Turn $5 into $100,000? By playing poker? And in less than 12 months? Boku87 set himself the challenge of doing so, and according to his blog, he’s made it. Chris Ferguson had the most famous version of this type of bankroll challenge, turning $0 into $10,000. So Boku87, a pro at PokerStars has taken it [...]
I had some discussions with a non-poker player about my difficulty getting comfortable moving to $50nl FR. 3-1/2 years ago I deposited $50 on PokerStars. After a month of donking around the bankroll was down to $18, but then I decided I would be willing to redeposit in order to earn the $50 deposit bonus. [...]
Part I covered some basic elements to answering the question. For Part II there are some derivatives of the results in Part I. For one, I mentioned in Part I that if you’ve been at that level before, then playing underrolled or moving quickly through levels is not so bad. There are a number of [...]
You hear it over and over again; “I can’t stand the suckouts” “I hate the donks that chase and hit on the river” “I can’t beat these awful players” “He calls my AA with xx and flops a full house” “The site is rigged in favor of bad players to keep them playing” And finally; [...]
I was searching through some of my old posts, searching for cashout/deposit information because I was trying to build a spreadsheet that tracks my “net”; my online bankrolls plus my net cashout/deposits. It’s actually starting to get to the point that I can’t keep track easily any more because of redeposits (chasing redeposit bonuses) and [...]
Not referring to play poker money in the title. Rather, I think I have some issues about the size of my poker money and real money. Real money is money that I use to pay bills, to buy groceries. Poker money is, for me, my accumulated poker winnings. I’ve made no significant cash outs, any [...]
715 sit and goes played, ROI -80%, total losses $722. For every $100 that they have paid, they have lost $80 and recovered $20. All in a period of about a month. Can something be done for this person? Should we even be feeling bad or feeling concern for this person? If we do feel [...]
715 sit and goes played, ROI -80%, total losses $722. For every $100 that they have paid, they have lost $80 and recovered $20. All in a period of about a month. Can something be done for this person? Should we even be feeling bad or feeling concern for this person? If we do feel [...]