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alasdairm said:
"$2 buy-in (still as high as I go - I want to keep my $50 bankroll going as long as possible). "

is a good example of playing-to-not-lose thinking. if you were playing to win, you'd play a couple of $20 and a $10 :)
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Not sure I agree with you there. I'm choosing to play with a small bankroll, so prudent bankroll management dictates that I don't risk most of it on one or two games. That's pretty much the standard advice I've picked up everywhere - don't put down more than 10% of your roll on one game (Besides which, I'd get killed at that level, right now. Need to work on my game first).

I take your point at the tactical level. This is something I need to work on (I'm real good at playing with my back against the wall, as it was in this game - jam all the chips in with a half-decent hand, and hope. But I need to learn to start doing that a bit earlier in the game...).
 
Originally Posted by alasdairm
i wouldn't define that as a bad beat - he had top pair and a great kicker.
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yeah, i guess it wasn't so bad. it was just tough to swallow because of how well i was playing all night.
 
^ like i said, tough beat.

maybe we should start some ''rules of poker'

1. most bad beat stories are not bad beats but just crap play
2. nobody wants to hear them anyway

:)

alasdair
 
alasdairm said:
"$2 buy-in (still as high as I go - I want to keep my $50 bankroll going as long as possible). "

is a good example of playing-to-not-lose thinking. if you were playing to win, you'd play a couple of $20 and a $10
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I am sorry but I have to say that is terrible advice. It is very possible to play to win while staying within your bankrolls limitations. I am not exactly sure what the rule of thumb is for SNGs, but I think it is you want to have a bankroll of 15-20 buyins. The swings in sit-n-gos can be downright brutal and after playing a while it is not uncommon to lose 4 tournaments in a row on the bubble. Bankroll management is huge for any player so that you will never be out of funds to play poker. If you are playing a classic TAg style of play it is not uncommon to drop a couple buy ins every now and then. You want to make sure your bankroll can afford this.
 
Oh by the way I have deposited on stars and have found heaven. If you want to play in a donkfest deposit on stars. I am probably going to withdraw my funds on absolute except for a small amount ( im saving it for a a game with all you BLers out there) and transfer to poker stars. If anyone is on poker stars drop me a message. My screen name is thizzSC. A couple pink superman hitters are my icon. :P
 
thizzSantaCruz said:
I am sorry but I have to say that is terrible advice.
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in retrospect, i didn't explain myself very well. to me, a statement like "I want to keep my $50 bankroll going as long as possible" suggests the aim is to play as many (small buy-in) games as possible with the $50 before it runs out. to me, that sounds like playing to not lose.

if it were worded more like "I want to trun my $50 bankroll into a $250 bankroll" (by whatever means), that sounds like playing to win.

that said, we're discussing a mindset here which is clearly open to interpretation.

alasdair
 
^ I wanna play a game of poker with you. It'd be a blast. But it's obvious you calculate numbers on the fly much better than I do.
 
Liqour in the front poker in the back.

Get it


LICK HER in the front POKE HER in the back?

hahahah.....meh.
 
so when and where for the bl poker tourny? Do ya'll know if private rooms can be set up at absolute?

I'm free at night (mountain time zone) and on the weekends :)
 
absolute does not have private tournaments as far as I know. Poker Stars does though. I will research up on it and shoot some e-mails to customer service and figure out which site would be best. If people that are interested could PM where they play that would be helpful. I will try to use a site so the least amount of people will have to download a new program.
 
goddamnit I have been waiting for the bluelight poker game to materialize for months! I am in, I would be willing to play a tournie for as high as, say 20$
 
sorry I missed the question earlier, but I'm MEHM on absolute.

I'd play up to $20 if that's what everyone else wants to do, but would rather start on something a bit smaller, say 5 or 10.

btw, I assume the game is NL hold em?
 
I would also prefer smaller stakes. Maybe $2 or $5. Would rather play a couple of smaller games than one big one.

NL HE?

Nah, I thought we were playing Razz? ;)

Or how about HORSE, for the ultimate 'who can adapt their game the fastest?' challenge?
 
My father cannot work computers but has enough grasp of the mouse to click. In the past year he has lost over $12000 US.He tells my mother that a dollar is worth 30 pence...She believes him. He can easily turn 50 dollars into 500 withing a nights play but then he looses it all as he cannot work the computer and dosen't know how to go to the cashier. He needs me to do everything for him so If im asleep he's fucked.

This has worked to my advantage as I now know his Visa details off by heart and have used it to buy alot of salvia and cannabis seeds online...He is none the wiser he does not look at the items on his bill he just pays and shuts up.
 
huntmich said:
goddamnit I have been waiting for the bluelight poker game to materialize for months! I am in, I would be willing to play a tournie for as high as, say 20$
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i would love to play but with so many of us split across so many different sites, it's going to be hard. i have two accounts already and i really don't want to have to create a third and make a deposit.

let's do this: drop me a pm with the name of your preferred site (i assume, the site(s) with which you already have an account) and i'll see if we can make this work.

alasdair
 
^^I was under the impression that thizSantaCruz was organizing. You should pm him eh :D
 
yep - i missed that so i'll defer to him.

i'd love to join in but i already have two accounts and can't afford to deposit to a third. have fun.

alasdair
 
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