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Originally Posted by owtuw
The thing is, I'm not a complete newbie. Even before I deposited those $80 dollars, I read up a lot on poker before I started. I would say the reason why I played so badly before was due to impatience (Playing only decent hands in early position), playing .25/.50 blinds and only buy in with $20 dollars (had no idea about bankroll management/max buy-in advantage), and it didn't help that I was slightly drunk when I lost the majority of my $80. Oh, and playing SNG's/MTT's for fun (which never works out), and always placing close to pay-off but not making it. Edit: Now that I think about it, I almost always profited whenever I played cash-games even with short stack. This is probably where most of my confidence comes from. That and I read a lot of poker articles and have poker literature lined up, and have watched way too much poker on TV lately (analytically).
But I can already tell my game will be better starting out with this fresh $100 deposit. The initial deposit was just me testing the waters before I actually started playing seriously.
To be honest, I have been playing a good long time, and I have been studious in regards to learning concepts, but my bankroll never grew. Its only been relatively recently that I decided to use proper bankroll management. That one facet of my game has helped more than anything. I followed in the same footsteps as lots of other beginners... Buy in for 100, play some cash and Sngs above my roll, get to 200, take a shot at a higher stakes game, and busto. I got sick of it after 3 years of it, and I've been grinding properly for about 3 months now, and my results are much better, my game has improved dramatically, and I feel much more confident in my abilities as a player.
So my "inspirational comment" to you is - Do things the right way, save your wallet and your sanity. You're not that one special guy who is going to donk his way to a million bucks in a day. Your chances of that are as good as winning the lottery, and the whole goal of playing good poker is to take OUT the lottery element.