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Gamble. Just don't lose.
by monochromatic 14y ago
Gamble. Just don't lose.
- nicholas73 14y agoIf I was down to my last 1000 and lost my job, I'd play poker for a living. I am pretty confident I can consistently make ~200 in a half day in low level tables. But, that is with years of paying tuition. Besides the numbers, it's about psychology (your own, mostly). Gotta be able to keep discipline.
- encoderer 14y ago100 BB downturns are not uncommon even among winning players. Poker is a game of skill but it doesn't mean you can't have bad luck. I play poker when I have $1000 to lose without risk. That's when I can play my best, with detachment from the money and the freedom that provides. My last $1000 with no job? It's time to think about food and shelter and a new job -- any old job will do. I made a decision in my mid-20s that I would never again sponge off my parents or friends, that for me, I'd outgrown that. So no way would I risk my last $1k. But, of course, YMMV.