Blowing your bankroll

[Redbull]

Excellent bump Kev! Sick drunken spin ups FTW!

[AndrewT]

At the risk of another reductio ad absurdum, if I had seriously considered rape in the past but managed not to act on those urges then I would have a greater understanding of the internal struggle that a rapist had faced, and failed to overcome. However, it would be wrong of me to feel or think anything which would lead me to absolve the rapist of the responsibility of his actions.

Three years on, and you'll be pleased to know I still haven't seriously considered rape.

I'm so lazy.

[thetank]

Maybe you just haven't met the right girl yet.

[AndrewT]

Maybe you just haven't met the right girl yet.

Lazy and over-picky.

FML.

[Trivial]

Haha, at the risk of appearing narcissistic, I can't resist responding at this point (thanks for the concern Kev!) after a recent bump of my twoplustwo threads which 'totalise' so intriguingly linked here (btw if you could PM me there I am curious as to your identity).

For those who were wondering (and to follow-on from the linked threads), I stuck with short-handed $5/10 NL and some $10/$20 until the close of 2008, whence I decided to take a month-long shot at the $25/$50 NL games on Pokerstars and Full Tilt.
Results were very satisfactory and since then I have been playing these games full time and plan on doing so for the foreseeable future, although I would like to get bankrolls on some European sites again at this stage.

To be honest I haven't really read Blonde in the past few years, but I am nonetheless very grateful for some of the early advice I received. Hope all is well.
If you guys have any particular questions then I'll do my best to answer in recompense for the initial encouragement. Ask away.

On an aside, I am now living in London if there are any poker-related events of interest on the horizon or if anyone wants to grab a pint.

[Trivial]

Wow i've played a bunch of 5/10 NL with 20 Buck Spin in the last couple of years always heads up. To be honest i thought he was really spewy bad perhaps i caught a few of the drunken sessions. Can remember frequently running 1/2 or a full buyin up to 10k against him, mostly used to leave if he got more than 200BB's deep but do recall a couple of times getting stubborn and coming out on the wrong side of his sickness in 800BB+ deep pots.

Hi Riverdave, re-reading your posts in this thread was a pleasure.

I have fond memories (moreso for myself than for you, no doubt) of a $5/$10 HU session on Stars where you span your initial $500 buyin up to well into the five figures, before dribbling it back and ultimately dropping a 1200bb+ pot to busto. That remains one of the most entertaining headsup matches of my life and I would love to play you again if you fancy 4-tabling 10/20+ anytime soon.

Incidentally I will play anyone in the world at four tables of 25/50 NL HU. Challengers welcome.

[Woodsey]

Welcome back, please post more often. Got any more comedy degen stories for us?

[GreekStein]

On an aside, I am now living in London if there are any poker-related events of interest on the horizon or if anyone wants to grab a pint.

I live in London too. Can you be nipped?

Incidentally I will play anyone in the world at four tables of 25/50 NL HU. Challengers welcome.

Where on earth did you get this idea from ?!

[gribbo]

Hey, do you play/ have moved over to playing much PLO?

Who do you find toughest at the games you play?

What about all the 'bumhunting on stars/tilt? Anonymous HU tables only way?

How do you find playing such an aggro style profitable esp with all the training sites etc nowadays?

Cheers

[#1Instigator]

very good read! i've done that before and can relate, very best of luck!

[sovietsong]

Well Trivial this is something i can relate to many times over i can't preach to you about bankroll management skills because whilst i am well aware of them i don't put them into practice often enough. All i will say is that i've been down the gambling with your bankroll road too many times and whilst it has seen some magnificent highs such as $300 turned into $100k in just 4 days of cash games at one site. It has also seen some fantastic lows, losing 90k in 2 days and a 70k pot in the middle of that stick in the memory.
Now getting out of a mess from very little money is one of my specialities. My advice is to find a game and a stake that you are comfortable playing at and stick to it whatever it may be and don't think about moving up until you have recovered sufficient. I know just how much pain is involved in stepping down the levels but you have no choice if you want to get back in the game. It's not much fun to go from playing $5k heads up matches back to the $50 ones or $50/$100 NL back to $1/$2NL but due to similar traits to the ones you've shown i've had to do this. It is difficult when you know you are good enough to beat much bigger games to stick at the smaller level but its the only way to recover. I've moved back up gradually and it's worth the graft at the lower levels in the long run.
I hope you learn from this the first time round like i failed to because it will save you from a world of pain.

Interesting post.

[GreekStein]

20 Buck is an animal.

Post an update if you can mate.

[Woodsey]

20 Buck is an animal.

Post an update if you can mate.

Is this 20 buck?