Joined: Feb '08
Location: Australia
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 90
Well got appoved for my UB and had $25 in my account yesterday, sat down at a 10/25 cent table with $25 got dealt AK spades, this was about 30 min into sitting down at the table, 2 other guys in the pot 1 really aggressive player, anyway flop came
6 9 Q
wow Flopped the nut flush, he bets out 6 bucks the pot was around 6 bucks anyway so he bet pot which i thought he was weak anyway other guy calls now im like someone has to have a set... i just call turn card is a blank heart, river 9 hearts the worst card i could see he moves all in with his last 10 bucks or so other guy folded on the turn anyway, i call he shows Pocket 6s im like ffs Anyway thanks for the free bankroll now its all gone
Joined: Oct '07
Location: Philippines
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 1443
Tough luck bro, it situations like that, what i usually do is to make an all-in, not the best play but probably safe since they might fold and you can get the blinds plus the bets.
Joined: Oct '07
Location: Philippines
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 1443
a bit of advice king, when starting with your bankroll, specially on your next one, try to join smaller NL tables. i lost my other bankrolls like the way you did since im a beginner, try to use a strategy like bringing only 5-10% of your bankroll on a table. GOOD LUCK.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Australia
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 90
Well there was really no way i could aviod loosing all my money there, i mean AK Suited anyone is going to play it and he had trip 6s on the flop there was no way i could get him off the hand as he was calling anything. Dam that sucks i should have left 5 bucks in there, and i only made 5 raise points and 5 member points or somithing like that, i have to get 20 points for every dollar to release my 25 bonus sitting there. thats going to take ages
Joined: Oct '07
Location: Philippines
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 1443
Ouch.... anyway just like goldenstud said, just earn the mobpoints required for a cashout which is 5000, cashout to neteller then get back to the action.
Joined: Dec '07
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 43 (F)
Posts: 845
yeeah u couldnt of done anything different you flop the nuts so your not gonna fold and he flopped a set which he is not going to fold.... bad luck man and gl in the future.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Australia
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 312
im a bit dissapointed with all these posts that i keep seing about people loosing their bankrolls. You are playing above the limits you are meant to be playing at. Sustainable Bank Roll management is to keep you from going broke during a bad run. If you are given a starting bankroll, you must first do some reading and find out which limits you are meant to be playing at. I know it sucks sitting down at the low limit tables and trying to build yourself $1 at a time, but thats where greatness begins. If you do not play with in your limits and understand bankroll management expect to go broke every single time. I also think that alot of people arent really appreciating the free bankroll, its not free money so you can go and play roulette, its money to make money! Read all the information you can before you decide to play.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Norway
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 4
u need some kind of bankroll management, if u go in with your hole bankroll u cant win. like this time, u played well and he rivers u. if u played at a lower level where u had more buy-ins, you dont loose everything on one bad-beat
Joined: Feb '08
Location: France
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 6
Bad beats happen all the time, you just can't change that. That's why if you have 25$, you should play at way lower limites than 10-25c, because you can be broke in just one hand. Even if you have AA, is it really worth it to risk your whole bankroll with just 80% ?, if you have 5 bankrolls and have that situation on each site, you will loose 1 of you bankrolls (statistically). Bankroll management is one of the most important aspects of poker, you don't go in a casino and play your bank account.
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Brazil
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 59
Your mistake was enter with all bankroll at a table... but anyway.. if u had own that u would double it. I play poker for fun. I play low stakes with a bit of my br then if I loose its just a little. =/ gl hf
Joined: Feb '08
Location: United States
Age: 54 (M)
Posts: 407
When I play at no limit tables I never sit down with my whole bankroll, because if someone pushes all in and they have more money than you, it can be all gone. If I have say $100 ill sit down with $10, then I can just rebuy if needed.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Netherlands
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 463
Ah well sorry to hear this man You cant realy do much against bad beats like this, he would've prolly called you anyway.. Worst river there could come for you!
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You cant realy do much against bad beats like this, he would've prolly called you anyway.. Worst river there could come for you!
