So I stumbled across an online advertisement for Full Tilt over 13 years ago. Years before he passed, my father once gave me a crash course in 5 Card Stud so I wasn't completely new to the game of poker but Full Tilt introduced me to Texas Hold'em. Researched the greats like Daniel Negreanu who was the face of Full Tilt at that time. Phil Ivey who introduced me to the diverseness of the game. I played for real money online. Lost a lot, won a lot. It was fun but never took it serious. Introduced my older brother to it and it became this other avenue by which me and him could connect and discuss strategies. Depositing and withdrawing was easy. It was a blast.
I played for three months. Coincidently within a week, after cashing out everything, I realized something was wrong. I could no longer log on. The next day I found the news article about federal investigations!
I don't know if it was months or years later but I found PokerStars and spent years loosing money and making money on that.
Then I starting getting into live play. First it was an underground spot at this apartment in Newark New Jersey. That was a long long ago. Then Atlantic City playing the house. The wife wanted Vegas for our honey moon so I played the house there. Then Sugar House Casino in Philadelphia. Sugar House was when I realized I could make a name for myself. It was the first time I played cash games and tournaments. I started to become a regular until Covid-19 hit shortly after.
Then me and PokerStars had a falling out like so many other players whether famous or not so. It was through Cardchat.com that I found out about ACR. Been a ACR fan ever since.
I was in my early 20's when I discovered Full Tilt. I'm 38 now.