Does poker love me?

I was still pretty wary of playing in a real cardroom so I drove way the hell out to Temecula and the Pechanga casino. (this was before the built the new casino) I didn't want to play at more famous places in Commerce or LA since I KNEW there would be some scary people there. I figured the one and a half hour drive would reduce that number a little bit.

Two years later..

Poker can be fickle and really hate you on some days. But if you are a winning player, she'll be kind to you over the long run. And I think she liked me.

I kept track of my sessions over a couple years and lo and behold, I was a winner overall to the tune of about 2BB/hr. The problem was that I noticed after about the first year, calculating in time and expenses, this was not going to produce even a profitable-part-time-hobby for me.

2BB was $12 at the most for me because I didn't have the 300BB recommended bankroll to really play 4/8 or 5/10 limit. And I knew that's where the sharks started to gather. Sometimes there wasn't a 5/10 or above game during the week so I'd played with some of them. I knew I wasn't ready for that.