The Experiment on Doyles Room

[daveymck]

Where did he say he needed to support his life from it?

The problem is addikt you aint seeing it form his side, he is a young kid 14-17 by the sounds of it who probably has a few $ income a week. Rather than play wow he wants to play poker, moving form zero up to a few hundred $ is perfectly possible and no doubt for him a decent amount. He is also getting a decent start to his poker education for little risk.

Using the dicipline, patience and experience of beating ultra loose micros he would be in a position to bonus whore his way up the higher micros and up to small stakes, is the play that different on 1c/2c to .5/1 yes to a point but not as much as you might think.

What is so unreasonable about that argument and logic?

[krimson]

A lot of players here started their poker BR by freerolling, so it's definitely do-able. The real question is, if you do make a considerable amount of money, how do you intend to cash it out, given that your underage?

To find the highest limit you can (safely) play, multiple the big bet by 300. ie: (2c/4c) $0.04x300 = $12.

[ctv1116]

This is exactly how I got my start. Played a couple Paradise freerolls in 2003, won $1.40, then played a $1 tourney and got it up to $10. Played 0.5/1 and got lucky to bring it up to a standard roll of $300, and have since amassed approx. 35K in winnings playing 10/20 6max. Never have deposited a cent in my life.

[OldLearner]

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I'm young, not saying how young because I see you people like to rat out underage players.

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How so?

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How so?

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I love the humor on this site!!! Its so funny!

Tell me your getting rakeback!!
If you had signed up through me you could have gotten an extra 8 cents by now!

[pudley4]

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Yes, it is possible to turn this into a real bankroll. It takes a lot of effort, but it can be done. This would be much more impressive than most though.

If you want to build from nothing, you may want to try the free 10 dollars on Royal Vegas, or Instant Bankroll as has been mentioned. (Although I might wait on that until you have played a bit more.)

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Someone please define a REAL bankroll, because it just plain isnt possible.. CERTAINLY isnt worth the time that it would take to even make it a 1 in a million shot..

Youd be better off collecting pop or peddling on the street BY A LONG LONG SHOT.

If your time isnt worth more than a few cents an hour than I would just put a bullet in your head now.

Your computer probably using more electricity per hour than you are making..

I cant believe you guys are supporting this.. How stupid are you?

No wonder that even with the membership of this place tripling, My bb/100 keeps going up.

Unreal how flawed your arguments and logic are.

There is NOBODY, and I REPEAT NOBODY that makes a living that started playing with a few cents and is now making a living.............

NOT WITHOUT some influx of cash from an external source, granted there are people that started at nanos that are making a living now at it...

But they didnt build the BR that they support life with from it.

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[KJ o]

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Eventually I sold 8 million chips for $9.00 real money.

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You sold too soon... play money chips now sell for about $20/Million on ebay!!!

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I have always wanted to know: who is paying for play money? Why? Does it have any kind of value at all?

[Cry Me A River]

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But they didnt build the BR that they support life with from it.


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You don't know what you are talking about.

As outlined in my original post, I started under similar circumstances (though with a somewhat bigger initial roll, but on a site with no microlimits). I was laid off from my job at the end of September. I start a new job in about a week but for the month of October I played poker full time and made more money than I have at any job in my life. I'm not turning pro, but I obviously could.

And anyway, who says he has to support himself playing poker? And who are you to decide what hobbies are worthwhile and which ones aren't? If a guy spends ten years building a boat in his backyard, is that a big waste of time because he could have just bought one? If someone plays golf a couple times a week but never makes a cent, is that a big waste of time? Does your every waking moment consist of working to "support life"?

[Cry Me A River]

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I have always wanted to know: who is paying for play money? Why? Does it have any kind of value at all?


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I think the belief is that the highest "play money" buy-ins play closest to "real money". So it's people who want to play at the highest "play money" tables (either to improve their game until they're confident enough to play for real money OR just to have the best play experience) without having to take the time grind their "play money" roll until it's big enough to do so on their own.