Here’s an email I just received:
Dear adamczar,
You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $108.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
You earned 181.41 tournament leader points in this tournament.
That’s right, charlatans! I bought into a 180 person tournament for $2.00 and, well, yada yada yada, walked away with top prize of $108. This is my first major win (aside from that $15 fluke a few weeks ago.)
I don’t look at Poker as gambling… it’s a game of skill, really, and there is no “house advantage,” so it’s an investment (with a lot of risk), but some do, so if your moral values don’t agree with online gambling I apologize.
But my $108 just bought me dinner.
(Ok, well, it actually gets me to the pretty much break even point if you add up how much I “invested” and lost since I started a few weeks ago. Still… for the hours of entertainment that has now cost me $0 I’m pumped.)
Woot!
