Why all the hate on this guy?? Just because he showed no responsibility with his bankroll management, got lucky with roulette, and did drugs? He cashed in the ME, too and went home with a good deal of money. In his story he also says that he goes on to finish school. I don't see why everyone is calling him a degen and an idiot. Guy was on the run of his life feeling lucky. Whats so bad about him upping his bets on roulette when he has just hit the time before? It was a rush of good luck for him. So instead of being a pessimistic vagina and pulling out, he went with it and hit. He made his own luck at roulette. As for the ME, he went with his gut to play it, and again made his own luck. Like BG said "math is stupid" or "math is for idiots," sometimes it is going with your feel or going with your gut that matters the most! I am not condoning his actions or saying that I would have done the same if I were in that spot, but I do give him credit. Also, who is to say that this guy does not have everything under control now?

Love it!! You got heart kid..GL

sounds like an awesome adventure and the experience of a lifetime... I am one who absolutely loves adventure, takin your money and hittin the strip is the way to go.

 

Originally Posted by DntCaltACmBk

 

Originally Posted by pbiebs7

Thats when I decided I would just buy in to the main event. I figured there must be a reason for me to have all of this money at this time. So I took a shot.

But Mr. "4 7 17 0 00" pissed away money he could have used to put a down payment down on a house or any number of other things that could have put him on the path to an adult life. When you turn down those opportunities when others have to struggle for them I just can't have any respect for that. Rant's over.

LOL, this happens all the time in vegas, why be a hater and jealous?

are you matt damon op? good story btw

cool read

 

Originally Posted by ryanbluf

Bro, think u need some loving to cope for your gamboling addticion. Maybe try buying a dog.

Erm what sort of loving do u mean dude....

Btw great read, ur only young once, and glad someone won some money at roulette in vegas last summer!! Time to wise up now tho .

I think it's funny that the OP can't get over the AQ hand which he played fine, and doesn't worry about the KK hand which was played horribly.

 

Originally Posted by jdpc27

gl to you, but i do think going back to school or pursuing other interests is probably a good choice.

I understand it was the main event which is rough, but if you cannot put one tournament behind you and move on, than you are just not built for this thing we call tournament poker. Shyt just today, I had bad beats that resulted in a 1200 dollar loss for the day instead of a 6-12k day of profit. You just shake them off, analyze if you played the hand optimally and if so, you move on...its the only way to go.

However, among friends that I know..most who have a gambling problem in general just don't do that well in poker as even when they win, they can lose it on craps, roulette, sports betting, etc...

When I read the title, I thought i was going to be reading some story about hard fought wins at the poker table, months of playing tournament after tournament until you fought thru the variance and found the one touranment where luck met skill. Instead, your rush came from a very very unlikely run at the roulette table, one that you won't be able to repeat in your lifetime....and buying into the main event with more than 20% of your roll and after spending 3-4k in sats trying to get in...i'm just shaking my head over that one.

It is stories like these that make me want to grab a shotgun and just end it for one of us...not sure if i want to end it for you before you sprial downwards even further and for wasting 50,000 bux, or if i want to end it for me for seeing all the guys like you win 50k and all the guys like me who follow br rules, are disciplined, and control emotions after bad beats not win shyt... such spiteaments in life..and i just can't help it after reading this one.

JD

Rapidly becoming my favorite PD poster.

<3

i enjoyed it...fuck it 5k into 50k watever...its youre money.

Good read. Definitely a Degen :)

wow, at first i thought you were straight up bsing but then i looked your results for the WSOP and damn, good job man. grats to you :)

 

Originally Posted by Xmas32

Good read man, I love stuff like this. You gotta take risks in life. It's funny to read stories like this because the takes on it are so polarizing. Your right jdpc27, you should just kill yourself, your world is going to suck if you continue to be such a life nit.

I'm a life nit cuz i value 50k? then what the phuk is a risk taker? someone who doesn't value a million?

See, when you fully support yourself on poker, you take risks, but you also utilize common sense. As much as I am all for getting and pushing a rush, I also like to make sure I have something to show for all those hours put in. For example, I had an over 50k month in Feb. so, you know what I did? I took 30k of it out and locked in profit. The other 20k I added to my online roll and am using it to play a ton of 26-300$ MTT's supplemented with a ton of SNG's to also generate rakeback. This literally ensures my chances of going busto are slim to nil and that over the next few months, I will get a great return out of that 20k. Life nit or someone who isn't stupid enough to put all their eggs in 3 or 4 tournaments instead of across 200 tournaments?? you be the judge. But I'll tell you this much...when the story of jdpc27 is written, it won't include anything about sleeping on a bench outside the rio.

As for my life sucking..I'll give you that. I mean..it really sucks to take vacations all over the world every year (Amsterdam, London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid on tap for 09), sit on the couch in my pajamas on my fulltilt dual 30 in monitors while flipping channels on the fulltilt 50in plasma, while my hottie g/f who tolerates my poker obsession due to said vacations helps support my career by rolling me a nice fattie to get over the numerous bad beats i will suffer today so that i don't break said 30 in and 50 in fulltilt screens. Meanwhile, tomorrow I will wake up at whatever time I feel like, work only if i am in the mood, and still probably make more tomorrow than most do in a week... However, none of this will provide me with any pleasure because among my fellow p5's, i'm only viewed as a half degen cuz i practice some form of discipline and control....god damn maturity..I mean..if it helps my rep around here, before i settled down and became such a life nit, i did spend a ton of money over the years on barsluts, hookers, and weed.. Am I cool now? Difference between me and a total degen? I value and respect lady poker for all that she is and does for me...phuk man..after reading this i realize how much my life sucks..*SIGH* Please oh please pass me the shotgun xmas32 so that I can end the misery that is my life....

JD

Good read. I have heard that the ME field is redic soft and this pretty much confirms it. Drugs and/or table games = epic failures ahead.

OP, I can tell you (me being an "old guy") that you're gonna love having this story in your vault 25 years from now. WP sir.