The New Brian

[Talking Poker]

You get this:
"Thanks for starting this thread, Sir. It's generated lots of interesting discussion."

Congratulations. Try not to spend all of that quote in one place.

I believe Aeq was questioning the income you make from your day job, not your poker bankroll. He's saying (I believe) that he thinks pissing away $300 is not something that somone in your position (income bracket) should do.

I know you continue insist that $300 = $5 somehow, but I think even a young child who hasn't been taught basic mathematics could recognize that that isn't true if the money was placed in two piles in front of him.

I'll fire up Titan and watch a few hands now.

[Talking Poker]

I only have $510 on Titan (my initial deposit plus the $10 the gave me for free), which is about half of what I'd want (minimum) to sit in the 30/60 game. It looked weak, so I sat down at 10/20 6 max to try to build my roll a bit (I could deposit more, but I simply don't want to).

The very first hand I played, I lost a big pot with AK vs some dork's A7o. I got him all in on the turn, which is when he spiked his miracle 7, of course.

So far, these guys are really bad (they seem to have absolutely no concept of hand selection, with family pots nearly every hand). Maybe I actually will play here a while... long enough to clear my deposit bonus, anyway. I wonder how fast I can earn it at this level.

After all, I need to make sure I have an adequate roll for our 30/60 game, Sir... For me, $300 just won't cut it...

[SirFWALGMan]

Well, at least you agree that with my skill level against these fools I have a chance (if I have a decent bankroll). lol. Or at the very least you agree this is a weak ass 30/60 land. It is something.

I make a mid 6-figure income. So not a freaking millionaire but I do fine.

[Talking Poker]

For what it's worth, I can see now how losing $300 doesn't mean as much to you as it would to most people here. But I still see little to no difference between that money coming from your bank account or your poker account. It's still $300.

Of course, I can't help but wonder - does mid "six figure" mean midway between $100k and $200k, or does it mean midway between $100k and $1,000,000.

What do you do for a living (if you don't mind me asking)?

The game looked soft.... but that's all the more reason to have a decent bankroll for it. Short term variance will be high.

[SirFWALGMan]

Between 100 and 200, closer to 200 .. but it varies. I am a computer consultant. I basically get hired out on 1-2 year projects making as much as I can! It has been good for me so far. Yeah, $300 does not mean much to me, but I like to keep my Gambooler account and my personal account seperate.

Anyway, the experiment is officially over. I did not score a big enough win in an MTT all week. Oh well. I am sure I will come up with something else..

[SirFWALGMan]

I think this thread was cool. If for nothing else than for people to talk about what they beleive is a winning strategy. All good stuff. I can not argue.

I guess my problem is I am stuck in the middle. I know I could crush the 5/10 on Titan and it would be somewhat worthwhile money. I have played MUCH HARDER 5/10 competition. It is very passive here. Makes it easy to draw out and make money. Not alot of check-raising or trickyness at all. Hell, not much bluffing .. some people bluff alot, but most people play very passive, readable, poker.

However I do not want to put 2K online. That is a substantial amount of money for me, so I need to win my way back to 3K in order to play. Sometimes Poker drives me mad and I feel like doing crazy shit, other times I am pretty stable. Anyway, thanks to everyone who commented. Again, all good stuff.

[nflchad]

but 300's not?


BTW I don't think this is an experiment so much as I think it's flushing money down the toilet, an experiment implies that it accomplishes something or would prove something which this certainly doesn't.