Lyric began playing after picking up a copy of Hellmuth's first book (not recommended) in 2005. Poker sounded easy and he gave it a shot at the local casino, beginning with 2/4 limit poker. Later he moved online and ran his first deposit of $500 into $5,000 playing limit poker as high as 30/60. He began playing no limit Hold'em and has now played over 1.5 million hands at limits ranging from $25 NL to $5,000 NL.

His Donkey Test score is unkown - he wrote the Donkey Test in collaboration with other high stakes online pros.