Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to discredit you at all. That wasn't the intent of my post. I was just expressing my shock that such a thing could be true.

So you're saying that 1000NL is not exactly a newbie starting point, but rather a place where you will find "casual" players that happen to be very rich. Interesting, I can't wait to get there then, lol.

Oh btw, last I heard Bill Gates plays 3/6 limit, not NL. That's a buy-in of about $200. Money is clearly no object to him so he just plays for fun. I thought that was bizarre, but it makes sense.