Scottish Dave's Bankroll Experiment

[Claw75]

Mother F***er!

i decided to play in the £2/£5 cash game with my last £200, i said when i hit £400 id quit.

i make it to £412 and keep playing!!!!
....

Why the hell didnt i stop at £578?

why didn't you stop at £412?!?!?

Good luck with the next £200! (and STOP when you get to £400!!!!!)

cos when im winning i cant stop!

Well then you'd never stop until you lost it!!!

Looking good, and remember - STOP at £400 ffs!!!!!

[Scottish Dave]

FFs back down to £170

[Scottish Dave]

Down to £0!

lost it with JJ on a 4 3 6 flop he called with 8 5 and hit his straight!

so thats my entire bankroll = £214 gone! + £200 from my Bank account

£414 Loss for the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAArrrrggggggggggggg!

[Sark79]

Bad luck Dave.   Take a few days off mate. 



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[Scottish Dave]

Im a clown, ive just checked my bank and realise i only had £312 available before that deposit, so now i only have £112 left lol

Need to go to the bank ASAP and withdraw that for the Hamilton Horse Racing tomorrow, before the bank take it off me, or i deposit into some other poker site!!!

need to use Girlfriend bank till i get paid lol, but dont tell her, im skint for the month!

Im a clown lol

[Ironside]

dave that is another lesson in building a bankroll dont play out side your limits  with a £200 bankroll you should only be playing at 10/20p  maybe 25/50p and build it up slowly

i know its not as exciting but if you really want to be able to play poker without gmabling thats the only way to do it

[Scottish Dave]

dave that is another lesson in building a bankroll dont play out side your limits  with a £200 bankroll you should only be playing at 10/20p  maybe 25/50p and build it up slowly

i know its not as exciting but if you really want to be able to play poker without gmabling thats the only way to do it

but i dont want to play 10/20p poker or even 25/50p...its boring.

TBH i dont really want a Bankroll that badly, i look at poker just like betting, i play to win big, and cant be bothered to take months and noths to slowly build small bankroll, it doesnt feel like im winning, it feels like a waste of time

[Claw75]

Im a clown, ive just checked my bank and realise i only had £312 available before that deposit, so now i only have £112 left lol

Need to go to the bank ASAP and withdraw that for the Hamilton Horse Racing tomorrow, before the bank take it off me, or i deposit into some other poker site!!!

need to use Girlfriend bank till i get paid lol, but dont tell her, im skint for the month!

Im a clown lol

   blimey Dave!!  When do you get paid??!

[Scottish Dave]

Im a clown, ive just checked my bank and realise i only had £312 available before that deposit, so now i only have £112 left lol

Need to go to the bank ASAP and withdraw that for the Hamilton Horse Racing tomorrow, before the bank take it off me, or i deposit into some other poker site!!!

need to use Girlfriend bank till i get paid lol, but dont tell her, im skint for the month!

Im a clown lol

   blimey Dave!!  When do you get paid??!

2 weeks ago, i get paid again on 18th Aug

[sharpy]

  Dave,

  This has been an interesting thread which I've been looking in on regularly.It's quite refreshing to see you openly admit that poker is a 'gamble' for you and I dare say your not alone in thinking like this.What I will ask is this, Do you think that playing without a proper bankroll behind you affects your game in any way,or does the fact of knowing you have got to win to carry on playing(until next payday that is)bring out your 'A' game?

  In other words are you someone who thrives under pressure conditions to bring out the best in yourself?

[vegaslover]

dave that is another lesson in building a bankroll dont play out side your limits  with a £200 bankroll you should only be playing at 10/20p  maybe 25/50p and build it up slowly

i know its not as exciting but if you really want to be able to play poker without gmabling thats the only way to do it

but i dont want to play 10/20p poker or even 25/50p...its boring.

TBH i dont really want a Bankroll that badly, i look at poker just like betting, i play to win big, and cant be bothered to take months and noths to slowly build small bankroll, it doesnt feel like im winning, it feels like a waste of time

From that statement Dave the only thing I can take out of it, and I think you know it too, is that you only play for the excitement of the win and will always be a losing player, because you "like to gamble".
If i'm wrong I apologise, but you just don't seem to know when to take your winnings.

[Scottish Dave]

  Dave,

  This has been an interesting thread which I've been looking in on regularly.It's quite refreshing to see you openly admit that poker is a 'gamble' for you and I dare say your not alone in thinking like this.What I will ask is this, Do you think that playing without a proper bankroll behind you affects your game in any way,or does the fact of knowing you have got to win to carry on playing(until next payday that is)bring out your 'A' game?

  In other words are you someone who thrives under pressure conditions to bring out the best in yourself?

i dont really need to win to stop me losing my money, i always have spare cash, i only have a kind of blow out every few months.

i dont do it on purpose to bring out any 'A' game or anything, i just do it when im bored and feeling like taking a wee chance.

i just cant be bothered playing limits low enough to build a bank roll, it bores me.

i dont crave my payday to get me back in the game or anything, ill probably not bother playing online for a good fews weeks now, even when i do get paid, the main reason is i dont relly like playing online, it doesnt feel like real poker, i much prefer going to the club and playing for real.

when i play online i dont really see the money as mine, its all just numbers on the screen, thats why i dont care if i loose it, sure i get upset at the time , but 10 mins later i dont really care again. Its weird, but thats why i could never build a bank roll....i have no concept of money online!

[Scottish Dave]

dave that is another lesson in building a bankroll dont play out side your limits  with a £200 bankroll you should only be playing at 10/20p  maybe 25/50p and build it up slowly

i know its not as exciting but if you really want to be able to play poker without gmabling thats the only way to do it

but i dont want to play 10/20p poker or even 25/50p...its boring.

TBH i dont really want a Bankroll that badly, i look at poker just like betting, i play to win big, and cant be bothered to take months and noths to slowly build small bankroll, it doesnt feel like im winning, it feels like a waste of time

From that statement Dave the only thing I can take out of it, and I think you know it too, is that you only play for the excitement of the win and will always be a losing player, because you "like to gamble".
If i'm wrong I apologise, but you just don't seem to know when to take your winnings.

thats exactly true mate, i do love to gamble, and i love gambling on the poker table, i just get so bored sitting back and waiting for good hands, only to raise and everyone fold, i love to push with junk sometimes out of sheer bordem, which is terrible poker play, but i cant be bother with it sometimes.

its funny, but the only reason i play online is cos im bored in the house, and cant find something to do.

Im glad i dont have poker money now, cos it means ill not play online through bordem and through it away.

Im so so so not disciplined!

[Scottish Dave]

  Dave,

  This has been an interesting thread which I've been looking in on regularly.It's quite refreshing to see you openly admit that poker is a 'gamble' for you and I dare say your not alone in thinking like this.What I will ask is this, Do you think that playing without a proper bankroll behind you affects your game in any way,or does the fact of knowing you have got to win to carry on playing(until next payday that is)bring out your 'A' game?

  In other words are you someone who thrives under pressure conditions to bring out the best in yourself?

when i play online i dont really see the money as mine, its all just numbers on the screen, thats why i dont care if i loose it, sure i get upset at the time , but 10 mins later i dont really care again. Its weird, but thats why i could never build a bank roll....i have no concept of money online!

Just when im thinking back over it, i remember this one time, when i got my online banking sorted, it made it so easy to get an Over draft, i logged in one morning just as Arsenal were about to play Spurs with a 11:30am KO.

I looked to see what was in my bank, and i had about £20 haaaa, so i aplied for an over draft of £1,000 and got it instantly. I then went and put the full £1,000 on Arsenal - Half Time/Full Time priced at 2-1, it was 1-1 at and 5-4 ar FT!! - i lost the lot.

Thats what playing online is like i didnt even feel any of the money passing through my hands...the worst of it was i ended up doing it again until i had a £3,000 Over draft whick was maxed out, and a £2,300 credit card that was maxed out! I then had to go get a Consolidation Loan to make it one big payment of £450, cos i couldnt pay it back - a terrible state to get yourself into as a young boy of only 21 years old, that was 4 years ago, and thankfully all that is gone now. If what happened this morning happened back then, id have gone and got another £1,000 an went into the £5/£10 tables. At least now i walk away after £200 of spare cash.

this is how bad online funds can get with some people. thakfully i wouldnt do that again, i always make sure all the money for bills is paid for as soon as i get my wages, so that if i have a poker or gambling blow out like this morning its only my spare cash im blowing and not over drafts, or bill money.

I think what i did back then is a perfect example why the government should be doing something about online funds, to stop others doing what i did.

[Tonji]

great honest posts Dave.

Just an idea if you decide to build a bank roll, how about deposting a certain amount on one site, & only playing on this site when your in the right frame of mind, & slowly build a BR on this site only, have your gamble for other sites, but keep this one particular site as your "slow burn" site, don't set a target, just see how you can build up your account over a long period of time.

all the best & good luck