
Hattori Hanzo
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I'm sure we have all come across stories like these, but I come across 2 in one week and it got me thinking.
Yesterday while on stars I was waiting for a $10 NLH MTT to start and I had about 25mins to wait before it kicked off, so what I tend to do is just go and bum about on a low micro OH/L ring game.....more often than not its just the 5/10c limit table I bring up the min $2 and just have a knock about on the table.....however yesterday all the 5/10c tables were filled so I went to the 2/4c table.....I was sat at the table for about 5mins when a player sat down with $1500 (this is a min buy-in 80c table), to start with I just believed he was being flash....and looking a bit stupid....highest stack on the table was about $2.50 and here was this guy sitting there with $1500.
One of the first things this player asked was, "who is playing with the last of there B/R"....3 players replied yes, one of which being a female player with 86c left in her B/R......the $1500 man then said that he has an uneven amount of $ in his account and he believes having a round figure in his account brings him luck......so whilst still at the table he transferred $18 to her account there and then.....and just asked that if she makes good money of it, then she is to do the same with someone with a low B/R.....she said thank you and he went on his way.
At the start of the week a very good friend of mine who keeps a regularly updated blog, and does quite well at poker, had a $1000 transferred to him from some one who reads his blog, but wished to remain anonymous, the $1000 was sent to help pad out my friends B/R with only 2 conditions set to the money, 1) that my friend becomes a bonus whore (therefore making the B/R last longer) 2) such as with the first guy, when my friend makes $10k in his B/R he is to do the same thing and transfer an aspiring poker player a $1k in the aid of then padding out there B/R and taking their poker game forward.
Two differences in amounts between 1 and 2...however the feelings and intentions for doing both are the same...the first guy stated that he made his money in R/Gs although he had $561 profit in SNGs (courtesy of SharkScope) and if he could help some one with low B/R then it's all good......I myself have transferred cash to people I know or have met through forums/playing FRs who have no B/R at all and only play FRs and play money games, they have only been the odd $5 and $10 transfer but yet still it's something that really can make you feel good knowing that you started off there B/R and you can but only hope they do as well as what you have.
Anyhow, just wondered if anyone else has a story like this or if you have done it yourself the reasons why you did it....or maybe you are lucky enough to of been on the receiving end of a B/R donation......just goes to show though.....many may think poker is a bad thing.....all I can say is they must not of played....hell poker is a global community and things like this just go to prove it...IMO.
Yesterday while on stars I was waiting for a $10 NLH MTT to start and I had about 25mins to wait before it kicked off, so what I tend to do is just go and bum about on a low micro OH/L ring game.....more often than not its just the 5/10c limit table I bring up the min $2 and just have a knock about on the table.....however yesterday all the 5/10c tables were filled so I went to the 2/4c table.....I was sat at the table for about 5mins when a player sat down with $1500 (this is a min buy-in 80c table), to start with I just believed he was being flash....and looking a bit stupid....highest stack on the table was about $2.50 and here was this guy sitting there with $1500.
One of the first things this player asked was, "who is playing with the last of there B/R"....3 players replied yes, one of which being a female player with 86c left in her B/R......the $1500 man then said that he has an uneven amount of $ in his account and he believes having a round figure in his account brings him luck......so whilst still at the table he transferred $18 to her account there and then.....and just asked that if she makes good money of it, then she is to do the same with someone with a low B/R.....she said thank you and he went on his way.
At the start of the week a very good friend of mine who keeps a regularly updated blog, and does quite well at poker, had a $1000 transferred to him from some one who reads his blog, but wished to remain anonymous, the $1000 was sent to help pad out my friends B/R with only 2 conditions set to the money, 1) that my friend becomes a bonus whore (therefore making the B/R last longer) 2) such as with the first guy, when my friend makes $10k in his B/R he is to do the same thing and transfer an aspiring poker player a $1k in the aid of then padding out there B/R and taking their poker game forward.
Two differences in amounts between 1 and 2...however the feelings and intentions for doing both are the same...the first guy stated that he made his money in R/Gs although he had $561 profit in SNGs (courtesy of SharkScope) and if he could help some one with low B/R then it's all good......I myself have transferred cash to people I know or have met through forums/playing FRs who have no B/R at all and only play FRs and play money games, they have only been the odd $5 and $10 transfer but yet still it's something that really can make you feel good knowing that you started off there B/R and you can but only hope they do as well as what you have.
Anyhow, just wondered if anyone else has a story like this or if you have done it yourself the reasons why you did it....or maybe you are lucky enough to of been on the receiving end of a B/R donation......just goes to show though.....many may think poker is a bad thing.....all I can say is they must not of played....hell poker is a global community and things like this just go to prove it...IMO.