Bankroll Management Is Stupid.

Time for me to blow your mind with just how stupid I am. Listen up turkeys!

Poker is a skill game.

Poker is a grind.

Poker is not a lottery.

We heard it all before. At this point, it's become something of a religious mantra to those attempting to legalize online poker. I am surprised the judges don't just hear the adults talking from Charlie Brown.

Mawr mawr mawr skill mawr mawr mawr.

I am sure for the grinders, the pros and the pro wannabes this is a life raft to hold onto in the tumultuous seas of variance. But, I don't hold with it. I think poker is a run good game. Jason Mercier kicked arse in 2010 and 2011. In 2012 he seemed to be getting slapped about. His run good ran bad. Ask Blom If it's a pure skill game. Ask Negreanu, who ran worse than Pistorius without flippers. (Too soon?) Run good and run bad are the shadow sisters of poker's bright knight, skill.

So when I sit down at a table, I treat it like any other gambling table. I have a set amount I can afford to lose. When it is gone, and it invariably does, I can shrug my shoulders. I am a recreational player. I am sure I am a pro's wet dream.

And I don't care. I am not trying to play the best I can. I am not trying to fix holes in my game. I don't want to spend hours getting better, I proving myself in some attempt at self actualization. This isn't Kung Fu. Hell, it's not even The Karate Kid.

It's poker. It's meant to be fun. And that's how I play. I have fun I like spewing off chips. It's. Fun! And when I cash, I don't think about hoarding it. When I win a MTT or a tournament, I don't think about the responsible thing to do. It's a little late for that. If I wanted to be responsible I would have put the money in a bank, or got some dental work (insert english joke here).

The money I deposited online is money gone. So when it goes up to a grand or two grand for fifty bucks investment, you know how much money I am gambling with?

Nothing. It's already gone.

Thank goodness because now I can play higher stakes and it is STILL FUN. Can you imagine poker not being fun. The skin shivers at the thought of sitting at a computer clicking a mouse and not having fun. Because that's what I do at work. F**k that.