What's The Most You've Ever Lost In Online Poker?

Lost around $500 in one hand online. Won over £500 in a hand live (AA 1/2 cash game - 4 calls all in pre flop!)
 
I love the thread about losing money at poker and then everyone is coming in here with "I lost £xx at roulette/blackjack". Maybe if poker was a pure gambling game with no skills aspect okay, but in the end, the best player will always win.

It's not gambling in the way that roulette is gambling, you have control over the situations and can manipulate them however you want (if you're good enough).
 
Rotty said:
so you has the bottom end of an open ended str8 flush with just 1 card in your hand :p
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;) You spotted how poor my hand really was. :D

My worst beat though had to be AA dealt to me and JJ to another guy. Flop was AJJ and I was so sure I had him and tried to milk him for as many chips as I could which resulted in my downfall.

I am amazed sometimes at the hands that are dealt. I was once 4 handed and we got dealt AA, KK, QQ, JJ and we all ended up allin. QQ won in the end.:p
 
Souness said:
Blackjack has nothing in common with poker, except that they both are played with a deck of cards.

I'm tired of people confusing poker with gambling. If you don't know how to play, are unskilled, can't manage your bankroll, or overly emotional, then that's your fault. Don't confuse it with being unlucky.
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Poker is gambling by definition, 'gambling' being to wager something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome. I'm a profitable midstakes player as well so I appreciate the point that you're trying to make - that skill will triumph over variance given a sufficiently large sample size and that poker isn't "just luck" - but poker doesn't suddenly become not-gambling just because the superior player possesses an edge.
 
Souness said:
Blackjack has nothing in common with poker, except that they both are played with a deck of cards.

I'm tired of people confusing poker with gambling. If you don't know how to play, are unskilled, can't manage your bankroll, or overly emotional, then that's your fault. Don't confuse it with being unlucky.
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erm poker is gambling! There certainly isn't any confusion there - poker isn't so much a card game rather its a gambling game that happens to use cards.

Don't confuse the fact that it requires skill for success to mean that it isn't 'gambling'.

Betting on sports can also provide a +ve expectation for a skilled gambler, it is also still gambling. I know some people who are almost like liquidity providers on betfair like to label themselves 'sports traders' - they're still gamblers. Though tbh... 'traders' in general (the financial sort), if we're talking about the select few who take positions rather than earn commission from client order flow, are also 'gamblers'.
 
M0NSTER said:
I love the thread about losing money at poker and then everyone is coming in here with "I lost £xx at roulette/blackjack". Maybe if poker was a pure gambling game with no skills aspect okay, but in the end, the best player will always win.
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There are ways, in theory at least, (and a few instances where people have indeed achieved in practice) ways in which you can gain an edge in both of those games too.
 
It's a risk, but at least it's much more manageable than say blackjack or roulette.

I can't stand losing money... I get annoyed if I put the lottery on and don't win lol, so I'd rather sit and watch if others are playing in the pub or whatever, unless it's just a token amount of money or for fun only.
 
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