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Okay so I have this eccentricity that I don't like pictures being taken of me. I punch anyone in the face that points a camera at me. Even if this person is really big, and subsequently breaks my nose. If the photographer is a girl, I might be lenient and just ignore her for the rest of my live instead of punching.

I allowed a girl I really liked and trusted to take a picture of my feet. This was, of course, incredibly naive, as this person took a picture of me in full using the zoom function. When I noticed, I asked her about it. She said "What? It's not such a bad picture. You look cute in it." I pointed out that it's not about taking the picture, it's about tricking me and that I feel like I have to be on my guard around her now. I said that if she wants to tease me by doing something to me that I hate, she should at least be honest about it. I say she should feel ashamed about tricking me. She says "Well but you would have forced me to delete it. I didn't want that." She does not feel guilty about it. She says I should just get over it.

I know it's stupid that I don't want pictures taken of me, and I probably SHOULD get over THAT. However, I really cannot hang out with someone and constantly feel like having to be on my guard. Especially not someone I like(d).

Is it okay of me to be pissed at the sneaky bitch, or should I let it go?


Poll: What should I do?
(Vote): Get over it.
(Vote): Get over her (find another girl).

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Hi guys. I have girl trouble. I feel like playing poker just to forget about it.

Last time I did this, I lost 1/3rd of my bankroll.

Save me LP!

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It's a principle of mine never to invest any of my hard-earned money in gambling, unless I won it in gambling. The only way I can allow myself to play poker is to win my entire bankroll in poker.

So, some time ago I was here asking about the best way to win freerolls. I was asking advice about freeroll hands, and I even asked advice about some play money hands, too. I guess somebody must've felt sorry for me, because one day I woke up with $5 in my account. I wish I knew who it was so I can ship that person $10 back when I can miss it.

Anyway, if you're still around here and wondering what happened: my original $5 is now $11, after 2.5k hands. I'm running 25/20 fullring at nl02, playing between 1 to 3 tables.

Have I calculated my winrate correctly if I say it's 12bb/100hands? Is that decent for nl02?

Is 2.5k hands enough of a sample to have some confidence that I will continue to be a winning player?

My swings are huge. After some sessions I am down the incredible sum of $2! It actually amuses me that I can get so worked up over $2, but $2 is 20% of my current bankroll, so it's a little scary. I'm very scared to go broke, as that would mean I'm back to grinding freerolls.

I'm half-stacking to reduce my variance, I don't know if it helps. It feels better to think I have 11 buyins rather than 5.5.

Guessing my standard deviation at 70 bb / 100 and using the formula from liquidpoker's bankroll article, I came up with a risk of ruin of 7%. Very scary.

Here's the formulate from the article

r = exp(-2wB/sigma²)
where
B = bankroll
r = risk of ruin
sigma = standard deviation (in some units)
w = winrate (in the same units as standard deviation)

My bankroll is 550 bb
My winrate is 12bb / 100
My standard deviation is 70 bb / 100

exp(-2*12*550/70^2) = 0.07~

Hopefully if I get a little lucky now, I can get into safer and safer territory.

When I reach 10k hands and my bankroll hopefully at $30 or so, I intend to start buying in for 100bb at 6max. I'll have 15 buyins (still at nl02).

Good idea or should I look at SNGs or tournaments too?

I'm also looking for a fellow noob that I can exchange hand histories with. There's probably something useful we can teach eachother by reviewing hand histories. Or if you're not a noob, feel free to review my hand histories anyway

Just not much I can trade with for now.

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