BEAT: Lost everything playing poker, have become human guinea pig for drug company to play more
04-29-2011
, 04:40 PM
04-29-2011
, 08:23 PM
Last edited by mikekelley13; 04-29-2011 at 08:30 PM.
Reason: You should go plug your hand into an odds calculator for starters on deciding to QUIT POKER DEGEN
04-29-2011
, 11:31 PM
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Wowwwww........ Won my biggest ever live pot about 90 minutes ago.... Game is 1/2 PLO (Finally got a game going!), we're playing 4 handed after the other players busted and went on their way. I'm up around $600 at this point and thinking about leaving, it's like 4am. I'm on the button and I'm dealt A
5
A
6. I limp in knowing the super aggro BB will raise. SB completes, BB pots, UTG calls, I repot. SB folds, BB calls as does UTG. Pot is somewhere in the vicinity of $140. Flop comes A
J2 and I **** myself. This is a tough spot, I am aware that both players know that I have Aces by my limp/repot, but there's not much I can do about that. BB, a super aggressive yet extraordinarily talented young player bets out, like he has all night, but I know he has the flush. UTG gets out of the way, and after a while I call. The turn is the 5. BB bets $400 which would put me all in, and I take a long time to think about the situation. He knows I have a set of Aces, and I know he has a flush. I know I'm in trouble here, but I simply cannot lay this sucker down, not when this is already the biggest hand I've ever been involved in. I say out loud that this is one hell of a way to end a night, me hitting a set of aces and him hitting the flush. I feel bad about this hand but I can't fold. I push my chips in (flameworthy imo). He leaps to his feet and grabs his head and says "don't pair the board, don't pair the board..." I sit there and pray to those strange and whimsical poker gods for one of my 9 outs. The river... is the 5. I cannot believe it. He turns over some low flush and I scoop the pot. The whole poker room is looking at us, this guy, who I totally respect as an amazing player, is exclaiming "sick.. so sick" and our hand gets everyone's attention. The oldest and wisest player at the table stands up and correctly concludes that this marks the end of our PLO session. I ask the dealer to count out how big the pot was so that I know how big my biggest ever live pot is: $1571. I took my chips and with trembling legs walked out of the poker zone, down to the cashier on the ground floor. When I get down there I see the old reg who was at our table and I buy him a glass of wine and we talk a while.
Then we finished our drinks I got up, said goodbye, got in a taxi and went home.
Cliffs for last 7 days:
Fri: +$500 - 1/2 NLHE + some table games
Sat: +$550 - 1/2 NLHE + " "
Sun: +$250 - 1/2 NLHE
Mon: +$600 - 1/2 NLHE
Tues: -$100 - 1/2 NLHE
Wed: even
Thurs: -around $1500, $250 from 1/2 NLHE, $1250 from sickening roulette tilt
Fri +$2800 - made back the $1500 on roulette and made $1300 playing 1/2 PLO
Total profit from 7 straight days of hitting the Adelaide Casino Poker Zone (and table games): +$3100.
Lessons learned: Do NOT play tired, as it is the same as playing drunk. And do NOT bring my bankcard to the casino, as after a losing session those table games are basically the noose I'm looking for to hang myself. Bring 1-2 buy-ins and walk away if they're lost.
5A6. I limp in knowing the super aggro BB will raise. SB completes, BB pots, UTG calls, I repot. SB folds, BB calls as does UTG. Pot is somewhere in the vicinity of $140. Flop comes AJ2 and I **** myself. This is a tough spot, I am aware that both players know that I have Aces by my limp/repot, but there's not much I can do about that. BB, a super aggressive yet extraordinarily talented young player bets out, like he has all night, but I know he has the flush. UTG gets out of the way, and after a while I call. The turn is the 5. BB bets $400 which would put me all in, and I take a long time to think about the situation. He knows I have a set of Aces, and I know he has a flush. I know I'm in trouble here, but I simply cannot lay this sucker down, not when this is already the biggest hand I've ever been involved in. I say out loud that this is one hell of a way to end a night, me hitting a set of aces and him hitting the flush. I feel bad about this hand but I can't fold. I push my chips in (flameworthy imo). He leaps to his feet and grabs his head and says "don't pair the board, don't pair the board..." I sit there and pray to those strange and whimsical poker gods for one of my 9 outs. The river... is the 5. I cannot believe it. He turns over some low flush and I scoop the pot. The whole poker room is looking at us, this guy, who I totally respect as an amazing player, is exclaiming "sick.. so sick" and our hand gets everyone's attention. The oldest and wisest player at the table stands up and correctly concludes that this marks the end of our PLO session. I ask the dealer to count out how big the pot was so that I know how big my biggest ever live pot is: $1571. I took my chips and with trembling legs walked out of the poker zone, down to the cashier on the ground floor. When I get down there I see the old reg who was at our table and I buy him a glass of wine and we talk a while. Then we finished our drinks I got up, said goodbye, got in a taxi and went home.
Cliffs for last 7 days:
Fri: +$500 - 1/2 NLHE + some table games
Sat: +$550 - 1/2 NLHE + " "
Sun: +$250 - 1/2 NLHE
Mon: +$600 - 1/2 NLHE
Tues: -$100 - 1/2 NLHE
Wed: even
Thurs: -around $1500, $250 from 1/2 NLHE, $1250 from sickening roulette tilt
Fri +$2800 - made back the $1500 on roulette and made $1300 playing 1/2 PLO
Total profit from 7 straight days of hitting the Adelaide Casino Poker Zone (and table games): +$3100.
Lessons learned: Do NOT play tired, as it is the same as playing drunk. And do NOT bring my bankcard to the casino, as after a losing session those table games are basically the noose I'm looking for to hang myself. Bring 1-2 buy-ins and walk away if they're lost.
I'm sure you have proof read it once already after you wrote it, but i mean, read it again and pretend you are someone else. I havn't read the last few pages of the thread and i am not familiar with your current BR, but i am guessing it is under 10K, right?
And you lost 1k+ playing craps?
Really?
You are a smart dude - you see the obvious here, right?
You are a degen.
Accept it.
Manage it.
You will not never be a degen - that is terminal - but you can manage it. It's not easy, but you can.
You can still be a brilliant poker player, a winning poker player, and a winner at life; but you have to accept your weaknesses, and embrace your strengths. And you need to make a plan to deal with those weaknesses -
Why don't you list those weaknesses and publish a plan here on this forum?
Or, tell me to **** off...
cheers mate
04-30-2011
, 12:24 AM
I dont understand why everyone treats OP as if he did something that commands respect except recounting his degeneracy for others to read, and I also don't understand why everyone keeps trying to help this obvious pathetic lost cause with long thought out posts, wasting precious time in the process. In the end of the day the OP has proved time and time again that he is pretty much the definition of a degenerate scum at the bottom of society, regardless of his "talent for writing" (hahahaahahhahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahah).
Therefore I urge everyone to get a hold of themselves and use this thread for its real purpose: making even the biggest losers among us feel that their lives are, in fact, not that bad.
I dont know whats worse, the OP in general or his total obliviousness to how ****ing disgusting his life is. You ran good for a couple of days and you immediately feel reborn, forgetting all suicidal thoughts from a couple of pages back, quite a pathetic display.
Im not going to give you advice to rethink your life, Im going to give you the best advice possible: start saving money for a vasectomy so at least you cant ruin the life of innocents unfortunate enough to have no choice but to be associated with such a low life as yourself.
Oh and good luck with your future writing career
Therefore I urge everyone to get a hold of themselves and use this thread for its real purpose: making even the biggest losers among us feel that their lives are, in fact, not that bad.
I dont know whats worse, the OP in general or his total obliviousness to how ****ing disgusting his life is. You ran good for a couple of days and you immediately feel reborn, forgetting all suicidal thoughts from a couple of pages back, quite a pathetic display.
Im not going to give you advice to rethink your life, Im going to give you the best advice possible: start saving money for a vasectomy so at least you cant ruin the life of innocents unfortunate enough to have no choice but to be associated with such a low life as yourself.
Oh and good luck with your future writing career
04-30-2011
, 04:13 AM
Yep, go in for a medical screening in just under two weeks. I will be sure to post about it when it happens.
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hey mate i just want to say i wish u good luck with poker.
i want to give u a little advice for what it may be worth.
Im from Sydney and have been playing poker for approx 4 years.
I always played with no BRM. I had some huge wins, multiple 3k + wins in big MTTs and I also won a 7k APPT package off stars.
I must say because I never had BRM and only ever thought in the short term I would chase losses. I knew I was good poker player but without analyzing hands and graphs I never knew how far in front or behind I was.
I would say I had won nearly 30k from big wins, but I can definately say I spent around 40k on poker, so net less of 10k. I would tilt hard sometimes, play huge stakes to try and win my money back but it was not worth it.
I have only recently begun to grind $6.5 turbos on FT and use HEM and TN.
HEM allows me to analyze all my hands which is something crucial to instill confidence in yourself when you are running bad so you dont tilt it off.
I have only started to embrace variance and it is a cruel dog of a thing which you need to allow for. If you don't have BRM and a way to analyze your game, you will not succeed.
I am only making $7 an hour 14 tabling, but im sure this will get better over a larger sample. Or my confidence in my ability will continue to improve once i reach a decent sample size 10k + tournaments.
I have always known I was a good player but I was a losing player with no BRM.
Now I need to prove it to myself I can beat this game, I hope that is something you can accomplish too.
I suggest taking a book to write notes down on your game and record hands, etc if you are playing live.
Good luck mate, don't tilt, variance is a bitch, 20 BI for a live game is a good start for ur bankroll. If you start losing, review hands and if you made mistakes accept that fact and try to correct it so u dont do it again. If your doing everything right then keep at it and you will be a winning player. It is crucial to adjust ur BR though if you drop down then you need to play lower stakes, grind it out and you'll feel better stronger and more of a winning player when you move back to your old stakes.
GL aussie brah.
I started with 30 BI for 6.5 and now have 90. Grind it out !
i want to give u a little advice for what it may be worth.
Im from Sydney and have been playing poker for approx 4 years.
I always played with no BRM. I had some huge wins, multiple 3k + wins in big MTTs and I also won a 7k APPT package off stars.
I must say because I never had BRM and only ever thought in the short term I would chase losses. I knew I was good poker player but without analyzing hands and graphs I never knew how far in front or behind I was.
I would say I had won nearly 30k from big wins, but I can definately say I spent around 40k on poker, so net less of 10k. I would tilt hard sometimes, play huge stakes to try and win my money back but it was not worth it.
I have only recently begun to grind $6.5 turbos on FT and use HEM and TN.
HEM allows me to analyze all my hands which is something crucial to instill confidence in yourself when you are running bad so you dont tilt it off.
I have only started to embrace variance and it is a cruel dog of a thing which you need to allow for. If you don't have BRM and a way to analyze your game, you will not succeed.
I am only making $7 an hour 14 tabling, but im sure this will get better over a larger sample. Or my confidence in my ability will continue to improve once i reach a decent sample size 10k + tournaments.
I have always known I was a good player but I was a losing player with no BRM.
Now I need to prove it to myself I can beat this game, I hope that is something you can accomplish too.
I suggest taking a book to write notes down on your game and record hands, etc if you are playing live.
Good luck mate, don't tilt, variance is a bitch, 20 BI for a live game is a good start for ur bankroll. If you start losing, review hands and if you made mistakes accept that fact and try to correct it so u dont do it again. If your doing everything right then keep at it and you will be a winning player. It is crucial to adjust ur BR though if you drop down then you need to play lower stakes, grind it out and you'll feel better stronger and more of a winning player when you move back to your old stakes.
GL aussie brah.
I started with 30 BI for 6.5 and now have 90. Grind it out !
Excellent advice on bringing a book w/me to record interesting hands. I will do that, as I have wished to more thoroughly recount certain hands but they have been lost to the endless swirling shuffled void.
Rules I'm following in an attempt to recover from mistakes made: Do not drink while playing (have successfully accomplished this thus far in recent times), do not play while tired, and only bring two buy-ins to the casino - no bankcard. I know these things will help me greatly.
Thanks heaps for your support mate, it's awesome to see some Aussies following my story. Hopefully one day I'll run into someone at the Crown or SkyCity that recognizes me!
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live poker is the way to go, get some rest and go back... also, my advise, stay away from table games completley... when you get bad beated in a $800 poker pot you will use situations like that to run over to the blackjack table and throw money away. Trust me i know.
Whereabouts in Oz are you? Are you traveling around? It sucks that I was an underdog the whole time though, that fact is not lost on me. I truly wonder how many players are laying down their aces in that spot. It's tough.
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Never, read this post.
I'm sure you have proof read it once already after you wrote it, but i mean, read it again and pretend you are someone else. I havn't read the last few pages of the thread and i am not familiar with your current BR, but i am guessing it is under 10K, right?
And you lost 1k+ playing craps?
Really?
You are a smart dude - you see the obvious here, right?
You are a degen.
Accept it.
Manage it.
You will not never be a degen - that is terminal - but you can manage it. It's not easy, but you can.
You can still be a brilliant poker player, a winning poker player, and a winner at life; but you have to accept your weaknesses, and embrace your strengths. And you need to make a plan to deal with those weaknesses -
Why don't you list those weaknesses and publish a plan here on this forum?
Or, tell me to **** off...
cheers mate
I'm sure you have proof read it once already after you wrote it, but i mean, read it again and pretend you are someone else. I havn't read the last few pages of the thread and i am not familiar with your current BR, but i am guessing it is under 10K, right?
And you lost 1k+ playing craps?
Really?
You are a smart dude - you see the obvious here, right?
You are a degen.
Accept it.
Manage it.
You will not never be a degen - that is terminal - but you can manage it. It's not easy, but you can.
You can still be a brilliant poker player, a winning poker player, and a winner at life; but you have to accept your weaknesses, and embrace your strengths. And you need to make a plan to deal with those weaknesses -
Why don't you list those weaknesses and publish a plan here on this forum?
Or, tell me to **** off...
cheers mate
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I dont understand why everyone treats OP as if he did something that commands respect except recounting his degeneracy for others to read, and I also don't understand why everyone keeps trying to help this obvious pathetic lost cause with long thought out posts, wasting precious time in the process. In the end of the day the OP has proved time and time again that he is pretty much the definition of a degenerate scum at the bottom of society, regardless of his "talent for writing" (hahahaahahhahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahah).
Therefore I urge everyone to get a hold of themselves and use this thread for its real purpose: making even the biggest losers among us feel that their lives are, in fact, not that bad.
I dont know whats worse, the OP in general or his total obliviousness to how ****ing disgusting his life is. You ran good for a couple of days and you immediately feel reborn, forgetting all suicidal thoughts from a couple of pages back, quite a pathetic display.
Im not going to give you advice to rethink your life, Im going to give you the best advice possible: start saving money for a vasectomy so at least you cant ruin the life of innocents unfortunate enough to have no choice but to be associated with such a low life as yourself.
Oh and good luck with your future writing career
Therefore I urge everyone to get a hold of themselves and use this thread for its real purpose: making even the biggest losers among us feel that their lives are, in fact, not that bad.
I dont know whats worse, the OP in general or his total obliviousness to how ****ing disgusting his life is. You ran good for a couple of days and you immediately feel reborn, forgetting all suicidal thoughts from a couple of pages back, quite a pathetic display.
Im not going to give you advice to rethink your life, Im going to give you the best advice possible: start saving money for a vasectomy so at least you cant ruin the life of innocents unfortunate enough to have no choice but to be associated with such a low life as yourself.
Oh and good luck with your future writing career
You obviously are unhappy to see that people are enjoying reading my thread. There could be many reasons for this, like maybe you feel it should be you who should be receiving attention. I don't wish to speculate on any mother issues you may have, that's not my business.
"degenerate scum at the bottom of society". Really? Wow. Pretty sure I'd never lash out at someone simply for merely telling their story, perhaps you should not scrutinize others so harshly, unless of course you yourself are without flaws, which, judging your post, you clearly aren't. Sure, I'm not perfect, but moments ago I checked my PM's, and found that another person had reached out to me, saying that my story touched them, and they themselves had been through their own ordeals and appreciated my openness and honesty in recounting my own tale. That gives me a huge amount of satisfaction.
Just had a look at your other 4 posts. I'm not one to judge someone based on post count, but considering 100% of yours are troll vomit, I must conclude the following. You a d*ck. Have fun being a miserable troll, I'm sure it will prove to be a fulfilling journey.
04-30-2011
, 04:28 AM
04-30-2011
, 11:09 PM
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Poker is too much fun when you're winning to ruin it with drinking
Every time I had a stack big enough for the 2/3 or 5/5 table, I looked at the opponents on those tables and realized how strong they looked, that to move to that table to try and make a quick fortune would definitely be a stupid move.
As of this moment I am 1.8k up from 4 nights of playing 1/2.
It's 9:40am. If I crash out soon I should wake up in time for round 5 at the tables
now
Every time I had a stack big enough for the 2/3 or 5/5 table, I looked at the opponents on those tables and realized how strong they looked, that to move to that table to try and make a quick fortune would definitely be a stupid move.
As of this moment I am 1.8k up from 4 nights of playing 1/2.
It's 9:40am. If I crash out soon I should wake up in time for round 5 at the tables
now
Your attitude and values are improving sir, good luck with the live nlhe...I might see you for 24/7 1/2 games @ crown in melbourne if you keep this run up.
The fable continues.
05-01-2011
, 01:45 AM
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, 11:33 AM
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, 02:35 PM
05-05-2011
, 01:37 AM
A+ thread.