I do XD

And a Zinger Combo box

Now this is the writing I'm here for!

Gmoar!G

nice first sess back 6!!

Thing is you're not on a downswing. That requires a sustained period of running bad.
You've been sunrunning / on winners tilt so long you've lost perspective and actually seem to expect to continue getting it in bad on punts and get bailed out.

Despite having plenty of time to manage your bankroll and work on your game, you've done none of this and are now throwing yourself a pity party.

With 1k, you had enough to patiently grind the aps and rebuild a roll. You again chose not to, because just like your Brisbane trip you don't want to put in the hours grinding and would rather gamble for a shortcut into midstakes or a quick win to avoid the hard work.

Ask yourself :
- Was I forced to go on a holiday/poker trip to Brisbane ?
- Was I forced to play stakes higher than 1/3?

If you want people to root for you by grinding your way out of the hole, you have to actually start grinding.

Lol at spending money on Burger King when you have 1k of your wife’s money to your name. Buy some pasta and chicken and cook at home you lazy dude!

It’s KFC bro, so he did buy some chicken

Well, with 1k chicken is actually a luxury imo. Stick to beans and rice, cook at home. Stop spending money on Burger King like you rich. You first world dudes make me laugh.

Well, given the time it takes 6bet to grocery shop and cook, eating fast food is +ev, especially at that price point.

Meh, beans and rice might be overdoing it at this stage.

Rainwater coming out of the eavestroughs, which will likely have a nice nutritious mixture of various leafy materials / sediment, is probably the more prudent choice right now.

ETA: Downspout Dinner, coined here first.

Gfoodbucketcollectingatbottomofdownspout,perhapshe atedupoveracigarettelighter,imoG

facts

he do like his food hot

Grocery shopping and preparing food is massively +ev for him. It keeps him away from the poker tables for longer, where he can donk off yet more money. Still can't believe he's burned through $10k in 2 weeks.

I spent numerous years in such a situation as well. One of the things that helped me most was taking antidepressants. They almost completely removed all the negative thoughts that were constantly swirling around in my brain. It was as if there was a giant wall blocking my brain from even entertaining these thoughts.

They ALSO helped with poker, after a few beats, I'm now way, way less likely to be like "**** this, I'm gonna play video games or watch TV for 10 straight hours instead", or "let's play 10x my usual stake because I'm so tilted!" Simply put, I now play more hours.

6b mentioned seeing a therapist once, but I'm pretty sure he's never been diagnosed with any mental illness, nor given medicine for it. I could not recommend antidepressants enough. Maybe I ran good to get two different meds right away that worked for me, but in any case, 6b or anyone else, please look into it.

People are hyperbolic. Yeah you run good at times of course, but the main point we're trying to make is you were getting lucky in spots where you did not play well. That's different from running good while making sound theoretical decisions.

Consequently, when you do run poorly, these losses are exacerbated by your poor play. Poor meaning spewy, unnecessary bluffs with hands you probably shouldn't be bluffing with.

Remember that the poorer your play, the longer, more painful downswings will be. It's also important to keep in mind that since downswings are inevitable, your ONLY focus should be on playing your absolute best in order to minimize them. It seems that you are focused way too much on variance itself, and not what you can do to lower it.

those KFC sandwiches are the bomb

Stooping to sponging off your wife to shore up your gambling losses, that's shameful OP. Don't you remember funding your wife's degenerate gambling relative, what makes you any different? Be a man and get a job to sort your roll out. I would rather work in McDs or stack shelves than ask my wife for money because I gambled my roll away.

Serious question, if your wife was physically attacked by another man, would you fight him or would you run away? Just trying to find out if you have a single drop of testosterone in your entire body.

Also, I gotta say, jobs suck so hard, particularly the menial, minimum wage-type jobs available to someone without a college degree, like me, and I assume, 6b. ******* bosses, fluctuating hours, customers screaming at you about **** over which you have zero control, all for some tiny bit of change that instantly gets swallowed up by rent and whatever else, just for the privilege of making your boss's boss's boss's boss a couple extra cents an hour... it truly crushed my soul.

I was much happier scrounging around, degen'ing my roll, chasing the dream. In his spot I'd be hanging onto the dream with full ferocity, like a guy dangling over the edge of a cliff.

What are you talking about? He just got a testosterone filled spicy Zinger Burger in there.

This armchair pop-psych, antiquated "be a man!" bullshit advice is so tired and stupid. Sitting here talking about testosterone. Quite sure that's not his issue, Mr. PUA. Next are you gonna tell us how all humans can be reduced into two groups of ALPHAS and BETAS?

What do you mean 'in his spot'? XD the guy has almost no roll to play with, he has very basic poker ability and he hasn't ever shown as much character as working a job you despise to keep getting food on the table and pay rent. If you can save a grand to play with, I reckon you're in as good a spot as 6bm to give up on your job and pursue a poker career. Basically 80%+ on this forum that isn't in debt is in as good a spot to pursue a poker career.

By the way, when you went to Brisbane, allegations arose that you got half the dealers in Melbourne COVID and that the scene over there was pissed at you for playing with symptoms. Has anyone come up to you to address this? I still don't know if this was bs or not.

To be fair, with all the money he's sent to his wife's family overseas and all the money he's given her for face cream and fancy restaurants (all sunk costs, he's never getting that money back), I don't think it's unreasonable for her to spend a bit of money on him. When we total up all the money he's spent on her, it dwarfs the money she's spent on him. Also it keeps the season going, which is what we all want, even if some of us don't want to admit it.

I've been in a similar situation to 6b in my past, and I was happier playing poker with my case money and looking in the couch cushions for coins for rent, than I was when I finally gave up and worked menial jobs for 3 years (including delivering pizzas, just like 6b).

It might not be quite as awful in Australia, with an actually sturdy welfare state, instead of the deeply inhumane American system, but still.

I got medicine, started feeling healthier, began playing for a living again a few years ago, and I'm ballin' big again. It can happen.

Back in the day, my favorite game was limit hold'em. I'd deposit a couple hundred with a 1k "liferoll", spin it up into 10k, then, after a beat or two in my typical game, take 8k of it to play 3-handed 200/400 LHE (equiv. 20knl game) on Stars with the two top regs on the site. I did stuff like this weekly. It was ludicrously stupid bankroll management, obviously, but I had a fun time with it, and it's certainly a fonder memory than the years I spent mopping the ****ing floor at Pizza Hut. Also, I quickly got better at the game by battling these guys up close and trying to figure out how they were owning me.

Obviously it's not "unreasonable" but if they keep their finances separate, she owes him nothing. If they keep finances together and she's catching onto the fact he's fos on what he can deliver vs. promise with a poker lifestyle, that's another reason her to tell him to **** off.