Rebuilding
OK, Im going to skim over the next 3-4 years pretty quickly so I get on to present day and life. I messed up my timeline earlier, i didnt buy the car and go busto until 2/05. Most of what happened between that time was grinding, wasteful spending of money on things that were probably not the best idea (girls and 'recreational accessories'). No need to get into the details, as it was mainly growing up with the game. I learned the highes first, next came lows. From there it was just a cycle, learning how to manage the cycle turned out to be much more difficult than i could imagine. Especially for someone like me.
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Last I wrote I mentioned how i started running bad. I was still playing 10/20 NL on Party with a 12k BR (yes I know, thats awful) but i was not familiar with BR mgmt and, to be honest, i dontt hink i ever had a 6 buyin downswing before, as crazy as that may sound. Well, by the time i was 24 (3/05) i was, for the first time, BUSTO. Granted i had a good job, but i had no extra money for the first time since i was 21.
I have been truly BUSTO 2 times in my career, and both were valuable experiences in terms of my development. This being the first time it made me realize that even good players can lose. I finally started to understand that i needed to be rolled for games, I began reading poker forums, mainly www.cardplayer.com where i went on to meet most of my current 'poker crew' if u will. I studied more about the game, i knew i was still good, but i didnt have the BR to prove it. I saved about $500 from my job and redeposited. I went back to the one thing i knew i could beat, $50 sngs on party. I just played and played and played, I am pretty sure I am in the top 5% of all sng players online, not because i am incredibly gifted, but because i have played so many. My sharkscope stats still show i have room to improve, but nonetheless, im pretty profitable.
Within about 2 months i had a roll again and was back to cash and multi's. Its about this time my internship ended and it was time to go back to school.
WSOP
It was around March of 2005 when i won a seat to the WSOP Main Event. Wow what a day that was, i got cash and a hotel room in addition to the seat. I went on to NOT cash, which sucked horribly but i feel like i learned a lot in that tournament. From then on I have just been off and on. I went broke again about 8 months ago (8/06), but was back up on my feet fairly quickly. From there on I have learned how to control my game. Make educated decisions. Work out the EV of all my ranges (within seconds) but most importantly, ive learned to acknowledge my mistakes after making them. Shit, if there is one thing I could advise to any player. Its be willing to look at your mistakes. You learn a lot more from bad hands, than you do from good ones.
From here on out im posting current stuff. Hope you enjoy
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Last I wrote I mentioned how i started running bad. I was still playing 10/20 NL on Party with a 12k BR (yes I know, thats awful) but i was not familiar with BR mgmt and, to be honest, i dontt hink i ever had a 6 buyin downswing before, as crazy as that may sound. Well, by the time i was 24 (3/05) i was, for the first time, BUSTO. Granted i had a good job, but i had no extra money for the first time since i was 21.
I have been truly BUSTO 2 times in my career, and both were valuable experiences in terms of my development. This being the first time it made me realize that even good players can lose. I finally started to understand that i needed to be rolled for games, I began reading poker forums, mainly www.cardplayer.com where i went on to meet most of my current 'poker crew' if u will. I studied more about the game, i knew i was still good, but i didnt have the BR to prove it. I saved about $500 from my job and redeposited. I went back to the one thing i knew i could beat, $50 sngs on party. I just played and played and played, I am pretty sure I am in the top 5% of all sng players online, not because i am incredibly gifted, but because i have played so many. My sharkscope stats still show i have room to improve, but nonetheless, im pretty profitable.
Within about 2 months i had a roll again and was back to cash and multi's. Its about this time my internship ended and it was time to go back to school.
WSOP
It was around March of 2005 when i won a seat to the WSOP Main Event. Wow what a day that was, i got cash and a hotel room in addition to the seat. I went on to NOT cash, which sucked horribly but i feel like i learned a lot in that tournament. From then on I have just been off and on. I went broke again about 8 months ago (8/06), but was back up on my feet fairly quickly. From there on I have learned how to control my game. Make educated decisions. Work out the EV of all my ranges (within seconds) but most importantly, ive learned to acknowledge my mistakes after making them. Shit, if there is one thing I could advise to any player. Its be willing to look at your mistakes. You learn a lot more from bad hands, than you do from good ones.
From here on out im posting current stuff. Hope you enjoy
posted by Dr0me at 5:04 PM
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