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I want to scream!!!! I was playing $0.01/.02 no limit hold’em at 770 Poker, a French online poker room, because they gave me $5 for free (no deposit) for signing up. I had started off poorly and was down to less than a dollar…
Gone. All gone. I no longer have any money in my account at i4 Poker. So sad. i4 started me with 5 free pounds (equivalent to about 8 dollars). I didn’t have to make a deposit, just signed up and in about…
In response to my post yesterday about medication eventually helping people with addictions, Suber questioned what exactly addiction is. My reply… Addictive behavior can be looked at in many ways. Taking Suber’s example of obesity, there may be a problem with motivation (not exercising), decision…
Will a little pill someday take care of your poker addiction? Researchers are trying to make that possibility come true. “Addiction, whether to alcohol, drugs, or gambling, is a disorder of motivation, decision making, pleasure seeking, inhibitory control, and the way we…
Isn’t it interesting that once something is in your head, you start to see references everywhere! Well, I don’t play poker, but am a “poker widow,” so I’m now somewhat alert to references to poker. I, myself, have no particular thoughts about if…
Lost again! I played for about a 1/2 hour and didn’t win a single hand, not one. Besides calling a few preflop hands that I should have folded on, and playing a few hands a bit too conservatively, I don’t think I made any…
So it’s day three of my new conservative approach to limit hold’em at i4 Poker. Each time I play I start with only a little bit of money and if I lose it, I’m done for the day. No reloading. I can’t…