500th post: Mental Game/Poker Mindset Manifesto (way, way, way tl;dr)
05-27-2013
, 03:41 PM
07-10-2013
, 11:47 AM
07-10-2014
, 01:24 AM
It's just too bad I do such a terrible job taking my own advice
07-10-2014
, 01:21 PM
Midstakes online (1-2 to 3-6), 2-5 and 5-10 live
Down 5 figures the last 2 days and my bankroll wasn't very large to start w/
Down 5 figures the last 2 days and my bankroll wasn't very large to start w/
07-10-2014
, 02:50 PM
But think how many times you played using poor bankroll management, and what stakes you would be playing now if u used proper bankroll management.
02-23-2015
, 03:55 PM
03-04-2019
, 07:26 PM
I'm convinced whoever wrote this post must be one of the greatest poker minds of our generation. I bet he has made millions and millions of dollars playing poker! There's no way such a smart, responsible, shrewd individual could be six figures in debt.
Last edited by Spin2Win; 03-04-2019 at 07:37 PM.
03-11-2019
, 03:04 PM
It’s been quite a ride since I posted this thread at the end of 2010. Shortly after Black Friday I moved my play to euro sites and did pretty well there. Towards the end of 2012 I had begun to dread poker and took a break for a while. When the lease on my apartment got up in early 2013 I put all my belongings in a storage unit and decided to travel. I didn’t have much in the way of cash but I had a healthy credit line.
I was in Vegas for over a month in 2013 and for the first time in my life put in a lot of effort at live poker. I bricked the 5 WSOP events I played in that year, but I was staked for all but one, and made some money in the cash games despite a couple meltdown tilt sessions. Then I went to visit an old friend in the mountains of Idaho then up to British Columbia, where I started to play on poker stars again. After I went to Seattle, Northern Europe and California.
Had some difficulties after losing a bunch of my $ on muchos poker first and then getting my stars account with 5k in it banned for vpning from US. I spent around 4 months busto and highly depressed living with my folks, before getting back in action on Bovada and winning a lot in a quick period. I went back to Vegas for wsop 2014 and played a ton of Aria plo cash, mostly the 2-5 game with the rock. I started out winning lots but then my luck turned and I tilted and ended up a big loser.
I then traveled back to Vegas/San Diego in November and Vegas in January of that year to meet up with some poker friends (johan5390 and doorbread to name a couple) and had a great time there despite not playing any live poker. I was making good money at this time but was still running up a good deal of debt from putting all the plane flights, hotels, meals, etc on my credit cards. After that I went to Thailand and met up with some more 2p2ers there.
To make a long story short since I’ve already written a lot in this thread, I moved into a furnished apartment in Sept 2016 and shortly after went busto and had to rely on my parents and driving for Uber to pay the bills. I gave live poker a chance 2017 summer without much luck, and now I’m just grinding around at cheeseburger stakes trying to run up a br.
I’ve also had some legal and mental struggles during this time that I’d rather not get into publicly at the moment. Suffice to say I got arrested twice and am permanently banned from Foxwoods Mohegan and Twin River casino. I am $50,000 in debt to banks and probably around 60k in debt to family (though they told me it was a gift that they’re not expecting back). I also lived up to my old screen name by crashing and totaling another car on the highway.
As for thoughts about how the game has changed I can’t really say since it’s been a while since I’ve played for serious stakes, but 1-2 and 2-5 games are still very soft and in the summer of 2016, Bovada was also very easy to beat. The online ecosystem has become a tougher environment for sure from what I’ve read. I’ve never used solver so I’m a little scared of what’s going to happen when I moved up stakes.
Here’s a pic of my car crash
Last edited by Spin2Win; 03-11-2019 at 03:10 PM.
03-11-2019
, 11:30 PM
Quote:
It’s been quite a ride since I posted this thread at the end of 2010. Shortly after Black Friday I moved my play to euro sites and did pretty well there. Towards the end of 2012 I had begun to dread poker and took a break for a while. When the lease on my apartment got up in early 2013 I put all my belongings in a storage unit and decided to travel. I didn’t have much in the way of cash but I had a healthy credit line.
I was in Vegas for over a month in 2013 and for the first time in my life put in a lot of effort at live poker. I bricked the 5 WSOP events I played in that year, but I was staked for all but one, and made some money in the cash games despite a couple meltdown tilt sessions. Then I went to visit an old friend in the mountains of Idaho then up to British Columbia, where I started to play on poker stars again. After I went to Seattle, Northern Europe and California.
Had some difficulties after losing a bunch of my $ on muchos poker first and then getting my stars account with 5k in it banned for vpning from US. I spent around 4 months busto and highly depressed living with my folks, before getting back in action on Bovada and winning a lot in a quick period. I went back to Vegas for wsop 2014 and played a ton of Aria plo cash, mostly the 2-5 game with the rock. I started out winning lots but then my luck turned and I tilted and ended up a big loser.
I then traveled back to Vegas/San Diego in November and Vegas in January of that year to meet up with some poker friends (johan5390 and doorbread to name a couple) and had a great time there despite not playing any live poker. I was making good money at this time but was still running up a good deal of debt from putting all the plane flights, hotels, meals, etc on my credit cards. After that I went to Thailand and met up with some more 2p2ers there.
To make a long story short since I’ve already written a lot in this thread, I moved into a furnished apartment in Sept 2016 and shortly after went busto and had to rely on my parents and driving for Uber to pay the bills. I gave live poker a chance 2017 summer without much luck, and now I’m just grinding around at cheeseburger stakes trying to run up a br.
I’ve also had some legal and mental struggles during this time that I’d rather not get into publicly at the moment. Suffice to say I got arrested twice and am permanently banned from Foxwoods Mohegan and Twin River casino. I am $50,000 in debt to banks and probably around 60k in debt to family (though they told me it was a gift that they’re not expecting back). I also lived up to my old screen name by crashing and totaling another car on the highway.
As for thoughts about how the game has changed I can’t really say since it’s been a while since I’ve played for serious stakes, but 1-2 and 2-5 games are still very soft and in the summer of 2016, Bovada was also very easy to beat. The online ecosystem has become a tougher environment for sure from what I’ve read. I’ve never used solver so I’m a little scared of what’s going to happen when I moved up stakes.
Here’s a pic of my car crash
I was in Vegas for over a month in 2013 and for the first time in my life put in a lot of effort at live poker. I bricked the 5 WSOP events I played in that year, but I was staked for all but one, and made some money in the cash games despite a couple meltdown tilt sessions. Then I went to visit an old friend in the mountains of Idaho then up to British Columbia, where I started to play on poker stars again. After I went to Seattle, Northern Europe and California.
Had some difficulties after losing a bunch of my $ on muchos poker first and then getting my stars account with 5k in it banned for vpning from US. I spent around 4 months busto and highly depressed living with my folks, before getting back in action on Bovada and winning a lot in a quick period. I went back to Vegas for wsop 2014 and played a ton of Aria plo cash, mostly the 2-5 game with the rock. I started out winning lots but then my luck turned and I tilted and ended up a big loser.
I then traveled back to Vegas/San Diego in November and Vegas in January of that year to meet up with some poker friends (johan5390 and doorbread to name a couple) and had a great time there despite not playing any live poker. I was making good money at this time but was still running up a good deal of debt from putting all the plane flights, hotels, meals, etc on my credit cards. After that I went to Thailand and met up with some more 2p2ers there.
To make a long story short since I’ve already written a lot in this thread, I moved into a furnished apartment in Sept 2016 and shortly after went busto and had to rely on my parents and driving for Uber to pay the bills. I gave live poker a chance 2017 summer without much luck, and now I’m just grinding around at cheeseburger stakes trying to run up a br.
I’ve also had some legal and mental struggles during this time that I’d rather not get into publicly at the moment. Suffice to say I got arrested twice and am permanently banned from Foxwoods Mohegan and Twin River casino. I am $50,000 in debt to banks and probably around 60k in debt to family (though they told me it was a gift that they’re not expecting back). I also lived up to my old screen name by crashing and totaling another car on the highway.
As for thoughts about how the game has changed I can’t really say since it’s been a while since I’ve played for serious stakes, but 1-2 and 2-5 games are still very soft and in the summer of 2016, Bovada was also very easy to beat. The online ecosystem has become a tougher environment for sure from what I’ve read. I’ve never used solver so I’m a little scared of what’s going to happen when I moved up stakes.
Here’s a pic of my car crash
Do you think if you didn't have your parents to catch you when you fall, that you would keep going busto and crashing cars?
I wouldnt try grinding plo these days at any meaningful stakes if you had so much trouble years ago. Maybe pppoker (games can be quite good and they have 5card as well). Betonline is also good sometimes, but online poker is just dreadful for US players these days for jumping stakes making any kind of living if you dont already have a big roll .