Joined: Oct '11
Location: Canada
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Here's a good tip DONT TAKE YOUR WHOLE ROLL TO A CASH TABLE Man Im a donk some times...... Sittin a a cash table with pocket kings on the button raise 4x the BB get called by underthe gun calls down to allin and he hit a river std8 with 47off Help me poker gods your killin me
Edited by cambam247 (16 December 2011 @ 17:28 GMT)
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Canada
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Awwww, that sucks CamBam247. Always sucks to hear a fellow Canadian in distress. I hear ya though my KK just lost all in to A5o (and I called him) as I was writing this thread. Luckily I didn't lose even 1% of my roll.
My KK survived today with an A on the flop. Not so lucky the other night..had AA cracked twice...once by QQ and the other QJo. The only thing that prevents me from going off is to remind myself I have no control over which cards hit the board. Doesn't make it better...helps me quell the emotion.
Anybody who's played and lost a bankroll or two knows bankroll management is a cardinal rule that should not be broken, no matter what. Putting all your eggs in one basket is just asking for trouble, and u got it.
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Start with a decent bankroll and never buy in for more than 5% at any time. This is one of the hardest skills to master in online poker as everyone wants to move up the stakes quickly. Good things take time.
Posted by atownshend: Start with a decent bankroll and never buy in for more than 5% at any time. This is one of the hardest skills to master in online poker as everyone wants to move up the stakes quickly. Good things take time.
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Posted by cambam247: Sittin a a cash table with pocket kings on the button raise 4x the BB get called by underthe gun calls down to allin and he hit a river std8 with 47off
don't know which limit it was but it looks like a classic example of MICROSTAKES HEROES
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Posted by atownshend: Start with a decent bankroll and never buy in for more than 5% at any time. This is one of the hardest skills to master in online poker as everyone wants to move up the stakes quickly. Good things take time.
Joined: Feb '11
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It always depends on the kind of game,because obv. some games are swingier than others. I myself play 18/45 man SNG mostly and use more like.. 0.5% (200 buy ins) because I've expirienced downswings of 70 buy ins or even more,they're very common when you play decent volume so even 2% would be a bankroll-suicide in them
Lost it after a good tilt in less than a day.
