't count on ten dollars.