What’s up my people, I don’t have any money to go and play with at the moment so there’s nothing to report. The test will come when I get my paycheck next week. That check is already allocated for living expenses. I’ll carry out the discipline of taking care of my responsibilities. If I do play it’ll be a 10$ buyin tournament on WSOP after all of the bills have been paid. After that I’ll be able to start saving up $ for WSOP. Stay the course my people. Peace and love.

Hi I’m David and I just recently turned 21 a couple months ago. I’ve only been playing poker for about a year and half but have been studying and playing multiple times a week seriously for the past 6 months. I’m in college so I mainly play home games or online. I was working two jobs last winter part time and was winning pretty decently at the .25/.50 home games I was playing so I decided to make the jump to 1/2. I was a small winner at 1/2 booking some huge wins but always came back and punted it off playing high asf chasing that dopamine at the table. I definitely was not properly rolled for this jump as I am/was an impulsive spender blowing my paychecks and winnings on clothes, weed, alcohol and other vices. I’m privileged and lucky to not have to worry about paying for tuition and housing with scholarships and these jobs really just served as fuel for my vices. I saw pretty much all other areas in my life decline during this time; health, sleep, relationships and school. I’ve also been struggling with depression the past 3 years due to a multitude of things in my personal life and I really felt like I hit rock bottom January/February of this year. I decided to make a change once my romantic relationship ended to better myself in all aspects of my life. This was around the same time Joey posted his first instagram reel. Joey inspired me to stay consistent and trust the process. I stopped smoking weed completely and have been slowly building healthy habits like eating right, going to the gym and aiming for 8 hours of sleep. Playing poker completely sober has done wonders for me as I feel a sense of clarity at the table I never have before. I have decided to take a break from poker besides small home games with my friends as I’ve been unemployed since March in order to prioritize my sleep and school work. I have an internship in Portland this summer. It’s a software engineering internship so I’ll be making decent money. As I work on building up my discipline in all aspects of my life, I wanted to build a proper bankroll for 1/2 and hopefully play some tournaments as well. I’m looking for any tips on building a bankroll for 1/2. I would love to play smaller stakes games live, but those are hard to find and I also prefer live over online.

I've effectively lost my soul to Plinko... I have a passion for Poker and am quite good at it but ever since ACR added Plinko (with no option of disabling it without banning from poker too) I've lost everything to it. I've probably made 200 deposits where I thought I was gonna lock in and play some poker only to blast it off on Plinko before I get in a single tournament. It's just clockwork compulsion at this point and it's sickly and sad. I honestly don't know what to do because I feel like every cent I scrounge until I win once will go to Plinko even though I NEVER win. Ever. I can't fathom they can legally allow me to play a rigged game I can never win at after begging support on numerous occasions to disable my Plinko section. They say they don't have the capabilities at this time because it's a relatively new feature. Well, I don't have the capability to stop playing the goddamn game and I am at wits end. I get why gamblers kill themselves. I'm furiously enraged most of the time now when I used to be pretty laid back. Happy to have a place to vent at least.

Hi my name is Paulo I'm from Portugal and I'm currently 35yo I start playing poker around 23 years ago I study poker all my life , I live and breath it ! I've meet many professional poker players and I know I'm better than them cause they were the ones telling me that but I never had the discipline , money and focus to commit in the levels that I deserve. I've been in some professional poker teams and all of them I made profit on a 50% 50% cut but I just never took it serious and end up leaving the teams and spending money on bullshit ( casinos( slot machines ) , nights with friends ... at this moment I'm currently kinda depressed and jobless for 2 years and I would like to change my life and once for all take poker serious this is why I have joined this group to once for all focus in my poker habilitys.

What’s up everyone, I’ve been playing poker recreationally on and off since 2003. The cycle I’m breaking is playing with money I can’t afford to lose. Must be patient and build a bankroll specifically for poker only. Anther cycle I’m breaking is going to play in the pits (casino table games) due to financial difficulties in hopes of winning so that I can relieve any financial stress that I’m facing. I never play in the pits for fun or enjoyment, it’s always due to a financial need that I’m trying to meet. More often than not it doesn’t work out and I find myself in even a deeper hole. I must focus on getting my finances in order and building a poker bankroll. And once I do that, there won’t be a need to play casino games in an attempt to get a quick score in order fulfill my financial responsibilities. Thank you for this space/community Joe. Peace and love.