Comments on: Play Until It Hurts http://www.billrini.com/2004/03/13/play-until-it-hurts/ Blogging About Poker Since 2546 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gribbon http://www.billrini.com/2004/03/13/play-until-it-hurts/#comment-10889 Gribbon Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:19:57 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/?p=23#comment-10889 It doesn't matter how much more you can afford. If $3-$6 poker is fun for you, why not play at that level? It doesn't mean you can't take advantage of--or learn from--players for whom a round of betting involves a day's pay or more. If Bill Gates played at Doyle's table he'd have winning sessions maybe one time in twenty. Not much fun in that. Gates is used to being a winner. Gates plays strictly for fun; to relax. If he really applied himself he'd probably do better but so what? Poker columnists should be encouraging players, not chastising them! It doesn’t matter how much more you can afford. If $3-$6 poker is fun for you, why not play at that level? It doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of–or learn from–players for whom a round of betting involves a day’s pay or more.

If Bill Gates played at Doyle’s table he’d have winning sessions maybe one time in twenty. Not much fun in that. Gates is used to being a winner.

Gates plays strictly for fun; to relax. If he really applied himself he’d probably do better but so what? Poker columnists should be encouraging players, not chastising them!

]]> By: TomAnderson http://www.billrini.com/2004/03/13/play-until-it-hurts/#comment-8347 TomAnderson Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:30:30 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/?p=23#comment-8347 That advice doesn't sound like good bankroll management to me. But then, my bankroll is $60, and the best I can afford to play is the $2/4 limit game. The bankroll would be a good deal larger, but I've been playing for gas money and pocket money while I search for a job, so it's pointless to bother playing if I don't skim the winnings off for day-to-day use. I'll be honest, it hurts if I lose, but I normally make more there than I would at a minimum wage job in the same time. But I'm playing at levels that far out of my bankroll because I lack the resources to do better. If I had enough money to manage it better, I definitely would. That advice doesn’t sound like good bankroll management to me. But then, my bankroll is $60, and the best I can afford to play is the $2/4 limit game. The bankroll would be a good deal larger, but I’ve been playing for gas money and pocket money while I search for a job, so it’s pointless to bother playing if I don’t skim the winnings off for day-to-day use.

I’ll be honest, it hurts if I lose, but I normally make more there than I would at a minimum wage job in the same time.

But I’m playing at levels that far out of my bankroll because I lack the resources to do better. If I had enough money to manage it better, I definitely would.

]]> By: hdouble http://www.billrini.com/2004/03/13/play-until-it-hurts/#comment-27 hdouble Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/?p=23#comment-27 Doyle was just jealous. But I think "play where it hurts" is pretty good advice. If you can't win/lose as much as you make in 1 hour of poker as in 1 hour of work, then it's tough to take the game seriously. Keep up the good posts. And if you need another body for your next tourney, email me! Doyle was just jealous. But I think “play where it hurts” is pretty good advice. If you can’t win/lose as much as you make in 1 hour of poker as in 1 hour of work, then it’s tough to take the game seriously.

Keep up the good posts. And if you need another body for your next tourney, email me!

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