Degen Stories.... - Page 5

mlborder · 03-31-2009, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Carnivore

I dropped out of school and stopped going to work with a $100 roll and overdue bills. I was depressed and didn't give a ****. I also sucked at poker, but I read some crappy books and played tighter than all the 50/5 type players I was playing against....

I played 20 hours a day (so unhealthy, had no life at all, people thought I was dead) for about 6 months from 10nl to 50nl and $1 SNG's to $10 SNG's until I had about 10k and all bills paid. Happy degen story as the roll now approaches 100k just under 2 years later....

Graphs or it def didn't happen

Carnivore · 03-31-2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mlborder

Graphs or it def didn't happen

No graphs because I've played on all different sites and I was using poker edge, not poker tracker. Whether you believe me or not doesn't mean **** to me, I did it and am still doing it.

My friends remember when I had like a $400 roll and me talking about it, and now they know I'm making 7-15k per month. I know I did it, my parents know, my good friends know (although nobody knows how degen I was initially), and that's all that matters. A few online players I'm regularly in touch with know and none have ever suggested they don't believe it. Learn the game, use very very conservative BR management (I usually had about 50 buy-ins when moving up, and after 200nl I pretty much stopped moving up so i can't see myself ever going busto now). The only time I ever was doubting myself (after the initial tough part) was when I had my roll shrink from 9k to 7.5k during my worst 100nl run.

Approximate BR growth with stakes

$100 - $1000 = $1 SNG's, 10nl, some 25nl (8 months)

$1000 - $8000 = mostly 50nl, some 25nl and $8 and $5 SNG's (8 tabling) ( 2 months)

$8000 - $10,000 = 100nl (4 tabling) (2 weeks)

$10,000 - $40,000 = 200nl (6 tabling) (3 months)

$40,000 - $65,000 = mostly 200nl, some 400nl (8 tabling) (6 months)

$65,000 - ~80k = 70% 200nl, 30% mix of 400nl, 600nl, 1000nl, or 100nl on dry days) usually 8-12 tabling (4 months or so)

Always studying the game, always trying to get better. Be a hater if you want. Went to live with parents to grow roll rom 10k to 40k, moved back on my own and been paying all bills since.

IamPro · 03-31-2009, 08:03 PM

Sick thread

Jennabax · 03-31-2009, 09:36 PM

I "run" the 2p2 flipping thread.

sparkyAA · 03-31-2009, 09:50 PM

Ultimate Degen Story

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D Arc11 · 03-31-2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Carnivore

No graphs because I've played on all different sites and I was using poker edge, not poker tracker. Whether you believe me or not doesn't mean **** to me, I did it and am still doing it.

My friends remember when I had like a $400 roll and me talking about it, and now they know I'm making 7-15k per month. I know I did it, my parents know, my good friends know (although nobody knows how degen I was initially), and that's all that matters. A few online players I'm regularly in touch with know and none have ever suggested they don't believe it. Learn the game, use very very conservative BR management (I usually had about 50 buy-ins when moving up, and after 200nl I pretty much stopped moving up so i can't see myself ever going busto now). The only time I ever was doubting myself (after the initial tough part) was when I had my roll shrink from 9k to 7.5k during my worst 100nl run.

Approximate BR growth with stakes

$100 - $1000 = $1 SNG's, 10nl, some 25nl (8 months)

$1000 - $8000 = mostly 50nl, some 25nl and $8 and $5 SNG's (8 tabling) ( 2 months)

$8000 - $10,000 = 100nl (4 tabling) (2 weeks)

$10,000 - $40,000 = 200nl (6 tabling) (3 months)

$40,000 - $65,000 = mostly 200nl, some 400nl (8 tabling) (6 months)

$65,000 - ~80k = 70% 200nl, 30% mix of 400nl, 600nl, 1000nl, or 100nl on dry days) usually 8-12 tabling (4 months or so)

Always studying the game, always trying to get better. Be a hater if you want. Went to live with parents to grow roll rom 10k to 40k, moved back on my own and been paying all bills since.

this is awesome, if true. but im still suspicious of it being some kind of huge level on steroids.

krmont22 · 03-31-2009, 10:03 PM

lost 3k cuz a ****ty bowling alley's lanes bounced the ball back out of the gutter for a guy to complete a spare

PokerToker · 03-31-2009, 10:04 PM

u want a story heres a story:

im willing to commit any crime right now for a $50 shot on stars or ftp!

OMGLillianLee · 03-31-2009, 10:14 PM

Got a friend who bought the french "poker for dummies" and decided to deposit 400 online. Of course he started out at 10/20 minbet and somewhat ran good and won like 10k. So he decided he was killing the game and lost everything he had at 200/400 NL. Funny part, he tells the story to a little group of friends, and everyone was like, "wow nice, from 400 to 10k in one day", and he was like, "yeah that book helped me a lot, good stuff in here".

Carnivore · 03-31-2009, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by D Arc11

this is awesome, if true. but im still suspicious of it being some kind of huge level on steroids.

Not a level, that's the last 2 years of my life.

I had some BR management problems in the first 1k, as a few times i got it up to like $700 and then tried playing 100nl (or one time martingaling blackjack) so a few times I got shot back from $700 or so down to $100 again. About 3 months in I was only at $30, that's when I turned things around playing $1 sng's.

SoUnreal · 03-31-2009, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by OMGLillianLee

Got a friend who bought the french "poker for dummies" and decided to deposit 400 online. Of course he started out at 10/20 minbet and somewhat ran good and won like 10k. So he decided he was killing the game and lost everything he had at 200/400 NL. Funny part, he tells the story to a little group of friends, and everyone was like, "wow nice, from 400 to 10k in one day", and he was like, "yeah that book helped me a lot, good stuff in here".

omg hahaha this is awesome

IamPro · 03-31-2009, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by OMGLillianLee

Got a friend who bought the french "poker for dummies" and decided to deposit 400 online. Of course he started out at 10/20 minbet and somewhat ran good and won like 10k. So he decided he was killing the game and lost everything he had at 200/400 NL. Funny part, he tells the story to a little group of friends, and everyone was like, "wow nice, from 400 to 10k in one day", and he was like, "yeah that book helped me a lot, good stuff in here".

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Originally Posted by SoUnreal

omg hahaha this is awesome

agree