a degen\'s story tl;dr

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requiem United States. May 11 2008 18:04. Posts 148

i'm a degen.

the short of it: i ran up 800 to 35K and lost it all on a combination of HSNL + blackjack. the long version continues below:

in late december i life tilted my $1000 stake after finishing finals at 400NL HU; coulda walked away with more than $2K but the other guy's bankroll killed me in the end, due to the high variance nature of HU. so the clear play here was to get a job and grind my staker's money back the good ole' fashioned way right?

wrong. i immediately applied for a credit card and loaded $800 onto the cake network, playing 50NL. it was all dandy at first but the degen within me started taking 1 buyin shots at 100nl, then it became 200nl, then it became 400, then 600nl, then before i knew it, I was getting c/r'd huge with AA on Q-hi rag board button vs blinds. I called and he continued on blank turn, I said fuck it and shipped it in vs his obvious set. but he had Q8o and i took down a 3.8k pot.

after that day i decided to 'play within my means (lol)' and go to 400nl. there was this sick maniac raising 30bb with ATC and going AIPF almost every hand. I lost a few AK vs his 34s and was about to commit suicide because I was down to like 400. i gave it one more try and got it allin vs him for almost a 2K pot, AA vs 88. the flop came 8xx and i was ready to go downstairs to the kitchen and grab the largest knife i could but the turn was a godly Ace.

from then on i built up a sizeable roll, but i was stupidly blowing my bankroll on blackjack, cashouts, and 5KNL HU. i blew a few K here and there on Stars and FTP and before I knew it, I was in debt. true degen stylez.

i loaded 500 a few days ago, on credit no doubt, and am really trying hard to grind with PROPER BANKROLL MANAGEMENT. because it doesn't matter how good at poker i think i am and how often i get it in good, variance will eventually kill me if i keep playing with fuckin 3 buyins or my entire BR on one table.

so i've grinded 25nL for about 3-4 days now, and believe me that's a huge accomplishment for me because I usually busto or run up a large roll within one day. I took down 2nd in a rakeback freeroll today for a nice score of $1325 (although 1st was $2150 and I went out on this: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/442749) and i'm hoping to steadily build my BR now at 50nl and beyond!

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ejs18 United States. May 11 2008 21:41. Posts 47

you still talk to apex or charles

flounder44 United States. May 11 2008 21:49. Posts 916

you sir are my fucking hero. Screw all the nits u need atleasta 50bi blah blah bullshit..... when it all comes down to whatever works. More people who "know what theyre doing" should not feel too bad using credit card to play poker! DEGEN FOR LIFE.

Btw im not implying to play everytime u get 2-10 bi for a stake. Im just saying grind 25nl-50nl until u have prober BRM and go from there. Only those people who have too little money or too nitty and too much time play, play 10nl and under.

Last edit: 11/05/2008 21:53

roflcopter United States. May 11 2008 22:06. Posts 620

this really deserves more attention aha.

KwarK_uK: and if that was a bluff you deserved the pot for ballerness