Hello RIO, I know what you all crave, another poker through the limits journal! Good, because I am here to deliver.

Backstory- I deposited $40 online in 2002 and the age of 20 and within a year I was playing 5/10 NL cash games. At my highest I played 25/50 for about 6 months than moved back down and played at a more comfortable level for me, mostly 1/2 and 2/4 with a few more occasional shots if the game was good. From 2002 until Black Friday I made and cashed out roughly 400k from online poker. Not a lot compared to some professionals of the time, but I was very proud of doing this well at a game. When Black Friday hit I had about 40k stuck online and was in my final year of law school. I had to decide to follow poker or follow law. I chose law.

I finished law school, was called to the bar and took a job with a non-profit just outside NYC. I have done okay but non-profit is not the lucrative section of law careers. I have also continued to play poker at casinos and have done well. I have not played online since Black Friday but purely from an intellectual interest I have kept up to date with poker and poker forums. I have read a great deal about how the game has changed and how much tougher it is to beat the micros and low levels these days. Which brings me to the present. I have taken a teaching position at the University of Toronto that will have me in Canada for about two weeks a month. I will have large chunks of free time which got me interested in the idea of playing online again. After Black Friday I am a little bit weary to say the least about depositing large amounts of money online. This got me thinking about how I started and if it was possible to do the same thing, Deposit $40 and move up the limits?

When I started I started with sit n go's until I was rolled for 100NL. I have never played a cash game for under 100NL. I am really not sure what to expect. My style was to say the least nitty, especially post flop, I would see some flops and 3b liberally in position, but I was not very eager to pay people off who could have me beat. This is the same style I play live and have done well with it so far.

If anybody has any tips about the lower levels it would be appreciated. Also, I was thinking of using a 20BI bankroll rule but that might change to 25 or 30. Also, should I play ZOOM or regular tables, 6max or fullring? Will I get crushed or will I quit out of frustration at the way the game is played?

Overall my goals for this are far different from what I previously accomplished. For this year (I signed a 12 month contract with U of T) I would be happy to get up to 100NL with a roll of at least 4k. I think as far as volume goes I should be able to put in 25k to 30k hands per month, at least.

I hope to get started on Monday and have enough left over to play Tuesday as well, LOL.

Good luck at the tables everybody!