Ok I will do as you say. As for the question you had if I play sng i play up to 5 mostly 4 at a time. Cash 3 or 4 Zoom 2 but if I am not in a mood for fast poker i sometimes play 1.

You could have run up massive credit card debt playing higher stakes. You could chase your losses at blackjack or craps. There are many pitfalls.

is this what you did?

Nope, I have zero credit card debt and a little personal loan debt from friends but it’s nothing major. I’m not immune to temptation and I’ve been known to make bad (-ev) bets though. The appeal of the long shot is real and it’s why the lottery exists.

all on black? greed is a bad vice.

Huh? You mean roulette? No.

I didn't realize that judgement day had arrived so soon.

did i say your greed or just greed in general?

good morning zoomboom,

When you quote a post, you're engaging in discussion with the quoted poster by addressing that person directly. If you want to make general statements that are not directed at anyone, then you should do something to indicate that you're not addressing anyone. I do this by putting barriers between thoughts like this:

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On topic: op is fine imo. study more, post more, learn more, apply to your game, let the chips fall where they may.

Trust me, it is not a curse. It is your playing. Poker is learned in a day and not even mastered in a lifetime. Like I tell all beginners. Keep is simple. Get back to the basics. Stick to playing premium hands. I can almost bet you've played hands and said to yourself, "but they were suited." Stop mixing it up with mid range hands and calling bets out of position. Your opening yourself up and getting to technical for your skill base. If your really out to make money, IT SHOULD BE BORING not exhilarating.

There is a fine line between aggressive and balanced and spewtarded. If you observe Dougs game and try to mimic it at your stage without understanding the fundamental reasons behind them you're going to lose money, period.

Also you ran hot.

Do you have evidence of this?

So if you were to start over right now with $150 at 5NL you would be a winning player?

You make it seem like this happens all the time. Normal winning players don't multiply their bankroll on a dime. It might take months to double a 50 buy in bankroll. The quick way you win it is also the exact reason why you lose it. If you gamble it up and are able to win quickly then not only does the same variance get you back to even or losing quickly, it also prevents you from being a winning player.

Why the rush? If you're forcing results to come I guarantee you that you're losing money.

All in all I think you want too much too quickly. I'd say there is a high probability that you've never actually studied until now, and mind you that watching videos and other non interacting things are not studying. There is no reason you should be able to beat any stakes just because you played some hands and not only do you already assume it, you want more right away. In poker you need patience and being able to set yourself aside from the results. You've shown none of those traits. Playing poker for income is a stressful living so whatever the emotions you have right now are, they will be multiplied if you get there. Learn to control these or you are already dead in the water. The key is to study (not watch videos), play with focus and plenty of breaks, learn to handle swings, slowly build up and then let results determine what your options are. If you stagnate at any point, keep repeating until you either make it or results indicate it just isn't meant.

in conjunction with everything that has been said, a tangible way to improve your game is to take hands daily of the most frustrating/common spots, and using equilab/fold equity calculations/excel spreadsheet to solve the hand based on varying ranges/relevant villain stats.

When done for the most common spots (3b/4b wars, when you're check raised, seeing a flop with NFD etc) you will have tangible indicators of exactly what you should do in these spots.

Ie. if you spend a day making an excel file with a fold equity calculation, and plug in various 3b/5b variables/ play around with it, seeing the +/-EV Results of different hands, stacksizes etc, you will know exactly who where when and why to 4b someone. apply same method to other spots and you will remove most guess work.

Hello and thank you for this reply. Looking at it now I was for certain rushing things I agree with all your points when thinking about it and looking back. I will try to change the way I look at this game and seek steady and slow improvement in my game from now on. All in all i think your reply in addition to other ones but mostly yours really made me think of how wrong I was. Thank you again and have a great day I hope I can one day update this post later on in my career of poker as a winning player.

Thank you for your reply, I would say you are 100% right here and I am not gonna lie I have thought that. I will try to adapt this in my poker strategy and make it balanced from now on. Thank you again and have a good day mister.

Hello and thank you for this reply. I will take this advice and try to adapt it thank you and have a good day.