Spin off from something TP and Brian talked about in another thread

[Penguinfan]

I really don't want to carry the argument over to another thread about weather or not Brian has a gambling problem, but rather talk about something else he said.

He claims to be a decent player since he has cashed out more than he has deposited and most of the money he has lost has been because of playing cash games above the limit he should be . Is this how we keep score, as in more money cashed out than deposited?

I feel just the opposite about my game, I feel I am not a very good player simply becaus I have WAY more losing sessions than winning sessions, despite the fact that I too have cashed out much more than I have deposited. Honestly I have deposited less than $2000 lifetime and cashed out well over that amount this year alone.

The only reason I can say that is because of the very infrequent big scores I have made along the way. Got deep in some MTT's and even won a Mini Step 5 game on Party for $2000, things like that.

So I guess I think I have gotten lucky to cash out what I have and still feel I am not a decent player since any given time I sit down at a table(tourney or cash) I am a big underdog to leave with more than I sat down with (hope that makes sense).

Seriously, anymore if you see Penguinfan at a cash table you can be sure of two things:

1. He's been drinking again

2. DEAD MONEY

Thoughts on the topic?