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Originally Posted by known as Prince
I actually read your OP again and would PM you, but since you are a scam artist looking for new victims on this forum, your PM's are not enabled.
The most interesting part of your story is that you are a guy who is willing to move across the country to get a fresh start. I understand very well if you are not willing to elaborate on that, but you could write about it just for yourself. Just give it a thought, that's all I'm asking.
For personal reasons, I made a brand new account to post the story and deliberately hid my starting point and destination for privacy. I've been a member of this forum since 2009, I read the forum a lot but I rarely post.
I have studied this game like an obsession, and I always believed I could do something like this, but I never had the opportunity.
Some of my poker weaknesses are bet sizing, and if I play longer than 9 or 10 hours I am likely to do something really stupid. My first week in my new city I lost and good size pot when I flopped two pair, and made small bets to keep him in the pot. My thought process was that it wasn't likely he hit the flop. He rivered a straight because I let him get there. I am now reading SplitSuit's book on pot geometry. I sometimes lose track of the pot size because I am not quite adjusted to live play yet. (evidenced by my mistake in Tulsa.)
I also lost an $800 pot with 67 on a 77x very wet board. (happened two weeks ago at the tail end of a 13 hour session.) Flush and straight draws all completed, and I knew I was beat because my opponent was not the type to get it all in with a weaker hand. He flopped a boat. I'm the one who lead every betting round, and I put him all in. I have since limited my sessions to 8 hours maximum.
My strengths include very good tilt control, honest assessment of my game play, (three days ago I had a winning session, that really should have been a $300 loss. I was upset with myself, and had to rack up a couple orbits later) and very good bankroll management. This is the result of living in desperate poverty for several years, with no safety net (family, etc).
If I lost my $200 ATM withdrawal in that first session, I definitely would not have risked any more.
Last edited by TappingTheAquarium; 07-31-2014 at 06:20 PM.