No limit poker= no limit to your losses The risk/reward ratio is not in your favour. No limit poker is also known as the yo-yo game, roller coaster game, and bipolar game. The swings are so dramatic in each session that anyone playing it for a prolonged period might end up with a mental illness, such as bipolar.

I lost another $300 today at no limit poker. I won my losses back from a few weeks ago, then dropped $300. I'm now officially down $300 from poker in two years. It's a vicious up and down cycle that has to stop.

Today was a living hell.

Spouse was still sick with standard cold/flu symptoms.

Massive downswing... not sure how much... don't really care how much. He should not have been playing. He said a lot of things and I said a lot of things but I do not remember what they were.

Deep depression after the post work fight. Suicidal thoughts were getting out of hand so I called a crisis line and stayed on the phone until my medication kicked in.

I'm calm, at ease and so productive when I let go of gambling. It is one less thing to worry about. Gambling creates a tremendous amount of tension and anxiety because it's something we cannot control.

When you want something for nothing (gambling), you need up with nothing. You gotta work hard for everything you want. Those who take short cuts end up at the starting line. It's a vicious circle.

$10 becomes $20, $20 becomes $40, $40 becomes $80...$100 becomes $1,000. There is never enough money. If you someone can make $10 without work, why not $1,000? It's appears like a logical process.

How many billionaires do you know made their money as gamblersr? There are a few billionaires who made their fortune by owning casinos, though.

The money that is lost cannot be made back. Accept it and move on before digging a deeper hole for yourself. I have read and personally know people who have gambled away their lives.

Today I lost $200 on 4/8 Omaha poker. On Sep. 23, 2009, I lost $220. That might not sound much but that works out to $30 per month in 14 months. Another way to look at that is free cable or cell phone service for over a year! The money is not the issue but the fact that I broke a promise to myself is. (For what's worth, I lost another $200 two days later I posted this blog.) I haven't been back since, though.)