ELO 2000 is woot. Unless some CM jumps in, we have a winner already.

I was once obsessed with chess, dreaming of becoming a GM but after doing lots of tactical exercises, reading, etc (just a hobby, never played a rated game) it became clear that ton of hard work is ahead of me and I realized that gap between me and better players was way bigger then previously imagined. I was still obsessed and willing to work hard when poker hit me ...