I am sure I posted in this thread, although to lazy to read it. I can sum it up for just about everyone though. We all got into poker on the ESPN endless poker tables on 2000s TV, especially the Moneymaker run which in the poker world was like the Miracle on Ice.
Poker has changed and in some cases ruined many lives. Look at Dutch Boyd, genius and somehow punted his career away to play cards. Point is you see these you 20s somethings back in the day, now they are in their 40s/50s and have nothing other than grinding out stakes and living a nomadic life traversing casinos. Whatever.