Razzaments and Other Stupidness
Yesterday when I got home from work (aka Hell) I had a ridiculous urge to play poker. Since it was payday from many of the sites, I did one thing that no affiliate should ever do, started to gamble with my commissions. I started off playing some 8/16 Razz for around 5 hours. It was a lot of ups and downs, but when I finished, my bankroll had dropped from around $450 to about $350. I decided enough was enough, after all it was Friday night, and called up my friend to go out.
Sure enough, about 20 minutes later I was back at Full Tilt, this time in the 8/16 Limit poker. I donked off the rest of the money in about 30 minutes (I got sucked out pretty bad on the river more than twice), and was now without a bankroll (or any money to pay some people that I owe for content writing) and furthermore, the money that I had worked hard all month to get.
I created this post in hopes that someone would learn from my stupidity and not gamble their hard earned affiliate income away.
about 2 years ago
Hey Graham,
I just noticed your blog, and was browsing the articles until I noticed something really recognizable: Work aka Hell!
When you start to become more successful at affiliating it’s just going to be a matter of time before your regular job becomes hell. If you’re income starts growing, then you’ll surely be thinking of making the switch to become a full time affiliate at some point, but until you’ll reach that point… everyday at work (in my case 9:00-17:30) is going to be a true torture.
Anyway, about playing poker… I personally gave up on that about two and a half month ago after suffering a couple of major suck outs which costed me a couple of K’s. I still love the game, but definitely prefer the money making as an affiliate
So, now a days it’s just home games and live tourneys, and… honestly… the time with my son and girlfriend is so much more precious too.
Peace
about 2 years ago
Hey Giorgio, thanks for stopping by! I am definitely getting closer to that day where I may just have to make the jump. Ideally I would like to be a little more diversified first, but I may just have to drop the safety net and give it a shot!
Talk to you later!