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NewbSaibot United States. May 07 2010 01:11. Posts 4948 | | |
So if theres one thing I'm a master at, it's playing with my whole roll on the table for the highest limit I can afford. It's how I started playing. Depositing $200 and sitting down at NL200 seemed like a good idea at the time afterall, I mean what else would I want to do with $200, play .5/10 cent? Laugh... Over the years I've managed to increase my BRM to the 5 BI or so mark, so at least now I'm playing with 5x the funds as I used to. And of course winning 3-4 BI's in a single session is like the greatest day ever and proves I play good making 400% ROI, so naturally I should cash out and save some again for later. I'm down something like -1.26/BB which clearly proves I'm a losing player so I quit poker until I paid off some debts and did some more soul searching.
But tonight I could not handle it any longer. My withdrawal symptoms became too great and all I could think about was the NL200 game downtown running in an hour, and how gawd awful these players were. Just last night I was watching my wife Holly grind NL2 online and just kept facepalming at all the hands people were calling her with. I just sat back for a few moments and said "wtf this is so easy, I know how to beat these fucks. Just, fuckin play solid. Dont even come with a gameplan, just play fuckin solid. Wtf does solid even mean? Fuck if I know, just fuckin do it".
So all I can do is sit there in my office today picturing the various joe blows at the live table and imagine that we are really playing online at an NL2 table. And then it was done. I sent a text asking if they had a seat available for me and that I would be there in about half an hour. The entire trip I just kept imagining the live table was the stars table. The felt in front of me would look just like the digital felt online. When I took a seat, I wouldnt be playing this like it was live, I would be imagining I was playing NL2 online, and each face across the table from me was nothing more than another retarded avatar of some guys baby/and or dog.
I bought in for $200, which was all I brought with me. You see I couldnt really afford to be playing right now. I had to win. I really needed this money, and considered playing tonight no different than putting in extra hours at the office for more pay. I needed the money. And from 7pm-10pm I proceeded to go from a $200 stack to a $980 stack. I warned everyone early that I was rusty and just gettin back in the game and would be leaving early tonight. If I bust i bust, and if I crush I crush. Luckily they all like me and dont mind a slight hit n run. Of course thats not to say the whole table groaned when I asked the host to rack em and cash me out. But there were like 20 people there tonight anyway so they probably all forgot within the next 5 minutes anyhow.
So I pocketed nearly $800 tonight one-tabling NL200 live. A heater or whatever, doesnt matter, goddamn I needed the money. So what am I gonna do with it? Well I'm debating putting $400 down for a single buyin of NL400 online. Or maybe play the NL500 live game this weekend. Maybe just 1 BI of NL200 online will be enough. Or maybe I'll just sink it all towards credit card debt/holly's birthday or something.
I dunno, but clearly I can buy in for 100BB's at any game and just pwn it up, so all I really need to make sure I have is $200 laying around in case I somehow bust what I earned. Me busting what I earned is totally irrelevant though, even if it exceeds the 1 BI rule. If I lose it all, I simply pull 200 more out of the bank and play. All previous withdrawals are erased, and each night is a clean slate. There shall be no auditing of my buyin history, each day is a new day. If you find all of this confusing, PM me and we'll discuss proper degen theory and I'll offer some live coaching on how to properly buy in at a table and run it up, and how to properly lose it all and have it mean absolutely nothing.
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well if u ever only play on one buy i would do something nice with some of your money like pay off debts like u said u had and keep a buy in for later or something but careful cause u never know when your on buy in luck will run out |
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NewbSaibot United States. May 07 2010 01:42. Posts 4948 | | |
Well even if it runs out tomorrow, all I gotta do is reload for a single buyin again. Thats all the free info you get though. |
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mikeymoo Canada. May 07 2010 01:42. Posts 988 | | |
Making good on your last blog post, I see. |
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NewbSaibot United States. May 07 2010 01:43. Posts 4948 | | |
Well yea I wasnt going to play anymore because I couldnt afford to keep dumping money. But now I really need some extra money, so I had to play. Dont you see? |
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joLin United States. May 07 2010 02:06. Posts 3818 | | |
| | On May 07 2010 00:52 Night2o1 wrote:
stop being a retard |
this lol. |
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exalted United States. May 07 2010 02:13. Posts 2918 | | |
yeah honestly, how can you have a wife and have this kind of mentality
my uncle berates me for playing poker because he's worried i'll end up like you "it's the lifestyle, eric"
some people never change
use the money to take care of the shit in your life
be a recreational gambler from now on, don't overestimate your poker ability, and just have fun. |
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Gadget United States. May 07 2010 02:22. Posts 295 | | |
Your not a true degen unless your wife didn't know you were playing last night. |
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Baalim Mexico. May 07 2010 02:36. Posts 34305 | | |
| | On May 07 2010 01:13 exalted wrote:
yeah honestly, how can you have a wife and have this kind of mentality
my uncle berates me for playing poker because he's worried i'll end up like you "it's the lifestyle, eric"
some people never change
use the money to take care of the shit in your life
be a recreational gambler from now on, don't overestimate your poker ability, and just have fun. |
listen to ur uncle eric |
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Perisie . May 07 2010 02:44. Posts 801 | | |
buy some lottery tickets for ur wife |
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Fayth  Canada. May 07 2010 03:10. Posts 10085 | | |
jesus christ lol
you can't be serious, you prob don't have what it takes to beat micro stakes anyway from ur mentality, so yeah if it doesn't affect ur lifestyle, have fun trying to run up 200$ everytime or bust it |
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moonk379 United States. May 07 2010 03:27. Posts 355 | | |
LOL this has to be a joke. right? |
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April 18th to May 7th, not too bad, 3 solid weeks
Wanna try for 4 weeks this time? |
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AndrewSong United States. May 07 2010 03:35. Posts 2355 | | |
lol when i first started online, i ran 500bux to 30k multiple times before busting in a single session. this is pennies compared to it |
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Loco Canada. May 07 2010 04:07. Posts 21016 | | |
there has to be some kind of mistake, it says you have 1411 posts on this site |
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well...poker economy needs people like you
i guess =/ |
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iop Sweden. May 07 2010 05:11. Posts 4951 | | |
| | On May 07 2010 03:07 Loco wrote:
there has to be some kind of mistake, it says you have 1411 posts on this site |
I was thinking the exact same thing,
hmmm wonder how many posts this guy has |
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| Milkman lol i didnt spend half a thousand on a phone so i could play it cool and be all stealth | |
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Twisted Netherlands. May 07 2010 06:29. Posts 10422 | | |
How is it that everyone is getting leveled?
Like, what the fuck. It's obviously meant as a joke. |
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Chewits United Kingdom. May 07 2010 06:32. Posts 2539 | | |
wow. If you can afford to loose it then fair enough, but you talk like you cannot afford to loose it. And playing your entire roll is just pure gambling imo. |
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NewbSaibot United States. May 07 2010 12:58. Posts 4948 | | |
Woa woa woa ease up killas. Thread title claims I am offering lessons on how to be a degen. My writeup was nothing more than a self-mockery of the fact that after quitting poker for 3 weeks I succumbed to the urge and bought in for one night of live play and ran good. I made a little profit and drove home with a smile on my face, and that I'll probably be equally retarded and sink the profit at higher stakes. (But what IF I run good again, ZOMG you're all fucked) But see how boring it was describing it like that?
And for the record, I think 3 weeks of no play, and I mean absolutely nothing whatsoever, is a pretty good haul. Some people quit because they are literally busto and they have no choice. Who among us could voluntarily quit with a bankroll just sitting there online? Im sure the next time I quit it will be for longer. Baby steps people.. |
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