General Poker Advice (PLEASE READ)

[ianleel]

Im learning as I go thank you it will help.

[herlis]

nice post! its exactly what i was thinking about the money here , its all numbers. you wont miss them until its gone.

[ffcowboy76]

Great post eejit. I fell into the same trap with a much smaller win. I hit for about 3600 and cashed out the 3k. With the remaining 600 I went on a small streak pushing it to 800. I started to play the $1/$2 NL which was WAY over my bankroll. Shortly after jumping up to that level I was down to $50. I pissed away $750 in a heart beat. I wish I would of been smart and kept playing at the level that served me best, even if the profits were much smaller.

What happened to you will happen to all of us. The best we can do is learn for others mistakes and try no to do it ourselves.

[ferrengi]

Great post eejit. I fell into the same trap with a much smaller win. I hit for about 3600 and cashed out the 3k. With the remaining 600 I went on a small streak pushing it to 800. I started to play the $1/$2 NL which was WAY over my bankroll. Shortly after jumping up to that level I was down to $50. I pissed away $750 in a heart beat. I wish I would of been smart and kept playing at the level that served me best, even if the profits were much smaller.

What happened to you will happen to all of us. The best we can do is learn for others mistakes and try no to do it ourselves.

Good thing you cashed out the 3K. Most people would not have the discipline to cash out such a big percentage of their big win.

[taylovesthebeatles]

This was a very insightful and helpful post, thanks Eejit. This perspective is definitely a good thing to keep in mind, and we can all learn from it. I think you're exactly right about us all being the same person and poker player, no matter what our current run might be, win or lose.

[kingsnthahole]

thanks for that inspirational story, and i will agree with you 100% that if you play within your limits, you can have fun and maybe once in a while, get lucky and win real big...and you can do one of two things, cash out and make payments on the endless debt that is life, or try and turn that couple thousand into millions...honestly, i do have to say eej, WHY THE HELL DIDNT YOU TAKE 10K AND REG FOR THE WSOP RIGHT AWAY!!! i woulda done this in a heart beat before paying off debts...haha

Iv'e been playing with 45 bucks that i won in a freeroll in feb since then and havent bought into fulltilt since last summer, its all free, i play within my limits, and sometimes it gets down to about 15 bucks, where it is now, sometimes it gets to as much as 200...so im sitting back enjoying playing every day, and honing my skills for live poker....

thanks again eej

[thenutzaa1]

Great post eejit, you hit the part of poker that people don't think about at all. You can win money fast and lose it fast as well. I agree with you 100% and i actually went through this a little. First time playing poker was my freshmen year in college and i lost twenty bucks to my friends. Next day i put 200 on party poker and i got it up to 5000. Beginners luck because i know my skill now and i realized now that i was a fish at high limits online. i eventually lost all the money. Great lesson though because at that time it was just numbers to me and i knew nothing about poker.

Now my poker is mostly live cash game and tournaments and i blog on here to play a little online poker. Because you never know who is behind the computer.

anyways thanks for the post it was a good one.

[esmordan]

thanks for the post eejit...it was very inspirational.....i learned my lesson when i kinda did the same thing...it was a smaller win of only about 3300 but i cashed it out and then started spending it.....i mean i played within my limits but i played more often and i played more recklessly at the casino

once i lost about 1/2 my winnings i relised what i was doing and have gona back to playing my game tight and stck it to them when they make a mistake...i now have my BR or winning back up to its original 4500 but i know where you are comming from on a much smallerscale...gl on everything that you do and have fun at the tables

[ScareCrowAKA]

Wow very insightful, Good post. Thanks... The falls of gambling. Unlike a sport like baseball or basketball where over confidence in your abilities can help you go on a tear and play at a higher level. Its a little different in a game where no matter how good you play, a amount of luck is still needed to win. Thanks for the post.

[freeringo]

Great story
I know I won't go bankrupt playing poker
because I'm too cheap.
Never having played in a tourney over $12
except for 4-5 +$100 a seat satelites I won.
I have never played in a cash game either.
I did play in 1 live game on my birthday and took third
$25 entry. After 15 years I have cashed for over $13,000
and I have never deposited my own money once.
One month about 3 years ago, I had a nickle left on
my Intertops account. Played penny sit and goes, then
10 cent ones. Within a week I was playing $2 games and
amassed $30 bankroll and then hit a hot weekend.
In 3 days I cashed in 5 tourneys totaling $1350. I cashed out
and left $50, 2 months later I cashed out for $500.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that you don't need alot of money and
if you keep it at an affordable level, you can have
years of enjoyment and pay a few bills like I do.