Prose from a Poshboy

[smashedagain]

It's all about the hourly rate at the end of the day,

if you can play your own money and make £20 p/hour, or get staked and win £50 (then give half away ofc) then get staked.

Sometimes (and this happened to me for a bit last year) I had some huge financial commitments and was getting so stressed about it that I took a huge hit to my hourly to get backed for games I was rolled for just because it made me much happier and I could sleep at nights lol

like andy says tho live BRM is so huge because your hourly increase from stake to stake much more than online, online if you have a 1/2 roll (say a $40 hourly) and take a shot at 2/4 and 3/6 and it goes bad you have to drop to 50/1 where you have a $25 hourly it's not the end of the world. but the money ur costing urself not being rolled for 1/2 is likely to be £25~ an hour, which is just too big a hit imo. Indecently the same applies online anywhere +10/20

first decent arguement i've heardfor being backed (earn $20 on your own or$25 being backed). history is littered with young guys who wanted to make a living from poker who never made it past 25 when family committments come along. hate to point it out again but those who are still playing and making a living from poker are on the nittier side of the game. those with flair tend to live like kings for a day but then are begging to borrow money the rest of the week.

[outragous76]

It's all about the hourly rate at the end of the day,

if you can play your own money and make £20 p/hour, or get staked and win £50 (then give half away ofc) then get staked.

Sometimes (and this happened to me for a bit last year) I had some huge financial commitments and was getting so stressed about it that I took a huge hit to my hourly to get backed for games I was rolled for just because it made me much happier and I could sleep at nights lol

like andy says tho live BRM is so huge because your hourly increase from stake to stake much more than online, online if you have a 1/2 roll (say a $40 hourly) and take a shot at 2/4 and 3/6 and it goes bad you have to drop to 50/1 where you have a $25 hourly it's not the end of the world. but the money ur costing urself not being rolled for 1/2 is likely to be £25~ an hour, which is just too big a hit imo. Indecently the same applies online anywhere +10/20

first decent arguement i've heardfor being backed (earn $20 on your own or$25 being backed). history is littered with young guys who wanted to make a living from poker who never made it past 25 when family committments come along. hate to point it out again but those who are still playing and making a living from poker are on the nittier side of the game. those with flair tend to live like kings for a day but then are begging to borrow money the rest of the week.

for a moment Jason i thought you had posted something sensible

but then you go and spoil it

[smashedagain]

sorry. cant help myself. nits gonna nit

[paulhouk03]

I am a nit and I'm pretty proud of it
That's life nit
Not that much poker nit

[cambridgealex]

I'll only get staked for cash games if it really is the only other option. The 50/1 games in Nottingham are so soft, I don't expect to ever have more than a 20 buyin downswing (maybe this is me being naive) but seriously, saying I'm underrolled for that game is just ridiculous. Maybe I need more than 20buyins to play the 1/2 at DTD as it does play pretty big sometimes, although I did game select pretty well (though could've done better) and dodged the really deep games. So maybe I should rethink the amount I need to play 1/2 again.

For now I feel really comfortable playing the 50/1 again. If I lost 20buyins at 50/1 then I'd grind $20 HUSNGs online (Which you need a $400 roll for) until I got it back. I have played thousands of those and have a good winrate and the variance is low - it's basically printing money, albeit pretty slowly. If I went busto playing these (again, so unlikely) then I'd be in trouble and have to get staked to start up again. Although I'm young, inexperienced and probably naive, I really can't see myself ever going broke with this strategy.

I manage my finances pretty sensibly and yes, Beanie, the weekend we just had in Prague was definitely OTT, but it was such a sick trip and whilst I'm 22 and have little or no responsibilties, that is what I want to spend my money on. That weekend probs set me back 1-2weeks of grinding but it was so worth it.

[George2Loose]

Alex ur being naive if u think a 4k life roll is enough. Sure u could win win win but more likely is u will Busto. Hope I'm wrong tho bud

[Woodsey]

What are your min living expenses per month?

[titaniumbean]

dude you need a life roll alongside a poker roll.

20 bi is ridic comedy. In my periods of sick live grind volume I lost 2 10bi pots at 1/2 as hudge favourite. On even a medium roll thats a com huge swing. A buyin live really isn't the same as a buyin online by the nature of the games and the idiots in them the games just play alot bigger.


Going to having a $400 roll for sngs I would consider as a small roll for a recreational player let alone for someone claiming to be a pro and needing to pay for life expenses.  Best plan is to just bink some tourny variance and you'll be sorted. I wouldn't be saying any of this if I didn't like you I hope you realise!!

[cambridgealex]

What are your min living expenses per month?

As I am living now probs 500, could probs cut it down to 200-300 if I had to

[Woodsey]

What are your min living expenses per month?

As I am living now probs 500, could probs cut it down to 200-300 if I had to

Ok, so say you had 2 losing months, you could easily be down to 2k or less. Don't you find that a scary prospect? Shit I would.........

[Dubai]

Going busto builds character. Better to go bust at 22 than 32

[pleno1]

Also think that you should try and get two seperate rolls, a poker one and a life one.

Why not put $400 into a site, play HU sngs and every month take off your profit as your "life money"

[titaniumbean]

Going busto builds character. Better to go bust at 22 than 32

where's the fun in going busto?!

[Dubai]

no fun in it, but its not the end of the world. If theres a 30% chance he goes busto but 70% chance he runs the stake up so can play higher and give himself opportunities to win big tournaments etc, then at 22 id say take the 70%er and roll with it

[pleno1]

never going busto and understanding the concept of money having good friends who want to give you good advice/care about you >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> being reckless and going busto at 22.