I played the micros a few years back (07/08) mostly for fun and had no intention of really doing much with it. I ran a $50 buy in up to $1000 over about a year of playing "part time" (Im guessing between 200K and 300K hands over a year or so), starting at 4NL eventually moving up to 25NL.

I know a 1K BR is chump change by "online poker standards", but it started to seem real at that point. I felt a sort of obsession creeping in that I did not like. Nearly every day was either filled with anger or anxiety. Anger if I had a losing day or anxiety for not being able to get enough time in at the tables if I was running good.

Eventually I moved up to $50NL. I had a crushing first week and lost $300 right off the bat. Sure, there where a few bad beats and more than my fair share of coolers, but I'm positive I was not playing my A game. I freaked. I withdrew everything and just said F it! I had grown to hate poker. Yep, I said it... Hate poker. I was just BURNT! And this was just the micros... what if I was playing for real $$$. I said No way is this poker thing for me.

So earlier this year I'm thinking... Let's do it again...