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Why Do I Take Months to Build My Account Up and Then DONK It All Off at $5/$10 Cash???

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  1. NuclearSteve NuclearSteve is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2008 (3/26/2008 12:23pm)

    Jesus Christ, you'd think I would have some discipline by now. Been playing for 4+ years online and I still have a blow up every 6 months or so. FOCK!

    My aces get cracked and then I just lose it.

    Poker is 100% patience and discipline and you need both everytime you play.

    It hurts worse when you say to yourself... "I could've just bought a phat LCD TV with that money!"

    Fucking Ghey ldhflsh faj sdf;askjd hfsakjdhf!
  2. VINNY VT VINNY VT is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2008 (3/26/2008 12:29pm) in reply to NuclearSteve

    sucks man, but to be sccessful at poker you cant think in terms of "shit i coulda just bought..."

    mental lapses happen, donked a bunch yesterday also, but inside of my roll
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    Mar 26th, 2008 (3/26/2008 12:30pm) in reply to NuclearSteve

    Cosign with the patience and discipline statement.

    If you don't have these you will not be a profitable player in the long run.

    I did this for 2 years before i learned. Your going on 4....ouch...well maybe this will be the time you learn...

    good luck
  4. Gastonman Gastonman is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 2:28am) in reply to Anonymous

    Nothing tests your patience and discipline more than getting your aces cracked, it just plain sucks, also having a horrible last couple of days but was able to log out instead of going to higher limits like i've done so many times in the pasts.
  5. computerb computerb is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 2:39am) in reply to Gastonman

    If you're playing within your bankroll it's no big deal. Reload and keep on trucking. Until you learn to play within your comfort level you will never suceed. Coming to grips with the reality that it's all one long session is key. Being able to quit loser is also very important, because you're not going to win every single time out.
  6. mishstar mishstar is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 3:12am) in reply to NuclearSteve

    i wish i did it every six months way better than monthly, last time i did so was monday, will hopefully be the last time for month
    standard month
    - deposit 200
    - turn it into 2k-3k playing sngs and some cash
    - get drunk
    - play 5/10 omaha 2 tables
    - wake up
    - have .15 cents remaining
    - oh damn
    - quickly followed by resolutions and 7 day ban on all sites
    weeeeeeeeeon
    a 7 day ban atm, gg pokerEZ
  7. mrdrevil2u mrdrevil2u is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 3:17am) in reply to NuclearSteve

    You might be overplaying your bankroll then....just a thought
  8. chicagocards1 chicagocards1 is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 3:26am) in reply to mrdrevil2u

    i was on a 35k+ downswing and i drove by a inifiniti dealership and i told man friend man i shoulda just taken the month off and bought a g35
  9. worthlesloth worthlesloth is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 3:52am) in reply to chicagocards1

    lol brag obv. guess i just wish i balled and lost sweet cars monthly...
  10. ibluffheaps ibluffheaps is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 5:36am) in reply to NuclearSteve

    unlike others... I will not give u my condolences.

    You will allways be a donk until u can learn self-discipline, without it u will forever be going broke.

    If u can't learn this simple skill and really its not that hard then u should simply stop playing or go back to microstakes!
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  11. p0k3rj03 p0k3rj03 is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 6:22am) in reply to ibluffheaps

    i agree, friends of mine CONSTANTLY play way out of their bankroll all pissed off after months of playing disciplined. and you can't go 'dude that sucks blah blah blah', you gotta kick their ass about it, or they'll keep 'taking a shot' and end up flipping for half their rolls. It's their own fault, it's a tremendous weakness in mediocre players and its why they never end up moving up to bigger games.
     
  12. chknpotpie chknpotpie is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 10:36am) in reply to NuclearSteve

    I had this happen a few times, although didnt completely lose my bankroll and actually turned up ahead at times.

    Solution : BR management to the extreme

    If you have like 5k or so in your account but 6 table NL50 and you aces get cracked, its likely not to affect you if you instaed had like 500 in you raccount. Its sooo much easier to move on from a bad beat, cause its only 1/100 of you br, and you have 6 tables anyways so just another hand.

    Another solution i found was keeping part of my br on epassporte..
  13. chknpotpie chknpotpie is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 10:37am) in reply to chknpotpie

    oh maybe get your chat banned on purpose.

    just alking to other players would tilt my a little. and after months of basically trying to get my chat banned they finally banned it, and its sooo much easier to move on from a bad beat
  14. Oberonn Oberonn is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 12:01pm) in reply to NuclearSteve

    This is good! If many many players did not do this, how the hell would the cash trickle up to the high stakes players? You are just part of the ecosystem. Carry on.
  15. joerem joerem is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 5:49pm) in reply to Oberonn

    Nothing wrong blowing off a little cash in a poker game. Remember when we use to play poker to have fun? Next time do it at the $1/$2 table and stop when you have dropped $500. That way you won't feel like a total donk the next day. If this happens more then once or twice you have a major leak in your game.
  16. Maits10 Maits10 is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2008 (3/27/2008 7:14pm) in reply to joerem

    I have a G35. It's amazing. :)
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