Originally Posted by AxelWolf View Post
Originally Posted by accountinquestion View Post
Originally Posted by AxelWolf View Post
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.
I was absolutely being Super Used on while playing heads-up on Paradise poker. It wasn't even very big Stakes. I played long enough to prove to myself I wasn't mistaken. I never played there again. This is well before all the evidence came out and confirmed that this was a thing.


Speaking of Poker.
I actually helped Cindy Violet create her logo and did various other things to help her start her Vegan restaurant. That logo she had was mostly a creation of mine,I think there were some slight edits after the fact.
I know Cindy too. Small world, sorta. You'd know her a lot better than me though.

Regarding Paradise. There was some sort stud bot on paradise. I remember that it existed for many years. I'm not sure about this but the fact that people sat at HU stud table at 20/40 on paradise what seemed like 24/7 and nowhere else was suspicious.

I thought I was super-usered too but it was only 3/6 and on UB. People have laughed at me when I tell this story like "who would bother?" but this was back when the highest stake was probably something like 10/20 or 20/40. You couldn't even get hand histories through an automated process. I felt almost positive I'd been cheated at the time but looking back I don't know if I knew enough at that time to really make that decision. LHE is such a swingy game. I lost like 2k or something crazy. Man I wish I had those HHs still so I could look through them and see if I'd have the same opinion. I definitely didn't play very well at that time so who knows ...