Should I be proud of myself?
HI!
It's been a while since I first started posting here about my experience in poker. Well, I am just returning to tell you all about my first games in real money poker.
I signed up through a promotion on Party Poker which gave me $50 ans $25 in bonus account, which were pretty easy to obtain. From there I began playing 4 $5 NL tables at once, but as I had little experience in multi-tabling, I couldn't focus enough and lost about 10-15 dollars.
After that I tried to go up limits. I began playing $10 NL at 2 tables. This time I began to note that my concentration increased, and I began to make money, slowly but surely.
When I hit $75, I began to play at 3 $10 NL tables. Little later I went on to 4 tables, where I began to increase my bankrollto about $170. At that time I felt invincible.
But, my happy story has a twist here. I recently had a pretty bad beat, and went on tilt for 2-3 days. I lost nearly all my money. When I hit $7 I knew that things were wrong.
I took my last chance at a $6 SnG Multitable. I gave it my full concentration in an attempt to get the big $40 price. I finished 4th, with $10 prize. Well, at least I had a profit.
Just today I had another bad beat, but i was abke to control myself. I signed up at a $6 Sng Single Table and won first prize $25.
Now I am 3 tabling in $5 NL and doing good. I feel pretty proud of myself. Does anybody have any advice or comment about this?
Just felt like telling my story to you ppl, as this forum got me started.
Re: Should I be proud of myself?
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Originally Posted by salempc
I signed up through a promotion on Party Poker which gave me $50 ans $25 in bonus account, which were pretty easy to obtain. From there I began playing 4 $5 NL tables at once, but as I had little experience in multi-tabling, I couldn't focus enough and lost about 10-15 dollars.
I wouldn't 4 table while I'm getting started, but OK.
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Originally Posted by salempc
After that I tried to go up limits. I began playing $10 NL at 2 tables. This time I began to note that my concentration increased, and I began to make money, slowly but surely.
So you were under bankrolled for $5 and not making money so you went up to a higher limit? Not Good.
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Originally Posted by salempc
When I hit $75, I began to play at 3 $10 NL tables. Little later I went on to 4 tables, where I began to increase my bankrollto about $170. At that time I felt invincible.
Glad this worked out for you
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Originally Posted by salempc
But, my happy story has a twist here. I recently had a pretty bad beat, and went on tilt for 2-3 days. I lost nearly all my money. When I hit $7 I knew that things were wrong.
This is what happens when you're playing out of your bankroll. You had to loose $163 of your $170 to realize there was a problem? Not Good.
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Originally Posted by salempc
I took my last chance at a $6 SnG Multitable. I gave it my full concentration in an attempt to get the big $40 price. I finished 4th, with $10 prize. Well, at least I had a profit.
At least you're not broke.
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Originally Posted by salempc
Now I am 3 tabling in $5 NL and doing good. I feel pretty proud of myself. Does anybody have any advice or comment about this?
Why are you proud of yourself? Did you learn something from this experience that enriched your poker understanding, or are you happy that you are winning at 5NL again?
My advice? Read all of the bankroll management posts you can find.