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Caryn
Enthusiast
Silver Level
That's insane! Do you have a casino nearby where you can play live games? I've turned $50 into a little over $1k in just over 2 weeks, playing just a few hours daily at the $1/2 NL table. As long as you're patient for the monster hands, you can buy in as short stack and easily double up in one hand. (If not more).
jsnake716
Legend
Bronze Level
Very nice read, I know most people want to hear the dramatic run it up stories, I think some "pros" out there even created one for their fans. Most of the people who I respect in poker have alot in common with your post.
I am in the process of "building a roll" because I suffered a work injury, which left me with much time for poker but unfortunately not much extra cash!! Now there was that time when I was down to my last buy-in.......Haha
Again thanks for the post
I am in the process of "building a roll" because I suffered a work injury, which left me with much time for poker but unfortunately not much extra cash!! Now there was that time when I was down to my last buy-in.......Haha
Again thanks for the post
ledge4131
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Oz,
Excellent post! Thanks for the wisdom and guidance. Finding good freerolls has become trickier, but i guess that it is the journey that matters. I normally play on P*, so the selection of Freerolls is limited.
In the end, success is the byproduct of practice, skill, patience, and luck.
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent post! Thanks for the wisdom and guidance. Finding good freerolls has become trickier, but i guess that it is the journey that matters. I normally play on P*, so the selection of Freerolls is limited.
In the end, success is the byproduct of practice, skill, patience, and luck.
Thanks for sharing!
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lizz
Rising Star
Bronze Level
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Neek4555
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Need lots of willpower. Try to prove that you can build it up its not about the money obviously.
been there too many times and as bad as if feels hitting 0 how sweet is it to get it back up !!!
SAME ISSUE. THE DREADED PLO. BOY IS THAT A. GOOD GAME OR WHAT IN Puerto Rico I used to play strictlee. PLZ. Good days.
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OzExorcist
Broomcorn's uncle
Bronze Level
Yeah PLO is a great example of a game where you can easily lose big chunks of your bankroll if you're not good experienced at it because if you're used to NLHE you'll probably end up getting in too deep with a lot of second-best hands.
Better to think of playing PLO as the reward you'll get AFTER you've built a stable roll.
GRANDPAPA929
Legend
Silver Level
Thread items interesting and good.
The truth can not escape.
I had a case: I invested $10 and on the same day in cash games raised $146.
But excessive vehemence has me down to $57.
Conclusion: - it is not necessary to play for a long time.
You can climb and descend.
Better a bird in the hand than a crane in the sky.
The truth can not escape.
I had a case: I invested $10 and on the same day in cash games raised $146.
But excessive vehemence has me down to $57.
Conclusion: - it is not necessary to play for a long time.
You can climb and descend.
Better a bird in the hand than a crane in the sky.
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ApeFinger
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Also, don't blow your bankroll on blackjack, slots etc. Use a bankroll management technique for those games as well or play with money you can lose. It takes a lot of discipline to not dip into your bankroll after you've lost some betting other games. Has happened to every other gambler except me of course. 
OzExorcist
Broomcorn's uncle
Bronze Level
Also, don't blow your bankroll on blackjack, slots etc. Use a bankroll management technique for those games as well or play with money you can lose. It takes a lot of discipline to not dip into your bankroll after you've lost some betting other games. Has happened to every other gambler except me of course.
Yeah just don't play blackjack or slots at all. Even the nittiest of bankroll management strategies won't save you from losing money on them - it's just a question of how fast you lose it.
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Mike D_
Rock Star
Silver Level
Are u planning to use some paid software like HM2 or PT4?
X MaCs X
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Funny thing!
I never even considered playing limit hold em on pokerstars! That kinda game would suit me I think, I'll try it out and let you know. Thanks Great Info In the there.
I never even considered playing limit hold em on pokerstars! That kinda game would suit me I think, I'll try it out and let you know. Thanks Great Info In the there.
Lunasdad
Rising Star
Bronze Level
i hadent until and old timer( 7stud player) told me to try it and worked very well for me to build a BR from a sighnon bonus.
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rehanov
Rock Star
Silver Level
i started from freeroll tournament 6 weeks ago , i won like 6 usd and i turned them right now to 450 usd , but i was lucky
but i just need to put a plan , max loss if i reached for the day i need to stop
a target to achieve
is there any ideas or advices ?
but i just need to put a plan , max loss if i reached for the day i need to stop
a target to achieve
is there any ideas or advices ?
OzExorcist
Broomcorn's uncle
Bronze Level
Yeah I'd suggest following a conventional BRM strategy where you only play games that you have at least 50 full buyins for - maybe even 100 buyins if you want to be conservative.
Stop-losses are a tricky thing: the big question you need to answer about them is WHY you're stopping playing.
If you're stopping playing because you're tired, or not thinking straight, or distracted, or whatever, and that's affecting your play and causing you to make bad decisions, then yes it's absolutely a good idea to stop the session and come back tomorrow when you're playing better.
If you're playing well though, the game is still good, and you've just gotten unlucky a few times then I don't see any need to leave the table and stop playing just because you've lost some arbitrary amount. I've got the exact same view on setting profit goals for each day FWIW too - why would you stop playing in a good game just because you've "won enough"?!?
So: if you're stopping more for the former reason then... yeah, I guess that's a good idea. I don't necessarily know that stop-loss goal is the best way of addressing that problem though. You should probably find a better way of identifying earlier that you're not playing your best, rather than waiting until you've lost a set amount to acknowledge it.
If you're stopping for the latter reason, then I'd say it's probably a strategy that's not helping you in the long run.