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ragbop United States. Nov 22 2007 21:13. Posts 28 | | |
As you predicted, my little endeavor to start a bankroll from scratch failed pretty rapidly. I was going to go at it again but then I read about Ferguson's $6.50 after grinding from nothing for 9 months and I remembered just how hateful freerolls are, so I decided that it was a pretty stupid way to go about it.
I deposit $50 into pokerstars and, long story short; I'm down to $1.50 after 5 days. I wont go into details, you already know it all and heard it all. I'll just state the obvious and say that it was a combination of bad play, an amazing string of bad-beats and tilt (in that specific order).
When I got over the initial shock a fog started to clear in my head and things became very clear. I realized that I don't know shit about poker. I was slammed in the face with a lesson on how emotion and wishful thinking will fuck up your decision making and ability to see things for what they are. The brutal beating dealt to me by variance forced me to appreciate the reality of what it means to gamble and made me aware of the knowledge and skills necessary to put the odds in my favor--knowledge and skills that I don't have.
I thought I knew these things, which is why I tried to start my bankroll from scratch. I learned that I didn't know the first thing about it. Obvious stuff, but some people need to have it beat into them. It was a great learning experience, I'm just glad I got it so cheap.
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lol reminds me of when I first started  keep at it man. I found the hardest thing to do when I was starting was the emotional factor, in your mind you know you should fold or stop chasing your draw, but before you know it you give in and you're just like "whatever" and it's too easy to lose money that way. You may be up 5 buy-ins and feel like you're the best player in the world and then lose it all with a single click of your mouse :/
When it's hard to make the right decision even though you KNOW you should do it, it's very important that you get over these "2nd thoughts" and follow through. Like what Grot said in his guide, set the rules that you're going to go by and never "sin" against these laws. It's not about folding that AJ one seat off your position requirement because it's going to make you an instant winner, it's about building your discipline so you can have an easier time making more important decisions in the future, (especially BR management).
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yeah i had like 13$ ~7months ago i think not too sure but i am 100% sure 1 tabling nl25.
7 month later profit $$$. |
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KwarK United Kingdom. Nov 22 2007 23:22. Posts 1019 | | |
ragbob, pm me your msn and I'll see what I can do. I started with $100, dropped down to $1.55, worked it up to $500.
Working up from $1.50 shouldn't be too much harder. |
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Gumster Sweden. Nov 23 2007 07:00. Posts 2291 | | |
you most probably did not run bad at nl5 and you lost it cuz you're bad |
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ragbop United States. Nov 23 2007 14:27. Posts 28 | | |
| | On November 23 2007 06:00 Gumster wrote:
you most probably did not run bad at nl5 and you lost it cuz you're bad |
I thought I made that pretty clear. |
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