Hi,

This is not a challenge, but a kind request. 2013 was a bad year for my poker world, and I thought a long time before posting this. Here is my short story followed by my kind request. Also please ban this post if you consider it not suited. It is 100% true.

Until mid. of 2013 I was a breakeven/small winner player, playing 10-20$ MTTs for action, fun and getting better. In june I was promoted at my real job and I took it quite interesting. I was very stressed in the first months that poker became my hidden secret place of freedom. Unfortunately WCOOP 2013 started and I flipped. I was so sure I would win, that I entered a lot of event, not winning anything. I distroyed my poker bankroll and my real life bankroll. After WCOOP, due to the increased stressed at the office, combined with this losing stress, I wanted to get the money back. And I continued losing lots of real life money...as being under a stupid spell. I was so sure I would win ...

Late december I woke up and saw what I did. It's like I was under a spell. I really cannot believe what I did. This wouldn't be a problem if I wouldn't be married. The problem is that I cannot tell to anyone that I distroyed all my money ... to any friend, wife, parents. They would not understand, they know that I play poker of cents/dollars.

I learned my lesson, but seems to be to late. I will never play out of the bankroll again, but first I have to find a way out of this really bad situation without losing my wife, friends or parents. I am thinking of saving as much as I can, eating less, buying less, selling stuff ... but I cannot hide this too much. Unfortunately I cannot make a credit at the bank, I tried.

My kind request is this: to cover the most important part of my loss, the overdraft, I need 5k$. There is no way I can cover this in less than 1 year, which is quite dangerous. My financial plans indicate about 1 year this only. After this overdraft, I think I can manage.
Therefore if any of you reading this and believing it, maybe you've been there also, if you can spare 1$ or more, please help a stupid engineer who almost destroyed his life by becoming obsessed with poker and not following the basic rule of bankroll management. I need you guys this time, and if I succeed I will pay back for sure! My pokerstars account is: Monoreticle.

Thanks! I need your help.
Mono

Thanks for the 6$ so far. I will start 0.25$ and 0.5$ 45 man tourneys and post here the evolution. With your help, maybe the challenge is possible.

Thanks! and again, if you can spare a dollar, it is very much appreciated.