He hurt me

All due respect, you're lying to yourself about not tilting and all that. I'm saying this to you not as a judgement but as a call for you to stop gambling. It's ruining your life. A job in a restaurant can be a good thing, in that you'll generally eat well, it's great for social life, and it can be flexible (leave and come back if you don't burn bridges).

Probably try to sharpen your skills from non gambling career and if those are minimal, go to a community college and find something you like.

Don't go for the fast or easy money gambling as it leads to a vicious cycle for you.

Be totally honest with yourself. Ask the world/universe/God/your conscience what you need to do, be totally honest and sit quietly. The answer for what you need to do will come and it's probably one you don't want or like or will be easy. You'll know it to be true, though. That's what you should start to pursue.

Sincerely, good luck. I hope I never see a post from you about playing poker or gambling again. I do hope to see you post about your wins that will come in life, though.

Yeah I know, I've never been a legitimate winning player from the day I started. I'm just delusional and keep thinking that I'm right about to crest the hill with some new concept that will plug the last leak and turn me into a legitimate winning pro rather than just a fish on a temporary heater.

sorry to hear newb but gl man. poker is tough to make a lot these days esp on a tight BR. I hope work and life goes well for u. hope to see in the future u be doing well.

plo is the worst man

in my entire life I have probably taken shots at a higher-than-i-should limit in PLO and it literally NEVER works out. Like in my entire career I must be 0 for 20 at shots at high stakes PLO. Oh, I flop the nuts, this is the one. Oh, doesn't hold. Okay now I have biggest combo draw ever. Oh, doesn't get there. Again. Okay guess I'll go rebuild at holdem.

Wanna say your skill or ability to win and your life/poker management are two different things skill wise you may be a winning player, not fish on heater, but bad management that puts you back in these spots.

If a solid winning player there is no reason to rush and out your life at risk, just sit and print the $40-50 an hour you said you won until you have expenses for Andre months saved and a roll that can handle variance.

I think after this long playing, it's clear that's not part of you that's gonna change.

Take care of yourself.

You didn't "take a shot". Taking a shot implies bankroll management skills. You emptied the whole clip. And then the bear came and ate you. It's on you, and if you haven't figured out the basic rules of BR management at this point, you should recognize that you have no good reason to sit at a table again.

That sucks. Maybe this could be a blessing in disguise to try to focus on something else but poker.

I would suggest looking into data science / analytics if you enjoyed the mathematics side of poker, and see what free courses there are out there. You can get by without knowing SQL/Python now a days thanks to AI, but I would still suggest to take those courses to give you a foundation.

Coursera, Udemy and Codeacadamy are all pretty ok websites to get started.

Not sure how old you are, but best of luck to you.

You're not thinking enough if you're easily 6-8 tabling plo

On November 12 2025 22:24 gawdawaful wrote: You're not thinking enough if you're easily 6-8 tabling plo

dont know where u got 6-8 tables from but I think he meant 6-8 hours but you right that its hard to play 6-8 tabling plo and not thinking deeply