-100k

[JDMcNugent7]

in about 15 minutes.
A 10/20 decent player was sitting 3/600. I decide to sit and just play tight. I hadn't played in like 12 days really and obviously I wasn't looking at it like it was a job like I usually do. I lose about 25k somehow without hitting anything. Then another 75k when I hit a flush on a 3 flush board and he has a higher one. I honestly didn't play bad at all but it was just dumb of me. I don't even know what to think right now exactly besides I took a Huge shot that now seems very high risk and pretty low reward and it went as bad as it possibly could have. Sick thing is I had a fucking flush HU on a 3-flush board, and this guy had been playing crazy, I thought I was gonna be shipped a 150k pot and it went to him instead. To lose that much money at my age in that amount of time is just insane and I don't even know what to think right now. I'm not like pissed, my roomates were in the room and have no idea lol.

I have had a TON going on in my life lately and being confused about things def lead me to think it wasnt too bad an idea to play so high. I haven't been playing poker at all, Ive just been going out and having fun alot, and not taking school too seriously either. I think maybe, maybe, this is what I needed to get back into the grind and just make some $$$ and not be greedy.

I'm def not playing the next 3 days, this really couldn't have gone worse than it did, but I juts gotta deal with it. Time to go drink...

[VeryMoonFunk]

wow thats pretty tough. sorry to hear things didn't work out so well.

wish I could lose 100k and not feel like putting a gun to my head.

maybe someday.....

[GTDawg]

dude...

Just one thing...

Remember that thread about you staying in school or doing what you wanted and liking the college life etc etc?

I would think this is a huge blinking billboard that you are not ready to "grow up" and get going on the rest of your life. Now, considering the amount of money you've been involved with over the past few years, you have been forced to use an amount of maturity that may not be present in most people your age.

However, you have to think about the rest of your life. You are being given the opportunity to do whatever the hell you want for the rest of your life all the while having your family and close friends taken care of.

The amount of people on this planet that can honestly admit that they are set for life at 20? We're talking LeBron James and Bill Gates territory here man.

I know it's mean to try and treat this as a "now sit down and look at how stupid this was" right now. And, the best thing is to probably go get drunk and not ever think about it again.

BUT

As a person reading all about your life for the past 2 years, I (and probably a few others on this forum) would be really fucking pissed if something like this affected your poker playing for months/years to come.

Of course, it probably won't. And I know you have money set aside and you will be able to move on and get past this with respect to your poker playing.

But damn man...we gotta work on your ability to just take things easy. I know at 20 it is a broken record, but honestly speaking...you gotta grow up about the taking chances things. You have to be able to look long and hard at your decisions and make sure you are doing the best for your future.

You have some innate gift that can literally give you anything you want for your entire life if you learn how to harness it and use it to the best of your abilities. Don't throw it away because a decent 10/20 player is sitting at a 300/600 table.

***I'm sure this is overly harsh and you probably have the money to absorb this sort of loss and I know I'm probably reacting differently cause I can not imagine losing 100k like that...but still...***

[melioris]

hey man, I have not dropped 100K in 15 minutes, but I have done a lot of stupid shit in my life, esp when I was younger. PM if you get too down on yourself and want to talk, but worry more if you don't get down a little.

[Benji]

Money comes and go especially for poker players, and from what I know you play good.AS for poker all I can tell you drop down your limit and start playing again probably take a break though from poker, If you made them before you will make them latter Hard luck mate

As for your life/school your should know what to do, sit think and decide what you want your life to be like.

[MAYHEM45]

[PShabi]

JD,

You sick fuck.

Now that that's out of the way,

Do you mind if you ask how much you had online before this little setback?

[suited35]

would that make you a donkey

[eejit101]

So really we agree with me for a change. Im remembering this moment.

I am in a way thinking that JD wanted some advice from peoeple as to why he isnt on life tilt, as if he isnt (and im shocked at that) then he knows we are the type of people to point out why.

[JDMcNugent7]

I don't know exactly how to explain it, but I really don't think this is as big of a deal as some of think it is. I wasn't tilting, I wasn't playing poorly, I took a big risk and it really went as bad as it possibly could have. Obviously I got really unlucky to get colddecked like that there, but it's poker. I knew there was a chance of playing well and still losing an incredible amount of money to me, and unfortunately that is exactly what happened.

The part about losing 100k and it not affecting my life is true. I'm proud of the fact that poker affects my life a very small amount, if I'm not sitting at the computer playing, I'm not thinking about poker at all. It's not a brag like Brian suggested and it's also not me being a moron like eejit said. People just look at money differently. I think if I looked at it like losing a house like eejit does then there is seriously no way in hell I would have won nearly as much $ as I have anyway. It's both good and bad, but as soon as I sit at the table they really are just chips. I lost 100k, maybe I'll grind back from 15k, maybe I'll just quit poker for awhile and concentrate more on school. I never will re-deposit. I regret taking the shot b/c I was looking for fast money and playing for the wrong reasons, but at the same time I don't know a single 25/50+ player who hasn't done similiar things as this, alot of times worse. Maybe it's almost necessary to have this kind of gamble and disregard for money to play at those levels.

[Talking Poker]

I was totally with you until here:

The disregard for money is fine (and probably necessary - I agree)... it's the lack of bankroll management skills that I have a problem with. I don't mind you losing $100k - you took a shot, played fine, and were unfortunate. It happens.

What bothers me is that you thought it would be ok to put 90% of your effective bankroll (since you will never redeposit) on the table. That's stupid.

So now here you are with 15k. Assuming you don't want to bust and be done with poker forever (how horrible would that be for a guy like you who could easily make a living playing poker???), you shouldn't even be playing 5/10 NL any more, let alone taking shots at 25/50 and 50/100 when donks are donating. Now you're stuck back at the low stakes, grinding out 2/4 again.

Like you said, you were looking for fast money (why - I do not know - but you may want to give that some thought) and made what IMO amounts to a huge error in judgement. Hopefully you won't do it again and go sit with your remaining roll at 10/20, because if you do, there is a very good chance you'll go SWAbusto and then (according to you never redepositing again) you'll be done with poker forever. Hello, day job.

Ouch.

[eejit101]

Then IMO you need to quit playing all together.

[Wes]

Is it really that hard to get say 50k back into a site? I wouldn't think it would be too hard to get it back on there with wire transfers.

[PShabi]

This sucked.