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deestee United States. May 27 2011 21:42. Posts 14

I started playing poker online in 2009, i was introduced to carbon poker by a coworker and that's where i began the ride. I started with Mtt's and sng's i had no real idea how to approach cash games. I was immediatley hooked on the excitement of the possibility of making the money, the adrenaline that comes with shoving all in. I did well with the sng's and some small cashes, a $20 cash was monumental to me at the time, something to build on. My first big downer came in a MTT i had been playing for hours surviving by marginal luck and patience, i was right outside the money looking at a minimum $150+ cash if i made it. I was down to about 6BB with pocket Aces in late position, had to ship it, got called with 910 off suit. flop comes 8J7 much too my dismay Turn 3 flop A. I busted out 2 positions out of the money. I got really down, i felt like i had been cheated. I searched the internet for odds on that type of hand, questioned the forums, i just couldn't believe it. It was my first feel of a downsing and the variance of the game. I went on a terrible downswing, at the time my cousin had introduced me to pokerstars and fulltilt and 6max cash tables. I jumped right in at .10/25 not really knowing what i was doing and not even close to an adequate roll to play at those stakes. I quickly went broke. I studied the limits the strategies, bankroll management and still the alure of 10/25 25/50 was too much i continually watched my roll dissapear. i hit a few heaters during this time but its a certainty that if you play outside your roll u will bust EVERY time. I met a regular on Pstars and shared my troubles with him. One night he just point blank asked me when i was gonna stop throwing away money. Of course i said now!!! First advice he gave me was to stop playing 5 or 6 different things and different stakes. And he had me give him a history of my career in poker. Since my income dosen't allow for a maximixed roll he encouraged me to save and start a new roll the right way. I started all over, decided ok its MTT SNG or bust!!! no cash, no testing the waters stick to what ur best at. I humbly started playing 1.10 2.20 3.30 turbo and rebuy tournaments with my focus on building my stack as much as possible before the addon period. Playing ABC poker, and in the right spots marginal hands such as open ended draws and suited connecters, AA KK all in make em pay to play. I slowly started getting deeper and deeper until June of last year i cashed for $700 T$ in a 1.10 sattelite on PS. I immediately converted it to cash and cashed it out, i left around $150 or so. I then focused on the knockout sng's on PS i an epic night back in feb, i played in 4 $13.50 buy in knockout sng's busted out and kept playing, got frustrated went to the ring games, lost my ass again, my $275 roll was reduced to about $65.00. I was so ashamed of my reckless play. i stopped for about two hours, had an energy drink and said to myself ok u have $65 left if you lose it all tonight ur done, period, if u wanna keep playing u gotta earn it back. I registered for two $13.50 buy in knockout sng's won both of them ended up back up to $170, registered in a 3.30 rebuy add on MTT with about 6k people, finished 8th, cashed for $475.00, played a 1.10 MTT and a 2.20 MTT ended up the night at $740 cashed out 700 right away. After that night i really took a break, a couple of weeks actually. I realized i was worrying too much about making money and forgetting to have fun and forgetting why i fell in love with the game. I know there are many stories out there like this, and i know a $700 win or roll isin't much when there are thousands won every minute out there. But to me it was a huge accomplishment coming from a guy who used to deposit 10 bucks here and 10 there and watch it dissapear in mere seconds. in the process i rediscovered the fun i was having, the adrenaline fix that i loved so much. Since then i still play in my spare time, sng's freerolls and MTT. the buy ins are small and my amount of stress is minimal, and i still have the simple goal of just making my play profitable. Ive read a few slansky books and watch videos regularly. I thank you guys for reading this and if anyone has any advice good or bad please feel free to comment

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Arirang Canada. May 27 2011 22:29. Posts 1673

wall of text crits you for millions of damage.

salutary Australia. May 27 2011 22:57. Posts 362

type in paragraphs

julep Australia. May 27 2011 23:22. Posts 1274

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NeillyJQ United States. May 27 2011 23:38. Posts 8947

lol everyone beat me to it.

all i see is a mess of words, the word mtt used over and over, $1, $700.

i take it your starting out as an MTTer, you're lost and you've won a $1 rebuy for $700?

well your in luck! watch my video @ my site www.mttlife.com ----> Videos on right

Watch that, learn some shit, apply it, feel like your good again, win off high confidence, come back here a month later with tales of your past as you now have a sunday million belt. oh ya, send me 10% of ur win

GL and edit that post to be readable, shit.

now i actually want to read it lol

Just remember you need to be god damn sure about their tendencies. -Artanis11 http://www.pocketfives.com/profiles/neillyaa/

traxamillion United States. May 28 2011 02:35. Posts 10468

at least you can't play blackjack on stars

DvoBoardRider Afghanistan. May 28 2011 03:46. Posts 849

wow

DvoBoardRider Afghanistan. May 28 2011 03:47. Posts 849

Achoo Canada. May 28 2011 04:50. Posts 1454

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Odds are exactly 50%: it either happens or not

deestee United States. May 28 2011 10:49. Posts 14

Thanks for the comments, i tried writing this late last night after i had taken my sleeping meds, so yeah its not pretty, ive been playing Mtt's for a while, although in the early stages i didn't understand the structure of them.

deestee United States. May 28 2011 10:51. Posts 14

ill try to repost again with some hands and more details, maybe some graphs with my high's and lows

casinocasino Canada. May 28 2011 13:39. Posts 3343

you sound like a typical fish

deestee United States. May 29 2011 12:38. Posts 14

never claimed to not be a fish, or a great player either, im always trying to get better. I would love to get to know some MTT regulars and watch them in action

deestee United States. May 29 2011 21:34. Posts 14

Trying to get used to playing on merge again, nothing like stars, i like the different games they offer though. VIP points on carbon seem impossible to earn unless u are grinding the tables. only playing sng's and MTT's it seems much harder. I started playing there in 09 and have just now reached 1200 points with the first level of the VIP tier at 4,000. Has anyone heard or read anything about merge revamping the VIP system June 1st? Also anyone else having problems depositing on RPM or HERO? I can deposit on Carbon all day long but not on any of the other merge skins?

DvoBoardRider Afghanistan. May 29 2011 22:12. Posts 849

On May 28 2011 12:39 casinocasino wrote:
you sound like a typical fish

encourage him to play.. jesus

hoylemj United States. Jun 03 2011 00:02. Posts 840

I say save up your money and play a little bit of live poker here and there for fun. This shit is a waste of time!