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devonfish-a real LIFE story

edited February 2012 in Poker Chat
nice p[ost mate. keep enjoying.  phil

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  • edited February 2012
    ok,
    let,s rewind 3 years.
    started up a home game,
    myself,my brother & "a friend".
    playing texas holdem,£50 buy-in.
    playing on a thursday evening,once a week.
    a few weeks go by...
    a "friend" of this "friend" wants in,
    (this "friend",just so happens to be my life-long "best friend".
    still with me?.
    we play for a few more weeks...
    adding the odd week-end game too.
    "i know,let,s buy a poker table and some proper chips"i say......yeh.
    so we all "chip-in"(like it)and now we are proper poker player,s...aren,t we?

    the buy-in gradually increases,£60 ...£70    £75
    anyway...
    this carries on and another "friend" of the first "friend"wants to play.
    so he joins us.
    great 5 of us now.
    only 2 "house rules"
    no drinking alchohol..fair enough,you know that losing money
    and drinking just don,t mix.
    and,no smoking at the table.
    being the only "non-smoker"there
    this was an issue to begin with,but i wasn,t backing down.

    6 months later....
    still the 5 of us.
    now we are well organised,pizzas,chocolate biscuits,cups of teas,
    we know how to live down in devon you know.

    my birthday,
    of course we are playing,
    finished work early,
    mid afternoon..tea time...
    think we better call it a day chaps...
    i am £100 down..
    what a ****** birhday,
    "one to remember"someone giggles,
    yeh,very funny.
    later on...
    i get a txt,
    "fancy another game tonight..it is your birthday?"
    so like a lamb to the you know what.
    "yeh,ok then".
    it,s now i don,t know,about 1 or 2 in the morning.
    no longer my birthday anyway.
    i know what you are thinking..
    "you won it all back..and some?"
    lost another £120.

    let,s put it this way,
    "i,ve had better ones".
    still,i guess it was one to remember!!!

    to cut a very long story short...
    the game finished after just about a year.
    one of the players taxi shifts got changed,
    he couldn,t make the thursday any longer
    so the game stopped.
    it was fun
    it was competitive
    it was expensive...
    in total i lost £600.
    but i woudn,t change it for the world!!!!

    then it was the next chapter..
    joined you guys at sky,
    deposited £50...
    won a bit
    withdrew the £50.
    now playing with "free money"
    win a bit more...
    withdraw £300
    win a bit more..
    withdraw another £400..
    order a new computer..
    yesterday,
    up to date.

    just goes to show you guys out there
    who maybe struggling atm..

    "there,s always hope"
    (yes...
    i know ..
    bob hope & no *******hope!

    hope you enjoyed it

    :-)

    devon





  • edited February 2012
    Yeah nice post. But am I being stupid or have I completely missed the relevance of the thread title?
  • edited February 2012

    thanks mate,
    yeh,
    i was refering to
    do you mind me posting this
    as i was unsure what reaction it might get.

    devon

  • edited February 2012
    how,s that Lambert
    any better?
    :-)

    devon
  • edited February 2012
    great post devonfish!, really enjoyed reading your story

    thanks for sharing this 

    Lorraine :) x
  • edited February 2012
    thank you Lorraine,
    yeh,
    thought it had had it,s 1 day of fame
    and disapeared...lol    x
  • edited February 2012
    In Response to Re: devonfish-a real LIFE story:
    thank you Lorraine, yeh, thought it had had it,s 1 day of fame and disapeared...lol    x
    Posted by devonfish5
    I told my husband budgirl how your story had made me smile when he got out of bed a few hours after me this morning!!!!

    He isn't allowed to reply to your post on here but he says "great post" ....... even though he says he didn't need to read it as I had already told him about it ALMOST WORD FOR WORD!

    I'd take that as a compliment :) x
  • edited February 2012
    thank you Lorraine,
    if it made you smile :)
    it was worth it..lol

    devon
  • edited February 2012
    Nice story mate.
  • edited February 2012
    thanks jc....

    wasn,t always a winning player....lol

    if i can do it...
    so can anyone.

    work out where you are making mistakes,
    correct it.
    find a dicipline that you enjoy....
    run with it.

    :)

    devon
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