Changing tactics : My Live Poker Blog

I used to have degenerate tendencies with poker. For example the first time I started building a roll, I played 25NL with $50. ran it up to $450 over like a month, got drunk and sat on a 200NL table and lost most of it.

That wasn't the end of my poker degeneracy, but as I kept getting burned by the fire I would get burned less and less. Instead of losing 90% of my roll in a night, I'd lose 50%, then 25%, then 10% as my BRM got more conservative. Eventually I just stopped playing cash games drunk as I just couldn't ignore how bad it made me play anymore.

I'm still a degen, I just learned how to separate work from fun the hard way.

Originally Posted by d0zer

Eventually I just stopped playing cash games drunk as I just couldn't ignore how bad it made me play anymore..

lol

Originally Posted by bikes

lol

ok fine, eventually I learned to only play 1 or 2 stakes above my normal limit (and donkaments) while drunk. Also drunk live is fine cuz everyone's terrible and it's good for your image. Also remember to counterbalance the booze with weed cuz the booze makes you laggy and the weed makes you paranoid and nitty, so the right balance is magic!