I have been wondering if when Chris Ferguson went from $0 - $10,000 in less than a year, was it real? I know he is sponsored by FullTiltPoker, but did they help him out at all? To figure this out, I have decided to take the challenge myself.

I know it took him about 7 months to get a super small bankroll just off of freerolls, but I have nothing better to do. Lol.

If anyone of you reading this and doesn't know what I'm talking about, follow this link and it will explain...

gamer4life27

The min-raise is used by players in a variety of situations. One of the most common applications is when the flop reveals a potential draw. Consider a flop that brings two diamonds, thus a potential flush draw. You flop top pair, so you bet 80% of the pot or so. The player to your left immediately raises you the minimum by clicking the "raise" button. This action immediately suggests that he's on a draw. It's unlikely that he would immediately raise a set since he has position on you....

TomodachiSamurai

Every serious poker player (without unlimited cash) should know the importance of good bankroll management. There is tens of thousands of stories about poker players how have lost all their (and others) money by not paying attention to bankroll management. My story is one of those and I hope everyone who reads my blog will tell different story.

Internet is full of guidelines for bankroll management and I've come to conclusion that a safe semi-conservative approach to small stakes...

BtrGetThere

Background:

I have played poker for few years from which it was two years my only source of income. I did pretty well playing games up to 10/20 NL until few horrible drunken days early 2007... I lost pretty much everything resulting in ”Life Tilt” (in some instances people have used term “Perma Tilt” to describe same kind of tilt).

Few words about Life Tilt... it’s a state of mind in which everything seems to go just plain wrong. Every coin flip lost feels...

BtrGetThere

With the time I began to repair that the poker players' great part comments on bad beats. In reality the same bad beats that you/they happen with me and with all the other players. The onlooker is to repair as the people they react in way different to the bad beats.



Some reactions helped me becoming a better and controlled player.



To see that the bad beat is part of the game is fundamental part to begin to ACCEPT.

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imrafa20