I have fun at the poker table. I've met many interesting people at the tables and on 2+2 over the years that I would have never met any other way, ranging from criminals to high level executives (in some cases, in the same person). I've also won decent money playing the game, which is fun.

The actual game is not fun for me. It isn't horrible and overall the people and money more than make up for the actual game itself. The paradox of poker is that it attracts people who like to gamble but only rewards those who don't want to gamble. I always want an edge and that means the last thing I want to be is in a flip situation.

You want poker to be the fun. Casinos are built on people who want to have fun. The casinos don't want fun. They want the money. To be a winner, you have to think like the casino.

So it comes down again to making a choice. You've ultimately made your choice long ago. You can't even contemplate for more than a day or so of any other choice.

It took OP 2 weeks to go from "going to study 2NL and stick to BRM" to torching half the bankroll then moving up to $5 SNGs with a 5 BI BRM while also not accepting a coaching offer in favor of a few hamburgers that he was playing and generally not doing any studying.

At least that is the series of events that occurred in my universe.

Any updates on this lol

I’m not saying Outlaw is making wise decisions but Brokenstars offering up the now or never ultimatum in the middle of the night then broadcasting his twitch stream link on here after you all talk about what a “swell guy” he is for an offer he obviously knew was going to be problematic then promoting himself seems more like a savvy business move then any form of an offer of real help. I know it’s back some pages but if I could see his intentions then I can’t imagine the rest of you are all blind. Outlaw was right, the “now or never” was for the birds and self serving. If he really wanted to help and not just promote himself it would of went something like this. “I’m a decent mid-stakes pro and am offering my services to help. PM me if interested”

Or maybe broken is just a good guy and has a busy schedule. You know playing himself and coaching other players. Anyhow offering free services when he would usually charge ~$100/hr, whatever the reason, is a generous offer. Just because you look at the negative side of people offering help/advice doesn't mean we all do.

He, much like 6bm, conquered his gambling addiction, learned responsible brm, is now a winning player crushing whatever stakes he happens to be playing, and is big timing his thread on 2p2. Hard to blame him, really. gj Outlaw!

Not much to report at the moment. Bankroll is sitting at $93 and some change. I have more or less been breaking even lately, plus I haven't really been playing much. I started back to college this week (I am a full time college student on top of working full time and having a son) so poker is taking a bit of a backseat these days. I will try to keep you updated on any new developments though. Probably will be more like weekly, or maybe even monthly. Just depends on how much free time I have (which is to say not much!)

Don't worry, if the car crash comes, I will be sure to let everyone know so you can all say you told me so. I won't leave you hanging like 6bet!

bahahaha

I’m sure being a mid stakes pro means you’re so busy you can only possibly give someone a couple hours once in your whole life to assist a fellow human that you happen to have the necessary skills to assist unless that is of course he has a couple hundred to spend for your services. Such an altruistic guy. I’m sure that’s it, my bad.

Wow I offer help and still get trolled holy **** lmfao

In all fairness to Stars. We talked later on, and he is a stand up dude. He extended the offer to another time, and I just have never taken him up on it thus far.

you know haters gonna hate!

Alright, here's your money shot. I went broke! (well in a manner of speaking. I am not broke, but my WPN account is busto.)

I lost 8 SNG's in a row (2 sessions of 4) I failed to cash in all 8. That was kind of crazy as I have been normally cashing in about 50% or so. Which has essentially been break even. It only took one bad night to see it all dwindle. So I tried to grind up what little change I had. $5 became $10. $10 became $26. $26 became $89, and then boom. One after noon. Gone....

Oh well. Guess you guys were all right. Anyway. Go ahead and say you told me so! I am gonna focus on just grinding that day job.... later.

Already? With you broke and 6betme MIA there really aren't any car crashes around here to follow. This kind of bums me out.

You'll be back to lose more. Your addiction will be calling. For your sake, I hope you don't return.

All in a days work for an SNG grinder.

Something Op has in common with 6B...the ability to comment on utterly trivial/routine variation events as if they are a big deal and mean something.

I'll do my best.

Well since he was winning 50% before that means for him to lose eight in a row is 1/2^8=1/256 so that's like less than half a percent chance that happens.

That's what you get for offering to coach some random degen. Deservedly trolled. I still think he's possibly 6bet, he had the same dribbly posting style plus of course ******ed.

A bit disappointed to be honest. You could've executed a 'proper' shot as I suggested instead.

50% cash is unrealistic, plus you need to aim for #1 not for mincash in general anyways.

Why do you plan to trainwreck in your thread? :P

The next 8 SNGs he plays. In the next 100 SNGs he plays, there's about a 40% chance of him losing 8 in a row and 92% chance of it happening in the next 500 SNGs. Small numbers add up.

OP, while I enjoyed your posting, my hope is that you leave poker behind. Get help to do so, or you will have $100,000 in debt.

Simple Rick pwned...

The reason why people were telling you that you were gonna crash and burn is because there is plenty of advice in this thread/6BM thread which is perfect. Just acknowledging this and having a good mental game can turn you into a winning player at the low stakes but you choose to ignore it and do your own thing anyway. Also lol at losing 8 SNG's in a row. I lost 15 in a row tonight but I know it's standard and doesn't bother me any more.

So you are basically quitting poker because you ran bad for one night and don't use proper BRM or am i missing something?

Good luck with the day job bro. Go smash your debt before thinking about poker again. All the best.

I knew it wasn't a big deal, I knew losing 8 in a row is fairly routine. I was simply telling you how I went broke, period. I did this because if I hadn't everyone would have needled me to death about how I went broke, did I do this, did I do that, etc. Why do you guys always project delusions of grandeur on everyone you disagree with? Just because people operate differently than you doesn't mean they are stupid, or delusional, or even bad people. Some just have a different way of thinking....

Oh I am sure I will be back at some point. Right now I just don't really have the time or the money to really worry about playing much. I have like $100ish on Global. Maybe that can become the next degen chapter, who knows?