Quote Originally Posted by kingsnthahole View Post
in 3 weeks i will be beginning another online poker trial at making it big...my first two tries at this started at first with a 25 dollar deposit...which after 3 weeks turned into $175, from playing 5 dollar-6 person sng's, these are by far the best portion of my game...i say portion because a 6 person sit n go is alot like the final table of a MTT, i love playing these because it really boosts your confidence if you make it to the final table with a medium stack or better, and still gives you hope if your short...i love tourneys and i love cash games too, i have been successful at both, but not greatly successful, which i would like...my goal is after a 2-3 month period to cash out atleast 1000 dollars...the problem for me is i have tried this always on fulltilt, where donkeys rule, i have seen 2-3x more suckouts on fulltilt than on any other poker site in a single session...and im not talking about a 65-35% suckout, im talking about flopping trips and someone shoving with 2 suited over cards and runnering a flush...sickness, and vulgar...im thinking about either trying my luck on stars or carbon...i have played at carbon before, i love their software and the little percentages, stars has always been fun and is one fo my top 2 played most at sites, my problem is and has always been tilt/addiction...i would play those 5 dollar games and win like 1 out of 4 and place itm in 3 of 4, but id always seem to not be satisfied with the small 5 dollar gains, so i switched to playing MTT, while sitting at a cash table, and i found it to be very very hard to play both at the same time, i dwindled my BR down to about 14 bucks when i finally struck a little gold with a 1st place win at a 3.30 KO tourney with 8 KO's...brought me back to about 80-90 bucks, then i got interested in PLO, haha not one of my best games, but i tried it and started out GREAT on my first try, about 5 hands in at a cassh table, i had something like KKT9 and i flopped TT9 and two blanks followed and this guy threw all his money to me bc he was playing AA-rags, smooth called him all the way down for like 40 bucks, and all it takes is one HUGE pot to get hooked on a new game and before i knew it, i was dwindled down to nothing...i have been playing freerolls for the last, 2 months and honoestly, it has helped my game...yes, thats right, HELPED...it has taught me about hand potential with your chip utility, AND it has taught me to dodge bullets, im pulling off way more bluffs with no contest than i used to...anyways, i will be blogging the hell out of this thread and keeping everyone posted bc i gave up on railbirds and this site is way cooler and friendlier...anyone else feel free to join in with your bankrolling and keep me posted i love discussing hands, situations, and reads/tells...im also loking for a few people to join in a cash table with me on a regular basis...i want to start playing .25/.50 HORSE...get at me guys and gals...thanks everyone,
MIKE
This happnes no matter where you go, especially Stars!


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