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MadJukes United States. Jan 01 2010 18:37. Posts 372

I was having a discussion with a friend recently. Quick summary of when I started online poker :

Because I rule live poker with an iron fist and therefore must be a poker god, lol, I deposited $100-200 several times, each time running it up to $500-1600, before going broke due to poor bankroll management, overall spewiness due to being too aggressive, and also the variance gods were angry from time to time.

So I thought that running it up a bit and losing it all meant you had a LOT to learn; you lose it all in the end anyways. Good players keep what they make and keep moving up. (At one point during my degen days, I had $6 left and played a PS $6 HU, and only played HU sng's, increasing stakes every time I had 5 BI's for the next level, until I hit $1600 before losing it all in a $1k HU. Brilliant huh?) He argued that bad poker players couldn't win in the first place, so people like Xblink and etc were actually good poker players, just lacking some fundamentals, such as BR management.

Any thoughts on this topic? Can degens be good poker players?

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Last edit: 01/01/2010 18:38

Chewits United Kingdom. Jan 01 2010 18:47. Posts 2539

No. Good poker players have good bankroll management.

I am a degen. Do not believe in any of my advice.

Oly United Kingdom. Jan 01 2010 18:49. Posts 3585

Your question isn't the same as your friend's statement. A degen can be a good player and a bad player can win in the short term. Against me usually.

Edit: Though mostly I agree with Chewits, bankroll management is an integral part of being good.

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Last edit: 01/01/2010 18:50

longple

Sweden. Jan 01 2010 18:50. Posts 4472

degens are the best ones : )

Ezekiell Hungary. Jan 01 2010 19:02. Posts 718

just look at our own NeillyAA: sick good poker player, sick retarded degen

u got someone to call u with second top pair in headsup?

JSquids United States. Jan 01 2010 19:54. Posts 1142

im sure your tilting it bak after a few bad hands. playing over ur head ect.

AKA StarsNStripes@azeroth

Zep United States. Jan 01 2010 20:32. Posts 2292

well obviously poor bankroll management means you will never be able to beat the games. You might have a sick edge on your opponents but if you put your life on the line on every 80/20 you're still going broke....just ask neilly...not that im suggesting he has an edge. But it's just like any other investment opportunity where asset management is the foremost key to success.

NeillyJQ: I really wanted to prove to myself I could beat NL200, I did over a small sample, and believe Ill be crushing there in the future.