Have you ever gone broke on poker?

Izaak · Jul 18, 2011

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

blikbleek · Jul 18, 2011

i havent gone broke, but my deposits are always gone in a week or so.

PoKeRFoRNiA · Jul 19, 2011

Yup. I've gone broke. I planned to quit poker until my roommate revived my online poker career by going on a hot streak, winning $500, giving me half of it, which made up all of my losses + $50. I lost that $50 and decided to quit. But then I fooled around with full tilt points, turned out that i can revive my bankroll using points, eventually did, never went broke ever since until Black Friday, where my $800 is locked up and jacked, leaving me with $0. Therefore, broke again. So yes, I went broke 3 times.

pricecube · Jul 19, 2011

I've gone broke on several sites but each time I only deposited a small amount and the whole point was to learn the game and practice on the understanding that I would probably lose my deposit. So I've gone broke in the sense that my deposit went and I didn't reload. After a lot of practice, I then deposited a larger amount on a website with the aim/hope that I would never have to redeposit and nearly two years later I've stuck to that. I suppose it depends what you mean by 'broke'. I've read many times that you shouldn't play with money you can't afford to lose - I've certainly never done that.

ckickenking · Jul 19, 2011

My last 3 deposit I have gone broke so I've been taking a break. My last deposit was almost 2 months again and I just starting playing freeroll and cc freeroll. I'm having a real itch to deposit again.

psy0nyd3 · Jul 19, 2011

I've gone broke like 5 or 6 times, but I've never deposited more than 30 bucks and I've been playing with freeroll cash since black friday.

I'm broke again now though. Sad face.

rollingnow · Jul 19, 2011

the hard way

I learned the hard way. I play no deposit poker and use chris fergusons brm. If you go broke no better way to learn than to build up a roll the hard way. Depositing is a bad players bailout sometimes. How would you play if depositing wasnt an option? try it

midgetfactory · Jul 19, 2011

you should never play with money you cant afford to lose, playing with money youve won in a freeroll gives me most satisfaction

kilross · Jul 19, 2011

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BigJamo · Jul 20, 2011

Yep, got down to Zip, then freerolled out of there to get moving. Ended up with $190.

ZODECI · Jul 20, 2011

I go broke all the time but I always manage to freeroll more $. It really depends on your risk tolerance and patience. If I win $50, I'll find a tournament with a $50 buy-in, or sit at a ring game with $50. If I lose it, I'll just win more $ in another FR. Btw, I'm not recommending you do this

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Sure, you can follow proper BRM and might end the year with $5k, maybe 20k. If that makes you happy, go for it. Or you can attempt the XWINK and isildur1 "get rich or die trying" method. Personally, I like the last method but that's just me.

prepare · Jul 20, 2011

yes.

I sucked (still do to an extent) that I went on tilt and started playing 10 dollar head ups tournaments. (went broke real quick)

Funny thing is, I did hold my own for a while. Learned some head up strategy. Today I feel heads up actually gives me the best edge in poker.

then full tilt went down and I lost my entire bankroll again. This time it wasn't my fault.

Now I have no money online.

RVladimiro · Jul 20, 2011

Izaak said:
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

Nope. I've just started and made a first €20 deposit. Been learning with it since May 1st. If I ever go broke with this initial deposit I'll accept it's part of the learning process but I find it very hard to accept that a loosing streak makes anyone go broke.

I can accept that a loosing streak + still being a fish can make me go broke, but a loosing streak alone should not.

Cooking · Jul 20, 2011

If you mean lose my poker money than yes. But, if you mean losing my "real" money, than no. I never deposited to play poker online, I only play with money that I win on freerolls. I think that this way I don't have that much pressure to win when I play the cash games.

Cooking · Jul 20, 2011

midgetfactory said:
you should never play with money you cant afford to lose, playing with money youve won in a freeroll gives me most satisfaction

Yes, me too! I feel so much better when I cash out some money that I didn't had to invest anything to win!

Insaneasylm · Jul 20, 2011

Yep, I think everyone has at some point in time. But only the cash I could afford to lose

NayteS · Jul 21, 2011

Also winning a freeroll gives you some incentive to play well with your hard earned money. I think theres more pride intertwined with a freeroll- winnings-bankroll

gefishy · Jul 21, 2011

I have only ever deposited one time and that was $40 on Full Tilt. I have busted myself numerous times but like others have said, this is mostly practice for me. If I get to the point where I am confident enough to play "real" poker then I will either deposit or hopefully have built enough of a bankroll to play larger stakes.

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