Started playing in the Moneymaker boom, though poker had always been interesting to me.
Deposited $50 on Stars after looking at the internets for some basic strategy. Lost a couple of buyins at $2 NL. Read Phil Hellmuth's book Play Poker Like the Pros, tried limit poker. Did pretty good (even though that book is not very good, it's enough to beat .5/.10 limit.) Moved up to .25/50. Found out about
PSO, did the Party Poker instant bankroll promo in late 2005 and built that $100 up to a decent bankroll.
I've always had the problem of needing cash from my bankroll for expenses, so it's never gotten real big (max of about 2K). This year I've made the transition to playing almost exclusively 6max games since the full ring limit games have dried up or are full of rocks for the most part post-UIGEA.
It's going pretty good so far, I play different stakes from .25/50 to 1/2 depending on which site I'm playing. No Neteller to easily transfer from one to another makes me treat each site more like a separate bankroll of it's own.
