My story (long) - Page 5 - Poker Beats Brags and Variance

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 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 OWNED you

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04-18-2007 , 01:31 PM

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creative

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great read :]

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04-18-2007 , 01:50 PM

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Apokrupto

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Now it is April 2005 and I have moved up to 2/4 limit. I had no plans for the summer after graduation and decided to play poker fulltime in Vegas. I am supposed to start graduate school the next fall, so I figured 3 months in Vegas would be a great break from school. S0 I moved out to Vegas by myself last June. At the time I was playing 5/10 limit. At this point poker was all consuming. I would spend 14-16 hours every day playing or reading about poker. I was actually pretty miserable since I had no friends and I love to work out but could not with the Vegas weather. At this time I was trying to move up to 10/20 limit but I could not for the live of me beat it. I lost 5K (a lot for me then) trying to beat it. I know looking back I wasn't playing my best because I wouldn’t think about hands that I was playing, I would just multi table like a robot.

"That was it. That was the last, that was, Aba20 went off to basic the next day. That was the last night the four of us were together. That was two years ago. Tell me about your wife and those rosebushes? "

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04-18-2007 , 02:48 PM

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gambler2k4

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A normal player won't move up as quickly as aba. Only a superstar can move up that quickly. Most players will often tilt and play bad. I believe aba plays excellent like 99.9% of the time and it's 'really amazing. Same with greenplastic.

It's hard to put all the variables of a good player in one equation and have great success.

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04-18-2007 , 02:52 PM

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gambler2k4

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This really reminds me of myself from last june-early september. i moved up in limits very quickly. mostly because I ran decent enough that I never really went insane and it never really effected my play. i went from 1/2 to 5/10 fully BR'd with 20 buyins at all times in the matter of like 1.5 months.

then i hit my first big downswing of like 10k in one day and it really effected me and I didn't know how to react to it.

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06-08-2007 , 08:54 PM

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Under dog

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LOL Very good

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06-08-2007 , 10:59 PM

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teh_mewse

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ban under dog

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06-08-2007 , 11:32 PM

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zasterguava

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I read this thinking it was Brian Townsed, i thought he was called aba? nevermind

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06-08-2007 , 11:45 PM

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DirteAA

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I read this thinking it was Brian Townsed, i thought he was called aba? nevermind

this is about townsend

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06-08-2007 , 11:58 PM

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zasterguava

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I read this thinking it was Brian Townsed, i thought he was called aba? nevermind

this is about townsend

his bankroll was 350k in 2006? wow

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06-09-2007 , 12:42 AM

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mirrorman

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I read this thinking it was Brian Townsed, i thought he was called aba? nevermind

this is about townsend

his bankroll was 350k in 2006? wow

which is now.. what? an average pot?

Sick.

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06-09-2007 , 01:03 AM

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F0LD--IT

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How many tables were you playing at each level?

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06-09-2007 , 01:16 AM

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luckyjimm

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Half way through the summer I took 500 bucks and went down to the mirage to play some live poker. Instead of playing 10/20 limit I played NL for the first time. Unfortunately all did not go smoothly as I got it AI against a rich older fat guy with KQ on a AJT board (with one spade). He had AQ of spades and caught runner runner flush on me to scoop a 1100+ dollar pot. This was the biggest pot that I had ever lost and I was devastated.

Last month Brian paid someone to track down the rich old fat guy & tie him up naked in a remote cave covered in jam, and leave him for the rats to eat. He left a videocamera running so he could watch the man's slow, painful death. Just to teach everyone the lesson you do NOT outdraw Brian and get away with it.

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08-14-2007 , 12:17 PM

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nation

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i felt like bumping this because it's a good read (the whole thread, esp kiddo's post)

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08-14-2007 , 12:31 PM

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yteba

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I read this thinking it was Brian Townsed, i thought he was called aba? nevermind

this is about townsend

his bankroll was 350k in 2006? wow

which is now.. what? an average pot?

Sick.

Yeah an average pot FOR LOSS.

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08-14-2007 , 12:49 PM

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Chump Change

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i felt like bumping this because it's a good read (the whole thread, esp kiddo's post)

Wow, never read kiddo's post before. Eerie.

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08-14-2007 , 12:55 PM

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nation

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note that i didn't mention kiddo's post to rub in aba's recent downswing, i just think it's a great post for other pros. it is crazy though that aba felt at one point that 35 bi was more than enough for 50/100, but now he's in a 25 bi downswing. of course, HU 300/600 has crazy variance and aba can easily move down (and is), but the point stands.

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08-14-2007 , 02:58 PM

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No, I know. It's stuff every full time player needs to know and will experience one way or the other.

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08-14-2007 , 03:26 PM

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Jiganti

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These high stakes games are very swingy. It's important to be emotionally capable, he claims to have the roll for those games and I don't doubt him but there's no shame in dropping down limits to clear your head and focus on making money.