My Poker Background

I started playing poker seriously about 2 1/2 years ago. I've played in home games since my mid-teens but they were sporadic at best. I mainly play online now. I started at Party Poker at the beginning of 2002 and played there for about a year. Then I went to PokerStars and Full Tilt when they went live. I am now back at Party Poker because of the mass fish population.

I have a small bankroll so I play $0.50/1, $1/2 Limit ring games. I play NL single table SNG's ($5 and $10 usually), and as many multi-table tournies that I can qualify for through satellites. I can play Omaha High/Omaha HL 8OB/7-card stud HL but I only do when I'm bored and want a change.

I have to play online because in Cincinnati, OH and now Florence, KY, there are no close B&M games. Back in 1999, one of the riverboat casinos over the border in IN had a poker room and I sat and played 3/6 limit not knowing what the hell I was doing and lost $180 in 4 hours. It would have been $300 but I won $120 on my last hand by sucking out the "local pro" on the river. He was called "The Fat Man" for obvious reasons and he started yelling at me when I flipped over my Q7o after I hit the Q for 2 pair on the river. I must have looked like the biggest fish back then! Good times...