I got online playing the old daily party freerolls. Got my account up to around $1.75, then one night I got knocked out early in like 4 freerolls, got pissed and bought into a $1 tourney. Finished in like 18th for $9.75ish. Took my ~$10 and built up a 2kish roll playing FR NL moving when I felt like it. Then playing .5/1 I hit a Monster BBJ table share for ~$3500, then 2 weeks later I hit it again for ~$3600. Party closed and I took my roll to Stars, where I struggled for a couple months learning 6 max and just a lot about poker in general. Got better along the way and now we are here...