General Poker Advice (PLEASE READ)

[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.

[freeringo]

Too add to my story:
I originally started out playing a weekly free sports
betting contest called FREESB.COM. They payed out
top 50 places with cash into your Intertops account
and hats and t-shirts. Well I have still plenty of hats
and t-shirts around years later. I took second once
for $100 and a first for $250 a year later and alot of $10 prizes.
All my winnings I made sports bets with and was
good at basketball, not good at football. Betting was like a
roller coaster ride and be careful when you think you can out guess the bookie. One day I realized that I could play poker with my sportbook money.
So I started playing. In those days, Intertops was quite
young and had lots of guarenteed tourneys of $100 and $200
mostly and there never were enough players. It was like that
for almost 6 years and then they closed up shop. Months later they re-opened with new software, you all know the details more than I.
They got real cheap after that and my winnings were cut in half.
But during the hay day at Intertops I made alot of easy money
while learning how to play.

[freeringo]

There still is a free weekly sports betting contest.
They only pay top 10 places now and have a $100
top prize. They do offer a year long contest for
huge dollars, too. Another free way to start your bankroll.
Check out Intertops.net for details.
US players welcome cept those few states.

[eejit101]

Dunno why, fancied a bump

[navuta]

There are lots of thing to learn from you mister eejit..
We are all proud of you.
with that 65K winning you sure looks like a pro player.
U are my hero for sure, and without you all this forum would never have such a nice envoriment.
Thanks for all u have tought to us, and all we will learn in the future.
Imagine if u win 65K for the BAP... Can u try it?
We all respect u very much.

[TerpZone]

Dunno why, fancied a bump

don't lie. you fancied a bump because I asked you for a link to the thread.

And I hate you for winning 65k. That makes me jealous. JEALOUS

[markjfixit]

that was a pretty amazing post as I fell into that trap once. it wasnt for nearly the kind of money you were playing for but I too had to sit back and say what am I doing?? I had won like 280 bucks and thought I was a god so instead of playing my usual 10/20 cent ring I found myself at the 50/100 cent table went way up, then way down, then way out. I never felt so stupid and ashamed of myself for being such a dumb**s. although I was not playing for the kind of money your talking about the lesson was the same and I have not forgotten it. sorry you had to learn the lesson at a much higher pricetag.

[TerpZone]

I got my compulsions in check one day when I was on the Sportsbook casino, up a couple hundred from the sports betting and poker, and decided to play ****ing war. $2. Lose. $5. lose. $10. Lose. $25. Lose. $50. Win. $50. Win. $100. Win. $100 Lose. $100 Lose. $100 Lose. $100 lose.

I was playing $100 a hand. On ****ing war.

The only game that can get to me like that any more is Blackjack, which is why I try my best to avoid any places that offer online blackjack. I never let things like this happen in person because, like eejit said, it's just numbers on a screen when playing online.