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Aba,

After playing for let say 17 hours and beeing up ALOT why did you keep playing?

A. High on crack cocaine
B. Trying to reach 200k
C. Just being Craaaazy?

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08-16-2006 , 12:47 PM

#77

PITTM

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aba probably has a million roll now

i believe he made a post about breaking the million barrier pretty recently? or am i confused?

rj

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08-16-2006 , 12:49 PM

#78

kurosh

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Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,109

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aba probably has a million roll now

i believe he made a post about breaking the million barrier pretty recently? or am i confused?

rj

I remember something about his br dipping below 1m for the first time.

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08-16-2006 , 02:56 PM

#79

AntonHeat

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aba is the man

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08-16-2006 , 03:15 PM

#80

ace_in_the_hole

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I wish i was good enough to not run bad...

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08-16-2006 , 03:34 PM

#81

newhizzle

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good read aba, congrats on your success

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08-16-2006 , 03:49 PM

#82

Schneids

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Come on dude, don't get all uptight. You went from .25/.50 to the highest regular NL games on the net in less than half a year. Clearly you're running above the mean.

True but I was also playing 2/4, in january, which is only 10 and 20 times lower than the games I play now. I think anyone can move up to these limits in that time period if they are good without running hot.

I don't know you, I hear you're an awesome guy, but this statement is ludicrious.

Trust me when I say you're running above average the last six months.

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08-16-2006 , 03:52 PM

#83

Schneids

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maybe im just a giant pussy but i have a larger bankroll and losing 40k scares the crap out of me

btw you sound a lot like bruiser the way you talk about those swings. if he reads bbv maybe he will chime in.

also congrats on improving so fast. well done

wow I am shocked at the size of your roll. I feel that my roll is perfect for 50/100 and below. I feel total comfortable with 35 BI. Also when I was moving up I would take shots with 17 BI at the next level.

How quickly would you have been able to move up if a few of those shots when you had 17 BI's had resulted in you quickly losing 8?

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08-16-2006 , 04:06 PM

#84

JCCARL

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350k bankroll

dammmmmmn, you could almost live off that interest

Gildy, perhaps if he's getting 20% per year or living with parents
Regards,
Carl

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08-16-2006 , 04:50 PM

#85

Mr November

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Great post. It just shows how anything you put your mind to and believe you can do, can and will happen. Confidence is the key.

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08-17-2006 , 06:19 PM

#86

KingNeo

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Great post. It just shows how anything you put your mind to and believe you can do, can and will happen. Confidence is the key.

Aba is a great player, and confidence is essential. However nothing replaces running good.

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08-17-2006 , 06:26 PM

#87

Mr November

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Great post. It just shows how anything you put your mind to and believe you can do, can and will happen. Confidence is the key.

Aba is a great player, and confidence is essential. However nothing replaces running good.

This is very true but when it comes down to it, if you have the right mindset and are confident and believe in what you can do, good things will happen. Running good helps a lot which boosts your confidence and when you get a bad beat your confidence can drop because you know you did everything well and still lost, which causes tilt.

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08-17-2006 , 06:26 PM

#88

TheWorstPlayer

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As everyone knows, luck plays a big part in poker and in life. But you have to work hard and be talented to put yourself in position to maximize the opportunities presented to you. Aba sure seems to have a lot of talent and to have worked hard and put in the time and effort. Congrats to him on being very successful and we should all (except for durr) wish him continued success.

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08-17-2006 , 06:29 PM

#89

Xellos

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I forgot about this post. Now I'm really jealous again.

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08-17-2006 , 06:33 PM

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tehox

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I don't think anyone is really hating on aba or his skills. They're just saying to move up that quickly with such great results you probably have to be running pretty good.

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12-05-2006 , 04:27 AM

#91

metallicafan

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guys, did brian tell which pokersite he built his bankroll.

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12-05-2006 , 11:27 AM

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Maulik

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guys, did brian tell which pokersite he built his bankroll.

FTP

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12-05-2006 , 12:14 PM

#93

inferno

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good read, can you tell more about your LHE progress?

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04-18-2007 , 01:46 AM

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steel108

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I have played online nearly daily for over 4 years. Your history is very far from unique. There are so many guys moving up quickly and after 6 month finds themselves in the toughest games there are on internet. And do good in these games.

All these guys are sure it is their pokerskills that have taken them there. And most of the time it is. But what they dont understand (yet) is that there are so many other factors that becomes important. Like: How do I react when I hit my first really nasty downswing? How often do I play worse then I could? What happens when other good players at this limit get a read on me? Will I not get bored and start to play worse when I get used to the limit I play at? Will I not start to play worse when I become bored of playing poker (like u will sooner or later, maybe not each day... but after a while it is a work, not a hobby)... and so on and so on...

They guys winning big playing internet poker week after week after month after month after year after year got so many skills besides being good at playing poker. And after playing a lot on the net for 6 months and moving up all the time, u dont know if u got these skills. Come back after u have played poker for a living for 12 more months and u will see your own sucess in a different light.

I think aba passed the test