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Posted: Tue, 28 Dec 2004, 8:53pm Post subject: Who is loosing when everyone is winning? :-)
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3-of-a-Kind
Joined: 27 Dec 2004
Posts: 81
WPP: 80
Location: Sweden
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Hmmm theres one thing that bothers me...
I haven't heard a single voice in this forum loosing on the long term!!!
EVERYONE is winning!!! 
Isn't that impossible??? 
In poker, one mans win is someone elses defeat.
This means that even in this forum people must have negativ numbers on their account... Or am I wrong? 8-) |
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Posted: Tue, 28 Dec 2004, 9:02pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 3580
WPP: 80
Location: emo-kid
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there are 1000 registered members in these forums.
roughly 200 post actively
let's put in another 10,000 players for every other forum on the internet.
Party Poker at any given moment has 50,000 players.
that's still 39,000 clueless players. |
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Posted: Tue, 28 Dec 2004, 9:05pm Post subject:
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Royal Flush
Joined: 12 Dec 2003
Posts: 18768
WPP: 81
Location: I'll Do You Like A Truck
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| There are net losers on this forum, but I won't call anyone out... |
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Posted: Tue, 28 Dec 2004, 9:07pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 22 Sep 2004
Posts: 1102
WPP: 80
Location: Wastin' away again in margaritaville....
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Is this a veiled request for people to post their fish lists?
- sed |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 2:12am Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 11 Oct 2004
Posts: 1117
WPP: 67
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I dont think any of the "regular" FTR members has a net loss..or am i wrong?
-anto |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 2:23am Post subject:
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i wouldn't mind a change...
Joined: 13 Jul 2004
Posts: 4836
WPP: 96
Location: TagFish
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| Fnord wrote: | | There are net losers on this forum, but I won't call anyone out... |
You're Silly. He didn't mean personality wise, he meant playing poker. 
There are players that are losers, usually they're the ones asking questions. Players that are losers that read this forum generally aren't losers for very long. They are also too afraid to post their troubles. |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 3:47am Post subject:
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LAME HUMOR THAT MAKES FISH LAUGH
Joined: 28 Sep 2004
Posts: 8092
WPP: 75
Location: This room is a good place to be
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Losers are out there. You've just got to find them.
And you shouldn't be having any trouble with that...
-'rilla |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 9:24am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 May 2004
Posts: 1887
WPP: 103
Location: Kansas City
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| I consistently lose at poker. But I'll never admit it. |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 10:06am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Posts: 3107
WPP: 160
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| I'll admit it - to date I am a net loser online (but a net winner in a big way in live games). I'm close to even online, actually, but when I first started out I burned through several hundred dollars by making some bad calls and periodically going on tilt. Since my last buy-in I'm up about two hundred, putting me close to even overall just in online play. If you factor in my live play, I'm solidly in the black (we usually play tournaments and I've won three of our last six). |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 10:20am Post subject:
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Flush
Joined: 11 Apr 2004
Posts: 264
WPP: 43
Location: Isle of Man, GB
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I'm losing a bit in ring games (where I want to be playing) - keep getting in the black then losing a load to a river but more than making up for it in SNGs and MTTs.
I'm really trying to work on my game over the next few weeks, having purchased SSHE. |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 1:53pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 23 Aug 2004
Posts: 813
WPP: 145
Location: Mount Holly, NC
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When I first came to FTR I was losing...that is really the reason I was searching for some help. Spent about a month faithfully reading the forums before registering here and asked a few questions. In my first month as an active member I began winning....never looked back.
I imagine the story is similar for many people here, people who take the time to read, learn and refine thier game end up winning...most of the active members here are serious - or are becoming serious about poker. There are so many people that like poker or want to learn poker or simply want to see what the hubub is all about...and just give the online thing a whirl - those are the people that feed the rest of us. |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 2:47pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Posts: 3107
WPP: 160
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| Yep. I was at a net loss online and in live games when I registered here. I turned around my live play first, won a couple tournaments, and lately my online play has been improving dramatically as well. |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 3:04pm Post subject:
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EAT BUGS
Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Posts: 7837
WPP: 52
Location: trying to live
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I am a net loser. This will change by the end of next week.
I hope. |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 3:23pm Post subject:
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Flush
Joined: 03 Nov 2004
Posts: 306
WPP: 140
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| i am also a net looser. But, i'm playing much better, so i think it's only a matter of time. |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 3:26pm Post subject:
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Straight
Joined: 14 Oct 2004
Posts: 153
WPP: 125
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I started out down, and found this site, thinking I don't care about stinking groups of hands etc. It's all luck, so you might as well play hands, etc. Then I kept reading and all of the sudden I became this super tight passive player I didn't even recognize. And I wasn't losing my money all the time. Then before I knew it I had these groups of hands that I played. About the equivalent of down to group 4 hands. Then I got a book recommended here and read that ... a few times.
Now all of the sudden the starting hands I play have expanded as I am positioned closer to the button. It's not exactly the same as hand groups you see, I'm still tighter than that, but position means alot now. How many people are in the hand when I'm holding xx in late position etc. Next thing I know, is I'm not saving up to reload again down the road. Holy crap, my bankroll is actually growing, woohoo!!!!
It's weird how it happens, but I think it's just tons of experience where people get better and better. Someday I hope to improve more, and play at the next higher limit etc. When I first started playing online, we played at home alittle, with relatives around birthdays etc., and we'd just play anything. When we play now, and over the holidays, I'm thinking, gees, I'm not playing this crap hand, especially because my wife raised in early position, and she plays tighter than I do now. I'm gonna just sit back and try to figure out what pocket pair or whatever she's playing, and watch her slowplay her big pocket pair with that I don't know if I should call you look on her face, watching her reraise her brother on the turn just to piss him off when she had already flopped a set. Thanks for the Christmas present honey, you know I loved that one.
Anyway, there are a ton of the old me out there playing. But I have a secret place called FTR. I hope the fish never find my secret place. |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 3:31pm Post subject:
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Flush
Joined: 03 Nov 2004
Posts: 306
WPP: 140
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great post!
I did find this one line:
| Miggo wrote: | | I hope the fish never find my secret place. |
really really funny. |
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Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 3:49pm Post subject:
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Straight
Joined: 14 Oct 2004
Posts: 153
WPP: 125
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| whileone wrote: | great post!
I did find this one line:
| Miggo wrote: | | I hope the fish never find my secret place. |
really really funny. |
Yeah, isn't that from some commercial with some little kid in it about 10-15 years ago? |
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Posted: Thu, 30 Dec 2004, 2:34pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
Posts: 755
WPP: 140
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Started out w/ a $700 online Bankroll. Lost $400. Whored some bonuses and started winning consistently and have never depositied another dime in over a year. The B&M and home games are always good to me since the players are not so good. If you become a good NL online player you can crush live casino games in the $300 buy-in range.
Have not gone outside of relatively low limits online. $50-80MTT's, $30 -20 SNG's and NL ring games w/ 100 buy-in or less ie. blinds .50/1, 1/2 or .25/.50.
Do I win every day? Hell no! I have -$100 to 200 swings on a regular basis. If you are a decent player and stay within your limits it is not hard to stay an overall winner. You can lose your ass if you move up in limits with too little BR. |
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