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BoostDependent
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I'm new to the forum, and just want to share my success.
I've been an avid reader on these forums just lurking around for quite awhile now. Being a "fish", I experienced my first 'swing' on full tilt poker
August, 2009. To make it short. I did fairly well due to my time spent in the military. But what I realized were my mood swings and bankroll management really dictated how I played. I lost my net income of about $300, -$50 for the initial deposit. My gains/losses were very sporadic/irrational due to ME. I couldn't handle the swings and not being able to see the other person. I had no set of boundaries what so ever, yeah I was a complete DONK. Chasing cards and foolish bluffs was my usual repertoire. That day when I lost my final buck made on FTP, I decided to never play online poker again....
February 16 of 2010, I decided to give it one more shot but with a different approach. During my absence of poker, I was reading and lurking threads on my free time. I watched probably almost every poker series on you tube. I just thought it was finally time and that I'm finally ready (mentally) to keep a consistent bankroll. I deposited $20 and enrolled in one SnG tournament and a MTT. $10+1 of 9 and a $3.30KO with about 900 entrants. Surprisingly, I placed 1st on the $2.25 and 3rd on the $3.30KO. I play only 1 session a day for about 2-3 hours due to being a full-time college student. Either I'm running real good, or I've actually learned something. But than again I guess it is too early to tell.
I'm also kicking myself in the butt for not downloading poker tracker earlier! Installing it was a kind of a pain (not computer literate). I'm probably going to wait till the weekend so that I can start playing with this thing and utilize it to the max.
Here is a quick snapshot of my winnings. I know its not much, but I'm pretty proud how I got to this point. My current ROI is 31.41% and ITM is 31.6%. Oh and by the way thanks to everyone for the informative threads. Keep them coming! Noobs and fishes do read them
-James
I've been an avid reader on these forums just lurking around for quite awhile now. Being a "fish", I experienced my first 'swing' on full tilt poker
August, 2009. To make it short. I did fairly well due to my time spent in the military. But what I realized were my mood swings and bankroll management really dictated how I played. I lost my net income of about $300, -$50 for the initial deposit. My gains/losses were very sporadic/irrational due to ME. I couldn't handle the swings and not being able to see the other person. I had no set of boundaries what so ever, yeah I was a complete DONK. Chasing cards and foolish bluffs was my usual repertoire. That day when I lost my final buck made on FTP, I decided to never play online poker again....
February 16 of 2010, I decided to give it one more shot but with a different approach. During my absence of poker, I was reading and lurking threads on my free time. I watched probably almost every poker series on you tube. I just thought it was finally time and that I'm finally ready (mentally) to keep a consistent bankroll. I deposited $20 and enrolled in one SnG tournament and a MTT. $10+1 of 9 and a $3.30KO with about 900 entrants. Surprisingly, I placed 1st on the $2.25 and 3rd on the $3.30KO. I play only 1 session a day for about 2-3 hours due to being a full-time college student. Either I'm running real good, or I've actually learned something. But than again I guess it is too early to tell.
I'm also kicking myself in the butt for not downloading poker tracker earlier! Installing it was a kind of a pain (not computer literate). I'm probably going to wait till the weekend so that I can start playing with this thing and utilize it to the max.
Here is a quick snapshot of my winnings. I know its not much, but I'm pretty proud how I got to this point. My current ROI is 31.41% and ITM is 31.6%. Oh and by the way thanks to everyone for the informative threads. Keep them coming! Noobs and fishes do read them
-James
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