What Goes Around Comes Around

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In early 2004, flash games were much softer compared to they are actually. The economy hadn't quite gone in the toilet yet, and poker players were less savvy. So I took a trial with the online thing, taking an $100 deposit and quickly running it to over $10,000 in just a couple of weeks.

Having basically zero familiarity with bankroll management, I was consistently playing levels that were too much.

It was around this time that I got an invite to a game that came about after hours in a computer game store. This place was run amok with gaming prodigies, not just poker, but Magic The Gathering players. If you've never heard of MTG, its sort of like Dungeons and Dragons enjoyed charge cards. My permainan poker buddies walked in with a few young teens playing, and my one friend remarked "Hey take care, I think he's pocket Demons!"

But I digress.

This store had a good amount of computers as well, and we all would spend much time on Party Poker or Ultimate Bet winning and losing unknown sums of income.

One night I sat down with an out of the way computer to learn. I sat at 4 tables of $5/10 (which I had no business doing with an $11,000 bankroll) and begun to grind away.

This one guy who I barely knew talked about if I minded if he watched. "Nope," I said.

After about 5 minutes, he asked politely, "Mind if I present you with some pointers?"

"Please."

A fold here where I would've called, a raise here where I would've called, a call here where I would've folded...

You have the idea.

30 minutes later I was $2500 richer, and he wouldn't take a red cent.

"No, I insist. It's ok. I just want to teach."

Ladies and gentlemen,

Your 12th place finisher in this year's World Series of Poker Main Event:

Adam "Roothlus" Levy.