Am I an angle-shooting douchebag?

[luckyjimm]

But I do think it is legitimate to find fault, as a consumer, with a site that is so incompetent that they can't process withdrawals and remove the money from players' accounts within 6, 12, 18 hours of the withdrawal. I will vote as a consumer and move to a site with a decent cashout system. If a skin is so small they can't run an efficient cashout system, it shouldn't exist - iPoker should take action since it reflects badly on the network as a whole.

[qpw]

Seriously, Jim, I'm not just saying this to be nasty or score points.

You must get a handle on the control thing. I just realised that the cashout thing was you as well.

From your posts it looks as if you are quite capable of winning money when you are in control but quite unable to stop yourself throwing it away under certain adverse conditions.

If you can work out a technique that you can use to force yourself to stop for long enough to come off tilt, you're going to be able to save youself a heap of money both short and long term.

That should be your absolute, major, priority at the moment.

[luckyjimm]

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From your posts it looks as if you are quite capable of winning money when you are in control but quite unable to stop yourself throwing it away under certain adverse conditions.

If you can work out a technique that you can use to force yourself to stop for long enough to come off tilt, you're going to be able to save youself a heap of money both short and long term.

That should be your absolute, major, priority at the moment.

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Yes, this is absolutely right. I put in many hours between Saturday and Tuesday morning, and I recognised in myself periodic periods of tilt. I took steps to address it. For example if I played two tables at once, I was much more likely to tilt. I could feel myself starting to shake, and I would slag people off in chat. So I tore myself away from the computer and waited till I regained my composure before I played again.

Sadly Tuesday morning was one long tilt session. I'd hardly woken up when I sat at the table. It was short handed which is much more tilt-inducing. I hadn't had my morning cup of tea, cigarette or breakfast, hadn't showered, hadn't got dressed. I was in no state to play. And I was conscious I didn't have long before I had to go to work so I played without patience or control. And since I was playing at $5/$10, for which I had 4.5 buyins, one tilting session could be - and was - fatal. If I'd donked off a few buy-ins at $1/$2 it wouldn't have mattered.

I need to recognise in myself the effect gambling has on me and attempt to check myself, to take a step back and say "What am I doing at this table? Am I playing well? Would I be better off going doing something else, and coming back in a few hours when I'm in a better frame of mind and the games are better?" It has to be possible for me to do this.

By the way I just found out I earned so many player points that the affiliate I signed up with is sending me $250... so I'll have to reopen my CDPoker account!!! I can use that for five half buy-ins at $0.50/$1 or three $80 buy-ins for $1/$2 and see how I get on.

Onwards and upwards!

[mason55]

wow you seriously sound like you have a gambling problem

[giddyyup]

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wow you seriously sound like you have a gambling problem

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[Backspin20]

Rat-holeing is wrong. However it happens and its the rooms problem to fix.
The scum that left with your money and came will not get suspended or even emailed. The bug will be fixed end of story.

[excession]

And then the guy just doubles up, leaves and goes plays another table on the same or other site.

Jim still won't get his money back.

[excession]

maybe he should short-stack (you can rathole at iPoker you know)

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