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[ammbo]

Lately I have been playing a little 5/10 limit ring games since the time commitment is not as high as tournaments. I was playing on Absolute earlier this week and decided to move up limits for no good reason. I have the bankroll for 25/50 so I played the 10/20 game, then the 15/30 game, then the 25/50 game... all in one day!

At first it felt scary to post $25 as a BB, money I fully expected to lose. However, I soon realized that the players were just like any other players. I quickly identified the fish and the rocks and went to work. Soon it was just chips on the table and not money. The amounts did not bother me. It was still a reality check to see $1000 pots being slid toward me and away from me, but I got used to it.

The initial results have been promising. I did have a $1600 downswing one day but I climbed back and then some that evening. After 2500 hands I am up over 60 BB. I am amazed at how bad some people play at this level!

Moving up to these limits has gotten me thinking. I actually had a slight guilt complex for a moment for taking some of these people's money. I would see people sit at the 25/50 table with $247.20 and I would wipe them out. An amount like this suggests that this is that person's entire bankroll and they are taking a shot at doubling it. Should I feel bad about cleaning them out? Am I turning these people into the beggars who frequent these tables?

I conclude that it is their own damn fault.

[J Mega]

Ammbo, as you and I both know, there are no friends when it comes to poker. Take no prisoners. As far as I'm concerned, if there's money on the table, it's yours for the taking.

'nuff said.



J Mega

[nsidestrate]

They are going to give it to someone, it might as well be you.

[Cript]

It is immoral to let a fool keep his money.

[spartanica]

do the beggars ever get a 10 dollar money transfer in their direction?..

funnily enough.. a guy threw me 25 bucks, since i lost a few big pots to a guy who was just trying to bet away his last 5 dollars of money.... haha...

[scapegote]

There's a book that talks about a guy winning a guitar at a poker table, then giving it right back after the game. I don't remember which book that's in, but I always think of it as the best attitude. Be tenacious at the table, and yourself away from it.

Scapegote