[Maegnus]

I was dying to get my hands on a new authentic NHL jersey but couldnt justify shelling out the $300 for it. I threw $50 onto FTP and played .25/.50 to see what I could do. After 3 days I was at $500 and considered stopping. I convinced myself that it was just too easy to get to where I was, so logically I should be able to go up, maybe hit a grand. Although I got my money in with the best of it still, I was down to $170 by the next day after getting sucked out on several times and didn't feel great about it (despite being up $120 still). I got greedy and kept going but played reeeaal tight and managed to get it back to $300. Just cashed it out, getting my jersey tomorrow night at the game. It sucks that I didn't stop at $500, but I feel lucky to have gotten it back to $300.

I'll probably throw another $50 online next year sometime and try for a repeat. maybe get a new set of chips then. Not sure how relevant this is, but I now understand why people have gambling problems. I never understood it because I only played live with buddies. Basically, if you have any hunch that you should stop, you should then and there, not even next hand. If you are greedy enough to want more than 10 times what you put in, you deserve to bust IMO. cuz no matter how good you get in, there will be bad beats, and they will probably come 2 hands after you said you should stop.