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Originally Posted by purple fartbubble
@meale yeah that was when I started playing. I had seen poker on tv before
I thought I would share a story today about earlier in my career. I was playing in these small live 1/1 or 1/2 games trying to grind up a roll while I was playing micros online. I had 3k bankroll and this big recreational told me about a private 5/5 game he was hosting with a 1k min buy in. Obv this is a huge game for me, but im taking the shot
Fast forward 15 hours though the session ive flopped about 12 sets and running pure I have about 5-6k on the table over doubled my roll but game is good so im never leaving obv. I open $50 utg with black TT and get 7 callers. flop Qd Tx 9d I cbet 400 or smthing huge, utg+1 raises and he covers me, mp cold calls. folds to me and I raise all in. utg+1 snap calls Mp folds and he has KJo . I run it one time bc im greedy and I lose the hand. It was so devastating, I went back and grinded 10 hours a day everyday for months
I was just thinking about this hand today and it's crazy how 1 hand at the start of my career can set me back so many months, or propel you forward. When I lose this hand I have 2k roll but when I win, I have 13k roll and I can continue playing in this crazy soft 5/5 game responsibly. I think its so important to take big shots early in your career for the exponential growth
Just seeing this. Great thread man, congrats on a killer 2018.
Your TT hand at the start of your "career" reminds me of when I first got into poker. Doubled sattied into the party major when I was in 1st year of uni. Total fish at this point obv
naturally, run hot and get down to the final 14-15 players, lose AA<KK for the massive chip lead and collect 2k instead of the 70k+ up top.
It's funny looking back on those moments so much later. For me, I don't think I would have done better had I held/won, if anything it forced me to put more work in and actually grind through the smaller stakes. Work ethic is so important in this game and I think hurdles at the start of a "career" can actually have a large net positive long term.
Anyways man, great thread again. GL in 2019