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Sometimes I feel guilty when I think I haven't played enough poker. I think it's because I worry that in a few years the games could be much tougher and I won't be able to make the sort of money (which is pretty sick for someone my age) as I do now.
I also wonder that even if I could win games to the same extent in 10 years, do I want to be grinding 6 $5/10 PLO tables at that age?? And would I still have the desire and stamina at that time? These kinds of questions creep into my head probably every couple of days but if I'm being honest, they never hang around too long.
I guess they're kind of good for me, because they encourage me to play more and to be a little more professional about things. It's kind of easy in this job just to play when it suits you and to get lazy about it, and I think that if you are playing professionally you really should make a conscious effort to recognise that word - professional. I mean if normies can get up everyday at 7am or something sick and work long hours for disgraceful wages; we too surely must be willing to make sacrifices in our job.
I got thinking about this recently not because I have been lazy, but the opposite. Whenever I don't play for one day, even recently, I have felt a bit guilty and have made sure to catch up on logging in hours on following days. Also this weekend when everyone I knew was going out on Friday and Saturday night, I decided I would stay in and play online, as there can be good action on weekend nights and I thought I'd try and pick off a few drunken river bluffs and what not.
Anyway I'm not blowing my own trumpet here or anything, I'd be the first to admit that in the past I have been a bit lazy in this regard and since I was feeling good about it now, I thought I would write about it now.
John is someone that I think is very strong in this respect. Despite his "colourful character" and ability to enjoy himself (albeit sometimes at the expense of others), he is highly committed to playing lots of poker and putting in hours everyday. Thankfully this has rubbed off on me, since I have seen this kind of commitment pay off for both of us. I also think that it's good for your self-worth and the fact that you undoubtedly feel better about yourself after a good days work etc.
Basically I'm putting a good spin on the fact that we're both ill, sick, lewd people, with very little else going for us other than the fact that we can beat medium-high stakes Pot limit Omaha...but I'm pretty sure I had you going??? Just kidding... well kinda!
Apart from that, I've been struggling with my diet. I'm not eating badly, actually I'd say I'm still eating healthier than an average person, but I think that's a bit weak so I'm going to have another go at it again soon.
Poker's going well for me online over the last few weeks and I'm winning consistently. I'm going to do another PLO Hand Breakdown as my next post - so I've just got to find trawl through Poker Tracker and find a good one- painful stuff!
That's about it for now,
Reesy
Comments (3)
Reesy, can you recommend good poker software, I've be trialing a couple but they seem a bit crap. I recon I might do a bit better if I drop down a level and multi table. Can't manage more that 3 on my own!