Poker made me cry
 

I dropped $400 tonight playing B&M 100 max no limit and I've dropped $1500 my last few sessions playing that and 5-10 limit. It sucks being a losing player in a donkfest like that which makes it clear I'm bad at poker. Even though I've been winning online lately, I hate poker but I can't quit because I don't know what else to do. Thinking about this made me cry a little toward the end of my session.

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I hate what poker has become but I can't quit because I don't know what else to do.

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gg

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did you really cry, or is that just dramatic license?

also, I can relate, my last 3 live limit sessions have each ended up with me a sizable loser when I have zero doubt I am massively +EV vs every single player at the table. It's just variance man, fire up some porn and spent a few minutes in your happy place.

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Don't forget, you're also a virgin!

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Post less in politics, its hurting your brain imo.

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Die.

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did you really cry, or is that just dramatic license?

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Yes, I actually did cry.

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iron, i know exactly where you're coming from. don't know much about your situation, but all i can say is if you're relying on poker for an income. get a job.
then poker will be fun again. and it will be a bunch of extra money.

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Hahaha, I'd be soooo busto if I didn't have a job. I never really planned on doing poker full time but losing still sucks. I think I'm about break even over the last year or two.

Why in the world would you think I could make money on poker if I can't beat B&M 1-2?

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Be more patient.

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k, well then, i've played stars mixed games with you before, and you suck

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Play bridge. There is less variance and it is a pretty sick game when you get to know the basics..


http://www.acolbridge.co.uk/bidding.php

http://www.peterdunn.org.uk/pictures/Bridge.jpg

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i cry myself to sleep most nights. i thought this was standard among poker players?

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iron,

for every horrible politics poster you ban, I'll coach you for free for an hour. deal?

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Oh well at least you're not me

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k, well then, i've played stars mixed games with you before, and you suck

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lol.. I was thinking the same thing about triple draw on ub.

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boys dont cry


seriously though you have a job right? why do you have to play poker? just do something else with your spare time instead. play golf, or frisbee golf (!), or WoW/some computer game, or xbox, or something. poker has made me terribly frustrated at times but i've never felt like i was going to cry. i feel like if you take it on an emotional level that much, its going to be difficult to ever really win/not tilt long term.

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or WoW

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no. seriously.

poker will mess with your soul. WoW will try to eat it, digest it and make sure it never sees daylight again.

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yeah but at least its cheap. playing poker as a losing player can get pretty expensive.

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iron,

for every horrible politics poster you ban, I'll coach you for free for an hour. deal?

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I hope you have lots and lots of free time available for coaching.

In fairness, if you expanded this offer to other forums you might be doing nothing but coaching until 2031.

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It takes far too long to play a decent sample at live poker for you to be able to say you "can't beat it." Live poker, especially the small stakes, is like the easiest thing to beat ever, but variance will still bite you in the ass. I was prob breakeven lifetime through 3 or so Vegas trips (lasting from 2-6 days) and then over the summer I made like $5k during the 3-4 weeks I was there...swongs man, they're one thing.

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It takes far too long to play a decent sample at live poker for you to be able to say you "can't beat it."

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yeah but like, based on this logic, everyone should just keep playing because, maybe theyre a winner! and its just variance. if youre losing, barring any further information, youre probably a loser.

i mean yeah he definitely might be a winner, i dont know, but like just thinking "man i post on 2+2, im obviously a winning player" and calling it a downswing as you continuously lose money/breakeven is being a bit overly optimistic imo.

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k, well then, i've played stars mixed games with you before, and you suck

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That's the thing. I think its possible I've played more non-micro mixed game hands than anyone (I was big in the Full Tilt SNGs when they started) and yet I still suck. I win at Stars Triple Draw to keep my roll afloat but but there aren't enough games to play that full time. Actually, Other Poker is the only strat forum I read semi-regularly. Hmmm.

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Oh well at least you're not me

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why do you have to play poker?

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I play poker because the only option I see is watching more TV. I'm working on developing interests: I'm taking a couple community college classes but its slow and I tried the Video Game thing and that didn't work. Also if I quit poker I'd probably have to quit 2+2 and I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] you guys.

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I play poker because the only option I see is watching more TV. I'm working on developing interests: I'm taking a couple community college classes but its slow and I tried the Video Game thing and that didn't work. Also if I quit poker I'd probably have to quit 2+2 and I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] you guys.

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Actually, it's perfectly possible to stop playing poker and stick around on 2+2. You move from being a poker-player to being a poker-fan, but, hey, nothing wrong with that, especially if playing poker is damaging your life.

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I play poker because the only option I see is watching more TV. I'm working on developing interests: I'm taking a couple community college classes but its slow and I tried the Video Game thing and that didn't work. Also if I quit poker I'd probably have to quit 2+2 and I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] you guys.

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Actually, it's perfectly possible to stop playing poker and stick around on 2+2. You move from being a poker-player to being tuq

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Don't forget, you're also a virgin!

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lolllll