Originally Posted by AxelWolf View Post
Originally Posted by accountinquestion View Post
Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post

I know that Todd is a veteran of the Bovada 30-60 Holden games. I think he plays the California card barns too. Not long ago he revealed that for awhile he was a 300-600 Holden player in Las Vegas.
Todd was around in the very very early days of online poker. It is very possible/likely he played before that. IIRC he played on the very first site - Planet Poker.

He was not part of the days of Unger's world and all that but again - I might be wrong but I won't be as wrong as Redietz and the dunce.
That may be me you are talking about, as I started playing on Planet Poker around 1999 which was pre-no-limit online. At the time I think the highest they had was 10-20 limit they may have had 20-40 Limit.
I recall being at a party with Todd and talking to one of the total unknown yet most successful cash players. She, Todd, and myself all found it surprising we were on Planet Poker. Interestingly I ran into another person a few months ago at a cash game who was also on it. It is rare but people tend to never completely leave the poker world when they start out that early. What brought them there is also what keeps them playing the game on occasion.

I was also on Paradise in '99. I remember specifically I had hand histories that had that date on it. If I only knew what I know now and was 25 years younger I could clean up. I was never particularly good at poker though. Not disciplined enough in some regards.

I've played a lot of live poker. I've been around ... but I still played far more hands of online poker and it isn't even close. I've played very few live tournaments but a decent amount of online SNGs and some tournaments. I was never a tournament guy. Never liked the commitment of having to sit there and pee on your break or whatever.