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NewbSaibot United States. Oct 21 2013 23:51. Posts 4946 | | |
Ok I am scurred. I'm still writhing over a bad fold I made last night in a huge pot at a live NL200 game. I've been struggling to come to grips with what happened other than me making a somewhat questionable soul read.
You can see the hand here -> http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/1093452/last/NL200_-_$1500_pot.html
Then it dawned on me moments ago what happened. While I had fully intended to shove any non-heart turn card (even as deep as we were), I froze when I got raised. I mean that just changed everything for me and suddenly there was a possibility I might actually lose this massive hand. Aside from the obvious complications of being 7 buyins deep which is certainly foreign territory to me, the simple fact of the matter is that I was playing SCARED MONEY.
My quandary is that the lowest live limit available is NL200, which is right on the cusp of affordability for me. My job pays me more than the average NL200 winrate, but not so much more that I can risk thousands of dollars on a bankroll. Plus I have bills, duh. Since my bankroll is theoretically infinite due to having this thing called a job, I go ahead and take 3 buyin shots and stuff because hey, I might flop a set in a $1700 pot. The only problem is that because these are home games I'm obligated to stay a certain amount of time. I cant hit n run, which is what I really should be doing to build my bankroll. I would never sit with $1000 live or online, not at least if nobody else covered. But this is a rather frequent occurrence in the home game arena. I've run my stack up to 1k on dozens of occasions, only to piss it away and maybe cash out $200 profit at the end of the night.
I fucked up that hand so bad because I was too scared to see it through. Had this been for $400 or so, ez peasy. Had I been able to change tables once I won around $600, ez peasy. So where does that leave me? I cant hit n run or else I'll never be invited back. There are no casinos nearby, and I'm not such a donkey that I should quit. Well for the time being I think that means I have absolutely no choice but to go back to playing online again. I dont really require a full bankroll since as mentioned, I can just reload. I think I'll just deposit what would ordinarily be my stop-loss to avoid tilt, which is around 3 buyins. Having $0 in my account should really help prevent spewing. It's also a bit of a chore for me to deposit online, as I have to execute a bank wire which takes a few days to complete, a perfect opportunity to cool down and retrospect.
My other option is to just take trips to the nearest casino which is 4 hours away like once per month or something. This will probably be pretty bad for my growth as a player by having such huge breaks between sessions. Not to mention the resources exhausted just in getting there. At least I can always hop tables though. I apologize to the poker community at large for hit n' running, but the simple fact is I neither know how to play deepstacked, nor have the bankroll to risk multiple buyins on a single hand.
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aCa_ . Oct 22 2013 06:09. Posts 470 | | |
can't you just announce that you will only be able to play for like 2 hours or whatever before you play? that way people can't really accuse you for hit n running. depends on the group though i guess |
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Naib Hungary. Oct 22 2013 06:22. Posts 968 | | |
Or just nit up after you win massive. You might get a few needles, but you could just complain about getting "rags" and showing them rolling your eyes once in a while. It ain't no shame if you're uncomfortable deep stacked at first, I imagine most people from teh internet pokarz were just as scared at first. |
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ugly . Oct 22 2013 10:47. Posts 162 | | |
If ur bankroll is theoretically infinite then the rest of ur post is garbage and u need to come to terms with things get a grip and approach differently |
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NewbSaibot United States. Oct 22 2013 19:49. Posts 4946 | | |
1. Come to term with things
2. Get a grip
3. Approach differently
4. Profit? |
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Gnarly United States. Oct 22 2013 21:11. Posts 1723 | | |
You have a job... and you're playing scared? |
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NewbSaibot United States. Oct 23 2013 18:21. Posts 4946 | | |
| | On October 22 2013 20:11 Gnarly wrote:
You have a job... and you're playing scared? |
Well yeah, I dont really enjoy donking off a grand. |
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Gnarly United States. Oct 23 2013 19:18. Posts 1723 | | |
When you buy in, you're putting your money on margin. You should never count what is on margin towards your final equity. If you think like this, this will remove some of the emotional aspect of losing five buy ins, yet you only bought in once for the night. |
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chris United States. Oct 24 2013 15:28. Posts 5503 | | |
says the guy who goes apeshit and life tilts because someone folded pre flop to his AA at 4nl |
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chris United States. Oct 24 2013 15:29. Posts 5503 | | |
if you are a bit intimidated by the stack sizes, just try to keep everything really simple for yourself.
it also helps to think WWTTD - what would talented tom do
that should actually be a life mantra |
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Gnarly United States. Oct 24 2013 17:53. Posts 1723 | | |
| | On October 24 2013 14:28 chris wrote:
says the guy who goes apeshit and life tilts because someone folded pre flop to his AA at 4nl |
Yeah, 4nl has costed me thousands. Having to buy a new computer every time I lose a buy-in is really killing into my roll. Would you like to know more? |
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