rwood 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 for over the last 3 years, i have lived on my own by supporting myself by playing poker. i have paid for my rent, college tuition, everything. and for the most part i had a lot of money for someone in my age and in my situation. for the most part of that time, i kept a bankroll in excess of 500bb's, always playing limits between 2/4 and 5/10, whichever games were juciest or i felt like playing. i had been through many downswings, some in excess of 200bb's or more. let me tell you that in my opinion for most players that play for a living, like everyone says it is a GRIND. i usually played 6 tables, some time as much as 12 and sometimes only 1. for the most part 4-6. i have logged millions of hands, and was a good winner for well over the last 4 years, with multitabling, i was making a VERY decent living. well since april things started to slow down, and it was taking longer and longer to grind out profits. around this time my downswing started, well to make a long story short, through horrid cards, and some bad playing on my part, i have officially gone bust. my bankroll hit 0.00 today. the people that know me from outside the forum and play with me know me to be a very even keeled player. i will admit that i lost a small amount from tilting probably 10-20% of my roll from it. but like all the real pro's say, sometimes the cards can spit in your face for MONTHS. i never believed that a dowswing like that was possible. but it IS. well, in about a week im moving home for the summer, and im not packing up my lcd's or anything. im done. i saved enough up to not worry about working a lot, and im happy to say, looking forward to not playing anymore. i made a lot of money playing poker, and a lot of friends. but im done with the grind. im taking a 20 day trip to puerto rico with my girlfriend on the 15th, and not looking back. i cancelled my hotel bookings for the wsop events i was going to play in. well, thanks to fcp had fun posting on the forum. and got a lot of help from the strat people. good luck to everybody at the tables. and cheers. ryan. Link to post Share on other sites
AcesUp46 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 You had the heart to give it a shot and I salute you for that. Gl in your future endeavours. Link to post Share on other sites
Suited_Up 2 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I feel you.It's a tough tough game.Good luck in the future. Link to post Share on other sites
Canary3 1 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 dang... I dont even know you, and reading that was sad. Good luck in whatever you decide to do Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Congrats and good luck to you.You'll be back! Link to post Share on other sites
nell789 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 why aren't you packing up your lcd's? If you don't want em, I'll pay for the shipping if you want to send them to me. Link to post Share on other sites
offset 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 You'll be back. They allll come back. Link to post Share on other sites
Dratj 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 see you back online in a couple of weeks. Link to post Share on other sites
Billy 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Wow, what a tough run and I feel for ya man. But if you were able to maintain a good living for that long I wouldn't suggest you quit for good. You obviously have the intangibles needed to "make it" playing cards for a living. Enjoy your time off and get your head straight. After that, I'm sure you can hit the tables hard again.Good luck with your next step, whatever that may be. Link to post Share on other sites
finztotheleft 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Wow, really sorry for your horrible run recently. Are you really quitting for life or just going to take a nice break and come back to it part time ? I wish you good luck in furture endevours either way. I just can't imagine never playing again..........and especially not if I had been so successful for so long. Have you considered playing just for fun and having a regular job ? Have an awesome time in Puerto Rico....20 days !!! I am so jealous of that ! Link to post Share on other sites
HoosierAlum 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 See ya next month bud. Link to post Share on other sites
gmanshade 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 see you back online in a couple of weeks.lol Link to post Share on other sites
FourFlusher 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 What's a lcd? Monitors? Link to post Share on other sites
beans-n-icewater 18 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 What's a lcd? Monitors?I think its some sort of birth control device...not sure tho Link to post Share on other sites
Stylin_Fish 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Variance is a pain, it's all that matters in poker. Come back in a month when Variance has moved on. Link to post Share on other sites
strate 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 What's a lcd? Monitors?I'm not sure but i think its an old wooden ship used during the civil war. Link to post Share on other sites
Zach6668 513 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Good luck dude.It was good postin with ya in strat.- Zach Link to post Share on other sites
KingBriOfLV 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Wait a minute. Stop and think about what you are doing, then*************************TP/MM Link to post Share on other sites
ryansd 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Good luck in whatever you decide. Link to post Share on other sites
Lee2k 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 It takes a strong person mentally to play this game for a living, I salute u for giving it a shot but im sure you will be back in the near future. Link to post Share on other sites
UncleKraut 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 good luck in the future. Link to post Share on other sites
ForRealDD 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Don't forget, the Neg-o is tonight !! Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Jerry doesn't know. Link to post Share on other sites
BudBundy 0 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I understand you don't wanna talk about coming back but i agree with the ones that say you will.Just have a good vacation.get tanned.get stoned.empty your head. Link to post Share on other sites
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