1. 09-18-12 03:01 AM #1
    xelemental
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    How much are you guys down this year? I want to throw up.

    Its 1 in the morning and just lost $1500 from poker tonight.

    My excel spreadsheet tells me now that I am down $7,050 for the year with BJ and poker.

    I started the year great with poker but had a bad bad run and now down a lot.

    I also lost about $5500 in the stock market playing with options calls/putts.

    So I guess that puts me close to being down $13,000. In Retrospect, all that money can really help me right now. Sigh.

    I hate gambling.

    I think I should stop.
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  2. 09-18-12 03:04 AM #2
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    We are degens. Degens are stubborn and persistent - that's what makes us stand out from the crowd. All those other people just sheep.
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  3. 09-18-12 03:07 AM #3
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    Where do you play poker?
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  4. 09-18-12 03:08 AM #4
    ChalkyDog
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    You can quit now, and be down $13K for sure. Or keep on going and be.....

    Cruel mistress.

    Nobody hates gambling, you love gambling, everyone does. It's the losing that gamblers hate, and those that don't gamble are scared of. The trick, creating a process that you believe helps you lose at a rate you are comfortable with.

    Re-evaluate your processes.

    Good luck.
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  5. 09-18-12 03:21 AM #5
    Inkwell77
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    Don't play blackjack.

    Play poker in a real casino or on sbr.

    Don't play blackjack.

    Pick one discipline and stick to it. Much too difficult to specialize in all these various tasks
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  6. 09-18-12 03:37 AM #6
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    Online poker is -ev unless ur just playing big tourneys or heads up. Too much colluding going on in ring games.

    You know how this thing works, ur luck can turn in an instant and everything u touch turns to gold.
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  7. 09-18-12 05:20 AM #7
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    Keep a small break and come back stronger....
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  8. 09-18-12 05:23 AM #8
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    If your decent it will turn

    I think you got your hands on too much stuff right now

    Concentrate on one
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  9. 09-18-12 05:34 AM #9
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    down 4k since college hoops this year. not too bad hahah
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  10. 09-18-12 06:09 AM #10
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    10k and Officially quitting..tho most is poker
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  11. 09-18-12 06:29 AM #11
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    Online poker is brutal... If I bet sports I come out ahead. The minute I start playing poker online I go south. Last year my figures in sports at youwager up 13k yet I was always friking depositing due to poker.
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  12. 09-18-12 06:30 AM #12
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    I only bet at books that don't offer poker now and things have turned for the better. Gl man
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  13. 09-18-12 06:44 AM #13
    GunShard
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    With the $13,000 you have left.

    Just bet small $1 bets. Even if you're the worst gambler, you would only be losing a few dollars.
    Especially, if you're the kind of person who gambles for fun and for the adrenaline rush or simply a bad gambler.
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  14. 09-19-12 02:26 PM #14
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    Alright lets get it back tonight buddy We have Kent st vs Buffalo tonight take Buffalo -3.5 lets get it!!!
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  15. 09-19-12 03:28 PM #15
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    After 300+ hours of grinding I am actually up... $6.52 ! Unfortunately, I just bought a 10 dollar scratch off that failed to hit, so that 30 seconds I rubbed a quarter on a piece of flimsy cardboard actually outweighs the hundreds of hours of disciplined hold'em play.

    degens4life!
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  16. 09-19-12 07:14 PM #16
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    Risked: $198,753.00 Won: $91,397.00 Lost: -$98,037.00 Net: -$6,640.00 Win Percentage 49.72% | 877-887-2
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  17. 09-19-12 07:19 PM #17
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    Firedawg up and $1 bets lol
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  18. 09-19-12 07:20 PM #18
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    Made 35,000 to start year, lost it all back and a bit more.
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  19. 09-19-12 07:36 PM #19
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    I'm small time, up ~$800 after a good end to soccer in May and a stupid nba bet.
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  20. 09-19-12 07:44 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inkwell77 View Post
    Don't play blackjack.

    Play poker in a real casino or on sbr.
    people in a casino most often has a higher skill level, also i dont think may casinos offer poker with 0,10$ in BB. also you dont need poker face wich is one of the bigger factors in real poker. I think people in a casino will run you over quite faster than on the internet.
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  21. 09-19-12 07:46 PM #21
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    also why do you think sbr would be so good ?
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  22. 12-27-12 02:17 PM #22
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    Hey guys,

    Wanted to update you guys.

    After being -EV in poker im finally up roughly $2,300 in poker. Not too much but won a good amount poker the past several weeks playing consistent poker.

    Stock market im still down but i dont really care on that as I can write it off my taxes. And move my losses to next year where I hope to make some gains.

    Hope everyone had a good end of the year as Degens!
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  23. 12-27-12 02:20 PM #23
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    -20k
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  24. 12-27-12 02:32 PM #24
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    You guys actually keep track?
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  25. 12-27-12 02:44 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by xelemental View Post
    Hey guys,

    Wanted to update you guys.

    After being -EV in poker im finally up roughly $2,300 in poker. Not too much but won a good amount poker the past several weeks playing consistent poker.

    Stock market im still down but i dont really care on that as I can write it off my taxes. And move my losses to next year where I hope to make some gains.

    Hope everyone had a good end of the year as Degens!
    congrats on the comeback xelemental

    wish the sharks were playing (sigh)...
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  26. 12-27-12 03:00 PM #26
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    stock market is my biggest loser, scared to ever touch it again. ETFs are black holes.
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  27. 12-27-12 03:48 PM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Firedawg up and $1 bets lol
    i missed this gem laker....... how much air does 1 dollar buy
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