400th Session Milestone

So on or about 10/8/2004 I got a call from a friend of mine. He asked me if I wanted to go play some poker in an underground game in Richardson, TX. 1/2 Pot Limit Hold'em was the game; minimum buy-in: $100. I agreed. It seemed so cool -- so bad-boyish -- so illegal. I went to the ATM, held my breath and timidly withdrew $500 from my checking account. I knew if I lost this $500, it would probably be a while before I felt comfortable dumping more cash into live poker.

He got me in and in that first live session ever for me, I won $22 over 8 hours.

My second session was the next day where I won $417 over 4.5 hours....I was hooked.

That was seven years ago. Today, I hit a milestone. I've booked my 400th session -- 400 times, I've either walked or driven to a table somewhere and sat down and played -- seems like a lot.

I'm still playing off that same $500.