I sure envy you people who started poker and made money right away. I have played the last 4 days at pokerstars (micros) and lost every session. That is after studying this site for weeks and studying Skalanskys advanced poker book. I thought for sure I would be able to at least break even.

I play for a few hrs and do ok…sometimes up, sometimes down. Then, I make a bad call when the pot gets big and loose my buyin…(where I end the day). I have never been good at thinking on my feet and I tend to freeze up when the pot gets big. That’s when I do stupid stuff like calling his all-in when I KNOW I am beat. The first time it happened I had a nice hand and failed to notice the straight possibility that showed on the river. The next time, I had KK and put him on Ax. For some reason I called his all-in ignoring the A on the board…I can’t explain it. Then last night, I bet the river big with a pair of As. He re-raised me all-in and I felt it likely he had two pair. I called him anyway!!!! Why can’t I back down?

My game improves every day because I study every hand I play afterwards but if I can’t fix this all-in thing I am doomed. My heart starts pounding and my brain freezes up. <shrug>

Anyway, my question is: Did any of you start out sucking or did it come easily to you. I am beginning to wonder if I can actually make money at poker of if I am doomed to be a fish forever.