ldw22
Rock Star
Silver Level
I've only lost my bankroll once. It really hurt, cos I'd built it up from literally zero - I'd earned some free micro-tournament tickets on a free tuition website, cashed in a couple of them and then built it up from there. I thought I was gonna be one of those rare success stories you hear about - "local lad builds bankroll from zero to zillionaire!" - but then one day I went on tilt and lost it all in just a couple of hours. It hurt so much that I took a long break from poker, only getting back into it again this year.
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onelovebeach
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Lost it to many times, but still learning.
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onelovebeach
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Played the PKO main Event freebuy now and got busted. He went All-In with 99 from hj, i called with QQ from the Button.Flop: 3-9-7. So my Question is what do you think about being dominant, does it pay off always?
Bluffzone68
Legend
Platinum Level
Hi
I stopped making deposits after I lost a grand plus in quick time.
Now I win free rolls and play cash games.
I keep losing everything I had in cash games.
I do win when I play SnG but I get attracted to cash games and end up losing all the money.
I stopped making deposits after I lost a grand plus in quick time.
Now I win free rolls and play cash games.
I keep losing everything I had in cash games.
I do win when I play SnG but I get attracted to cash games and end up losing all the money.
alienat3d
easy-going alien grinder
Bronze Level
Well after 12+ years I have never deposited my own money to play poker.
But I have lost my very first poker money $50 in cash games, which I had gifted by pok****egy.com as starting bankroll. (They are not giving such offers since years anymore.)
It was my very first experience of how quickly money could be gone in poker, if you don't know what you're doing. And how expensive it can be playing without Bankroll Management.
Since I lost it, I started to grind freerolls like crazy, anything I could find to play for free to win some small money to add in my bankroll. When I've collected my first $20 I started to play the lowest SNG I could find - $0.12 back those days on PKR. Then I grinded them like crazy, keep mixing them with Freerolls. Slowly but surely I could build up my bankroll to play on higher limits.
I always stick to Bankroll Management, there is no question about it. If I wouldn't do that, I wouldn't climb any limits ever and still would be playing only freerolls. So if you're serious about poker and you want to approach to play higher limits, there is no way to avoid Bankroll Management. It's essential and every pro would agree with that. :deal:
p.s. I like the comparison poker with business. For running a business well and successful you need a good business plan, right? Well, Bankroll management is the business plan for your "little poker business". And who knows, maybe someday it won't be little anymore.
But I have lost my very first poker money $50 in cash games, which I had gifted by pok****egy.com as starting bankroll. (They are not giving such offers since years anymore.)
It was my very first experience of how quickly money could be gone in poker, if you don't know what you're doing. And how expensive it can be playing without Bankroll Management.
Since I lost it, I started to grind freerolls like crazy, anything I could find to play for free to win some small money to add in my bankroll. When I've collected my first $20 I started to play the lowest SNG I could find - $0.12 back those days on PKR. Then I grinded them like crazy, keep mixing them with Freerolls. Slowly but surely I could build up my bankroll to play on higher limits.
I always stick to Bankroll Management, there is no question about it. If I wouldn't do that, I wouldn't climb any limits ever and still would be playing only freerolls. So if you're serious about poker and you want to approach to play higher limits, there is no way to avoid Bankroll Management. It's essential and every pro would agree with that. :deal:
p.s. I like the comparison poker with business. For running a business well and successful you need a good business plan, right? Well, Bankroll management is the business plan for your "little poker business". And who knows, maybe someday it won't be little anymore.
kraemer
Visionary
Silver Level
If you consider a single deposit your bankroll then i lost a bunch of them...
But since poker is a game with high variance i rather think of my bankroll as the money that i am willing to pay for poker over a longer period.
Say you are willing to invest 50 bucks a month for poker as your hobby and you can imagine to stick to it for a year. Your bankroll would then be 600 bucks. So losing your first deposit of $50 would not be the same as losing your BR...
But since poker is a game with high variance i rather think of my bankroll as the money that i am willing to pay for poker over a longer period.
Say you are willing to invest 50 bucks a month for poker as your hobby and you can imagine to stick to it for a year. Your bankroll would then be 600 bucks. So losing your first deposit of $50 would not be the same as losing your BR...
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tomk7788
Visionary
Silver Level
I deposited $100 on pokerstars and ran it up to $280 playing 144 man $4.40 S&Gs. Finished 2nd in a $10 tournament and won $1880. Spent approximately $750 on training. Made a $200 deposit on party poker and ran both sites up to $12K. Got the money off the sites before "black Friday". My PT ROI was 92%.
Started playing on ACR 5 years ago and my ROI is 24%. Haven't put in the volume there because of the crazy bad beats. I saw occasional bad beats on Stars and Party but they occur at an absurd rate on ACR.
You're playing against the players on Stars and Party. On ACR, in my opinion, you're playing against the players and ACR.
Started playing on ACR 5 years ago and my ROI is 24%. Haven't put in the volume there because of the crazy bad beats. I saw occasional bad beats on Stars and Party but they occur at an absurd rate on ACR.
You're playing against the players on Stars and Party. On ACR, in my opinion, you're playing against the players and ACR.
nikolaevich87
Legend
Bronze Level
Hello! When I started playing poker, it was 2010-2012. I lost $ 1,000 for six months. made small deposits of up to $ 30. After that, I excluded myself by blocking my account! Now I play like you. And how do you manage to accumulate? how not to enter the game for money. 5 years is a lot!
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