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phillysteve	Lessons learned from playing poker?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 375 (01/31/08 02:13:04) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Lessons learned from playing poker? TOURNAMENT/EVENT DATE PLACE WINNINGS 2006 37th Annual ******** No-Limit Hold'em 07/23/2006 12 $48,503.00 2006 ****** Friday/Saturday No-Limit Hold'em Tournament No-Limit Hold'em 06/17/2006 3 $8,700.00 2005 ****** Friday/Saturday No Limit Hold'em Tournament No-Limit Hold'em 12/31/2005 1 $13,095.00 2005 ******** Friday/Saturday No Limit Hold'em Tournament No-Limit Hold'em 12/17/2005 5 $5,710.00 Here are some stats from a poker player who is now having grave financial problems. Seemingly nice winnings of over $75,000, right? But too much gambling is never enough for an addicted gambler. Wouldn't have mattered if the winnings were over $750,000 or $7,500,000 with an addicted gambler...the gambling would have only escalated to the point of eventually going broke. It is a fact that many, virtually all, of the so-called poker "pros" seen on TV are dead broke and in debt. Just like the above stats, these poker pros had a lucky variance for awhile, sometimes much luckier than the above stats, but sooner or later, with all the tournament entry fees, cuts and rakes, they eventually go broke. Plus after a big win, they get engrossed in the thinking that they are now some sort of superior poker player, blessed with unique skills or at least endless luck...and even if the winning money isn't gambled back right away, it is usually squandered in some manner, and then of course the rest does gets gambled back. That's just the way it is...no exceptions. The poker "pros" seen on TV who aren't broke? That is because they receive income from books, gambling website endorsements and ads, affiliate commission programs, and other ways. It is hoped addicted poker players can read this post and learn from it...and be warned about the realities and consequences of continuing to play poker offered by the gambling industry. Plain and simple - playing online poker or brick & mortar poker is a sucker's game, a game for mugs...the only sharks are the gambling business owners who eventually windup with all the money. Gambling addiction is a tough addiction...arguably the toughest. The solution to the problem? Stop gambling and begin working a good recovery program. YFIR, Steve
phillysteve	more	#1	[-]
Posts: 375 (01/31/08 07:42:15) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	An important thing to remember about poker and gambling in general - The "variance" which in poker basically is another word for "luck" - a bankroll goes up or down depending on variance but with the gambling house cuts, rakes, etc., a gambler's bankroll is always long term headed in a negative direction which will eventually hit zero - meaning broke. Most gamblers understand this, but most if not all addicted gamblers not in recovery, keep hoping that their next bet, their next hand of poker, their next poker tournament or whatever the gambling activity, could be a good one, a winner, perhaps a big winner - and this type of thinking makes this one tough addiction. My viewpoint since beginning recovery over 5 years ago, and it has been a very successful recovery, is not to blindly look at the possible positives of the next bet, but to clearly look at the definite negatives of the next bet...and the next bet for me will eventually lead to harm and destruction - maybe not this minute, maybe not even this month or year...but eventually that harm and destruction will occur, and it's usually sooner than later, and it's usually very soon if not immediate. My feeling in recovery is that life is hard enough without adding to it a money losing activity of gambling which makes life harder - I don't need that and I don't want that. Gambling truly is a pathetic waste of money, time and life...and wasting one's money, time and life trying to beat online poker or brick & mortar poker, exemplifies that. YFIR, Steve
phatus		#2	[-]
Posts: 1 (03/03/09 06:58:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	phillysteve wrote: An important thing to remember about poker and gambling in general - The "variance" which in poker basically is another word for "luck" - a bankroll goes up or down depending on variance but with the gambling house cuts, rakes, etc., a gambler's bankroll is always long term headed in a negative direction which will eventually hit zero - meaning broke. My viewpoint since beginning recovery over 5 years ago, and it has been a very successful recovery, is not to blindly look at the possible positives of the next bet, but to clearly look at the definite negatives of the next bet...and the next bet for me will eventually lead to harm and destruction - maybe not this minute, maybe not even this month or year...but eventually that harm and destruction will occur, and it's usually sooner than later, and it's usually very soon if not immediate. are you for real? You're the worst losing poker player i've ever seen on a forum. Most just moan about how it's fixed. I've never known anyone to write a book about it. The reason your 'next bet' is a definite negative isn't because it's impossible to win at poker. The reason is because you suck at poker plain and simple. The first paragraph in the above quote about variance is just dumb. You're basically saying that all poker players have equal ability at the game therefore they will all lose money because of the rake. This would be true if all players were of equal ability but they're not. Do you seriously believe the player that sits down at a full ring cash table with 100xbb and raises 10xbb with k,q from UTG then calls when someone puts him all in for his stack is better than someone who understands why this is a terrible play? Do you believe both these players are of equal ability? If you do then you were right to quit poker because you obviously don't understand the game. It's a bit sad that you can't just admit you aren't very good at poker. Instead you have to write a book about how poker is fixed. lol just lol.
phillysteve		#3	[-]
Posts: 307 (03/03/09 09:23:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	phatus wrote: phillysteve wrote: An important thing to remember about poker and gambling in general - The "variance" which in poker basically is another word for "luck" - a bankroll goes up or down depending on variance but with the gambling house cuts, rakes, etc., a gambler's bankroll is always long term headed in a negative direction which will eventually hit zero - meaning broke. My viewpoint since beginning recovery over 5 years ago, and it has been a very successful recovery, is not to blindly look at the possible positives of the next bet, but to clearly look at the definite negatives of the next bet...and the next bet for me will eventually lead to harm and destruction - maybe not this minute, maybe not even this month or year...but eventually that harm and destruction will occur, and it's usually sooner than later, and it's usually very soon if not immediate. are you for real? You're the worst losing poker player i've ever seen on a forum. Most just moan about how it's fixed. I've never known anyone to write a book about it. The reason your 'next bet' is a definite negative isn't because it's impossible to win at poker. The reason is because you suck at poker plain and simple. The first paragraph in the above quote about variance is just dumb. You're basically saying that all poker players have equal ability at the game therefore they will all lose money because of the rake. This would be true if all players were of equal ability but they're not. Do you seriously believe the player that sits down at a full ring cash table with 100xbb and raises 10xbb with k,q from UTG then calls when someone puts him all in for his stack is better than someone who understands why this is a terrible play? Do you believe both these players are of equal ability? If you do then you were right to quit poker because you obviously don't understand the game. It's a bit sad that you can't just admit you aren't very good at poker. Instead you have to write a book about how poker is fixed. lol just lol. I have clearly stated numerous times that unraked poker is a game of pure skill and the best players make money in the long run - Most poker players already know this. However raked poker turns poker from a skill game into a sucker's game whereby nobody beats the rake. I guestimate that I have played around 500,000 hands of poker in private unraked cash games and I was a long term winner. I have never railed aginst playing poker - it's the "exploitation" from gambling websites that bugs me.
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Posts: 4 (03/03/09 14:48:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	If you click on the below link and type 'skilled_sox' into the search field under pokerstars you will see this player has won over $650,000. How can you explain this? Maybe it's just a case of variance over 20,000 games - lol. http://www.sharkscope.com/
phillysteve		#5	[-]
Posts: 314 (03/03/09 18:28:24) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	phatus wrote: If you click on the below link and type 'skilled_sox' into the search field under pokerstars you will see this player has won over $650,000. How can you explain this? Maybe it's just a case of variance over 20,000 games - lol. http://www.sharkscope.com/ I've already explained these type of things a number of times in other threads. One thing I've never discounted is the possibility that a sophisticated cheating ring or highly intelligent bot could possibly beat raked online poker. When I state "Nobody beats the rake" it is presumed, it is a given, that "nobody" means an honest individual poker player, playing by the rules without cheating - It is so completely crystal clear that this type of player has no chance of beating online poker in the long run, and it really shouldn't even be debatable at this point because it is so obvious after reading the threads throughout this forum, and understanding the game of poker. "Store bought" bots have all proven to be losers, and I personally know some members of poker cheating rings who stated that despite their colluding with other poker players on poker websites, they still couldn't make money against the rake - their bankrolls still always got ground out. But could a very sophisticated highly intelligent cheating ring beat online poker? Could a brilliantly programmed, constantly monitored bot beat online poker? - I'm not sure and I keep an open mind about that. This "winning player" could be anybody. The player may have won this money and lost a million dollars under another poker name meaning the player in total lost $350,000 playing online poker. Maybe it's more clear now that only an audited, documented profit/loss statement could possibly prove this player's overall results. This "winning player" could be a house bot. Could be a player in a chip dumping tournament scheme, etc, etc. The possiblilities are almost endless and it would be very naive to believe these possiblities couldn't exist. Frankly, only a naive gambler or an affiliate commission huckster would take these statistics at face value and believe that it is a certainty the winnings came from an honest individual poker player playing by the rules without cheating, and that this was their only poker name...because the chances of that type of player winning money in the long run is zero.
phatus		#6	[-]
Posts: 5 (03/04/09 04:00:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You're an idiot. There's no point trying to make you understand what you're saying is rubbish. You've obviously lost ALOT of money at poker and can't allow yourself believe that it's because you suck so it must be because poker is unbeatable. If making yourself believe this keeps you from playing a game YOU can't beat then fair enough.
phillysteve		#7	[-]
Posts: 324 (03/04/09 11:21:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	phatus wrote: You're an idiot. There's no point trying to make you understand what you're saying is rubbish. You've obviously lost ALOT of money at poker and can't allow yourself believe that it's because you suck so it must be because poker is unbeatable. If making yourself believe this keeps you from playing a game YOU can't beat then fair enough. I knew that a name calling response was coming sooner or later. What took you so long? LOL

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