26 The Newbie Chronicles: The Fat Lady Sings

[mdlm]

Admitting failure is difficult but admit failure I must since I have failed.

I set out to accomplish four goals in the first six months of my poker experiment and I have failed so my experiment has come to an end.

Thanks to everyone who provided help and support along the way.

And congratulations to everyone who has beaten poker. It sure is a tough thing to do.

Thanks to all and to all a good night!

[Ulysses]

And congratulations to everyone who has beaten poker. It sure is a tough thing to do.

Some might contend it's virtually impossible to do if you never actually play.

[JTG51]

Some might contend it's virtually impossible to do if you never actually play.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

It seems like this whole adventure has been a colossal waste of everyone's time, as it had no chance to ever succeed.

What's next? Trying to become a professional golfer by thinking about the game, then quitting when you can't shoot 59 on PGA Tour Golf for Play Station 2?

[BruceZ]

On the other hand, his record is better than most people who play - he's even [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] He should play until he wins a couple of bucks before he quits so he can say he's a lifetime winner. I think the questions and answers this generated should be useful, though I still have to go back and read them.

You really do have to play to put things you learn in any kind of perspective, at least microlimit, maybe irc. The thing is, with this kind of discipline, he ought to be able to learn to beat the game. Especially if he learned chess at a high level. Chess requires a lot of study, focus, and ability to differentiate subtle patterns.

Which chess book did he write? Is his name public knowledge? Is he a grandmaster?

[pudley4]

Here's a post from Dynasty, who has known mdlm for a number of years.

Here's a link to his book

Here's his one visit to a live poker game (Chronicles 4)

"So many people urged me to visit a casino and play with real money that I did so. After ninety minutes of $2/$4 Hold ‘Em I came to the conclusion that the players were much looser than and probably inferior to the Masque and PokerPages opponents that I regularly compete against so I left.

I spent $99.84 on the casino trip ($19.25 for food, $14.59 for gas, and $66 in poker losses)


And here are a couple of statements (Chronicles 5) that show he really had no chance to succeed:

When I sit down at the table to play with real money I will know exactly what I will do in every situation.

Working out a complete game plan for poker is definitely within my reach. I may not be able to make money implementing the game plan, but I can certainly create one

[jasonHoldEm]

So that's it?

No disrespect, but if we could all be pros in 26 weeks poker wouldn't exist anymore...I hope you're not giving up.

peace,
jHE

[Homer]

How ridiculous. If this is your attitude towards everything in life I can't see you achieving success.

-- Homer

[Easy E]

YOU made it a failure.

[Mike Gallo]

How can you quit something you never started?

MDLM, seriously play in a 2-4 and see what its really like to play poker.

If after that you realize this isnt for you then quit. However you cant quit something you have never started.

Michael [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Clarkmeister]

Pathetic.

I warned everyone he had no desire to really play. LOL, dude quit after never playing.

MdlM, do you stop and consider for one second that your 4th of 4 goals was neither reasonable, nor meaningful? Forming goals with no knowledge of the game is silly, and you should be smart enough to realize that. And your tournament goal was meaningless for a few reasons. 1. 85% is a stupid number, and 2. tournament play essentially has nothing to do with accomplishing your final goal of $1k/mo for 3 months. Its like saying that in order to become a master Boxer, you are going to set a goal of becoming a master Grappler on the way. All it does is waste time and detract from the main goal.

As I said before, it comes down to the fact IMO that you simply don't like risking money. Which makes poker a very poor choice of a pasttime for you.

I am surprised, however, that you are giving up so easily. Since you are an author, I would expect a little more drive from you. I also expect a lot more intelligence. You essentially say you respect anyone who has beaten poker, yet you ignore the advice those people give you. Why is that? You respect them, but somehow you know better than them?

You received plenty of valid and correct advice on how to reach your goal. In fact, you would have reached your end goal of $1k/mo for 3 months by now if you listened to those people in the first place. You have nothing to blame on your failure but your stubborness and you should be embarassed to have wasted all these good peoples' time.

The funny thing is that you could take your remaining unspend $550, open a paradise poker account, play .50-1 and still reach your goal.

But I don't think you want to reach your goal.

Sad.