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light65536
Rock Star
Silver Level
I'm curious why and how everyone started playing poker or why you funded your real money account? The reason I started playing poker was that I was trading stocks with play money and doing quite well over about 2 years. I made a few real money trades but I didn't have enough money to really do anything. I felt that playing poker might give me more insight into speculation. So, I started playing with play money on bodog. I almost only played sit-n-gos. Eventually I started to win them at a good rate.
Well, I had an account on stars and got a $5 free. I won my first sit-n-go on stars. But, I learned I couldn't read the board because over 100k hands I had used bodogs helper ability to tell me what I had. I blew it out pretty quick in ring games though.
So, I was telling people I knew that I could win at this and they were like what are you winning? Play money?
So I felt I had enough evidence from my winning sit-n-go track record to fund my account with $25. My purpose was not to make money but just to prove I was a better player.
The problem was that I didn't feel confident enough to enter the sit-n-gos and trying to beat out all those players with only $25. So I started playing in ring games.
So then I reloaded with $25 and stayed about break even or a little less. I felt just by playing good my bankroll would grow but I was always varying my stakes. What eventually did me in was a bad run of luck combined with testing out some new strategies..
Now my goal is not to prove I'm a better player but to grow my bankroll!
Well, I had an account on stars and got a $5 free. I won my first sit-n-go on stars. But, I learned I couldn't read the board because over 100k hands I had used bodogs helper ability to tell me what I had. I blew it out pretty quick in ring games though.
So, I was telling people I knew that I could win at this and they were like what are you winning? Play money?
So I felt I had enough evidence from my winning sit-n-go track record to fund my account with $25. My purpose was not to make money but just to prove I was a better player.
The problem was that I didn't feel confident enough to enter the sit-n-gos and trying to beat out all those players with only $25. So I started playing in ring games.
So then I reloaded with $25 and stayed about break even or a little less. I felt just by playing good my bankroll would grow but I was always varying my stakes. What eventually did me in was a bad run of luck combined with testing out some new strategies..
Now my goal is not to prove I'm a better player but to grow my bankroll!