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For example, I'm pretty sure the OP is not being entirely truthful about his story.

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V. awesome post, this could be the thread you link to your friends that are just starting out and have hit a good run like yourself and just don't realize it was only luck.

Are you playing any poker just for fun? And if not will you start to play poker again once you have saved up some money from working?

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I was amazed to find a place filled with so many serious poker players who made tons of money

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Note to wanna-be pros. Don't believe everything you read on these forums.

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seriously, most of the people on this forum are totally full of [censored] and many of the ones who arent are miserable and are only successful at poker.

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Thanks for posting that. Hopefully you can turn your life around. It is positive that you finally being honest with yourself.

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Your problems seem to have been you playing well beyond your skill and bankroll level, not to mention a seriously addictive personality.


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Captain Obvious has arrived!

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A lotta people forget that in poker every $ you make someone else lost, and rake just compounds the problem. People seem to talk like you walk into a poker room, get paid an hourly wage based on how good you are, and then leave. The fact of the matter is that, with rake, the average person's EV is negative when they walk into a poker room. So, earning anything in poker (even losing less than rake) is something to be proud of, IMO.

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Your problems seem to have been you playing well beyond your skill and bankroll level, not to mention a seriously addictive personality.


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Captain Obvious has arrived!

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This is a valid fact to point out considering how the op says he sucks at poker but 90% of his problem was poor bankroll management skills and playing to high of limits. I mean who would be successful taking this route?

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I went out leased a nice apartment for $1k a month, financed a car (2004 Infiniti G35), bought a plasma TV, nice furniture, 2 Dell 2001FPs, and my new pro poker career was underway.

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this is obviously ZeeJustin

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Your problems seem to have been you playing well beyond your skill and bankroll level, not to mention a seriously addictive personality.


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Captain Obvious has arrived!

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This is a valid fact to point out considering how the op says he sucks at poker but 90% of his problem was poor bankroll management skills and playing to high of limits. I mean who would be successful taking this route?

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If you suck at poker bankroll management skills will only make you lose at a slower pace. Why prolong the pain?

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Very nice of you to share this sobering story with everyone. I hope that with your future endeavors, whatever they may be, you find more sucess and more self-control.