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Originally Posted by 2HighIsTheNutz
Look man, I'll say right off if you're a hot-shot poker player who makes thousands at FTP then I apologize if I offended you. I was simply stating the fact that someone claiming to be so on an online message board doesn't necessarily make it true. As for the lying donk I used as an example, it is true what you say about cash games/STTs, but he was making claims that should have been reflected on those sites. When confronted with this, he feigned ignorance. Plus the fact he played like a retard was a giveaway. This is why several of us checked the stats in the first place.
I'm not a losing player. You don't have to believe that, but it's true. The only place where it is true is on FTP. And that was not the case until they flipped the switch. I was ranked 90%+ on officialpokerrankings.com from the time I started on FTP until the floor gave way in the most unreal fashion. Pokerstars gave me $5 free as a promotion. That's now up to $50 and I'll be moving up limits as soon as my bankroll is comfortable enough to do so. Hell would freeze over before a -EV player would be able to accomplish that.
I'm not a rich person - I can't drop $1000 into an online site and go hogwild. I'm merely a PhD student who, incidentally, has published several papers on - you guessed it - statistics. I don't like to throw credentials around because I believe facts should speak for themselves, but I'm not going to get dismissed as some crank. Anyway, that's why I like poker, because I like game theory and statistics - and I'm good at it and I like to exercise my knowledge with poker. It's not about the money for me. And I'm sorry, sir, the shit I saw on FTP was simply not right. If it's working out for you then great - (maybe you contribute enough rake to make it unprofitable for FTP to burn you) - but there's more than a few of us that are taking it up the ass, ostensibly to pad FTP's bottom line.
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I feel where your coming from. If I offended you in my reply, forgive me. By far this is the most inteligent correspondence I have received while stating my opinion in this forum. Bankroll management is a key aspect in poker success and your opinion is your opinion & I respect that as well.