What's My Problem

[JDMcNugent7]

Okay I'm weird, whenever i have a somewhat small poker bankroll i want to keep playing in order to get my bankroll up there.
However, once i win alot of $ i suddenly don't feel like playing anymore.
So when i'm losing i want to play, when i'm winning i dont feel like it.
Seems very backwards to me, but thats how i am.
Anybody else get like this? And why do you think i am like this ?

[Penguinfan]

It's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase.

[badblood44]

Knockin' at Your Backdoor.

[ChipFish]

You're an action junkie.
When you are winning, you are probably playing tighter and thus winning, but getting very bored. Thus making you not feel like playing.
When you are losing, you are playing much looser but having a "high" with all the action you are involved in. Thus making it fun for you.

Am I close?

[JDMcNugent7]

pretty much, the other day i said to one of my friends, "Playing winning poker is alot more boring than playing losing poker."
Pretty much I'm just learning the game- although i thought i knew it for a long time like alot of people do. I'm really reading into it now and rarely having a losing session anymore, plus i play within my bankroll, which to me is alot more boring. Still, i would much rather be playing the boring poker i am now compared to the crazy dumb poker i used to play, I'm sure once i get a bankroll for the bigger buy-ins it will no longer be boring, i just have to work my way up.

[Aequitas58]

I'm kind of confused...

Wasn't there a thread about two week ago (?) where someone mistakenly called you a newbie ... and you just about freaked out? If I remember correctly, you even had Brian telling you to settle down.

It turns out you are a newbie.
"Pretty much I'm just learning the game..."
and this gem:
"I rarely have a losing session anymore..."

[PShabi]

Yeah, that last line was a beauty.

I'm guessing JD won't have to be worrying about being "bored" with a large bankroll for too long.

[GeoffM]

If you guys ever got around to bonus whoring, your motto would be quite similar to this, something like:
"I NEVER have a losing session anymore".

Ain't that the truth. I haven't had 1 solo losing session since somewhere around April or May.

[PShabi]

If you look at it like that, but pokertracker doesn't factor in bonus, it gives you stats and tells you how you are fairing in the actual game your playing.

Once you leave the micro-stakes the bonus isn't as much of a buffer.

At 1/2, a 50BB loss during bonus clearing (assuming full bonus) still leaves you +$100.

At 3/6, that same 50 BB loss during clearing leaves you down $100.

So, you should've said, "if you guys learned to play micro-stakes (again) and bonus clear, you'd never have a losing session."

Then, I still don't think I'd agree with the basic premise of the statement.

[Talking Poker]

Define "session." Cause I have a really hard time believing that when you sit down at a poker table, you never stand up with less money than you sat with.